Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 21:08:09 +0100 From: Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org> To: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> Cc: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net>, Thomas.Sparrevohn@btinternet.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CFT: Graphics support for /boot/loader Message-ID: <20090209200809.GK30761@e.0x20.net> In-Reply-To: <200902081335.n18DZ2h4018582@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <20090208135053.12691emq58yl9m4k@webmail.leidinger.net> <200902081335.n18DZ2h4018582@lurza.secnetix.de>
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--fWddYNRDgTk9wQGZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 02:35:02PM +0100, Oliver Fromme wrote: >=20 > Alexander Leidinger wrote: > > Oliver Fromme wrote: > > > You can easily replace the background image, it's a > > > standard PCX image file. You can even re-arrange the > > > position of the menu if necessary; there are simple > > > variable settings for that in the theme.conf file. > >=20 > > What about the actual menu items, are they configurable too (e.g. when= =20 > > I want single-user as F1... ACPI should work now on most systems and I= =20 > > don't see why disabling it should be in the first position), or does = =20 > > it use the same stuff as the text menu for this (to fiddling with =20 > > forth would be necessary)? >=20 > The actual menu contents are in the beastie.4th file, just > like for the old text menu. So, yes, you'd need to speak > FORTH in order to change that. >=20 > How many of the FreeBSD developers are actually fluent in > FORTH? How many committers are able to review the .4th > code that I wrote? >=20 > Would there be strong resistance if I tried to replace FICL > with something else that is not as brain-knotting as FORTH? > Just to name an example, I once wrote a bourne-shell-like > parser that would not be difficult to embed. I assume that > would enable many more developers and users to play with > the boot menu stuff. Great idea. That Forth code is really an obstacle for playing with the boot menu... --fWddYNRDgTk9wQGZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkmQjSkACgkQKc512sD3afhiugCgp3ZdtmuXU9eDYNid7fuNQ9iI 5r8AoJYNYCp3Rbyd+uQ6/G+AvyP3Axt4 =5v6K -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --fWddYNRDgTk9wQGZ--
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