Colin D Bennett wrote:
> This long-awaited patch adds graphical menu support to GRUB 2. It is
> largely the result of my work during the Google Summer of Code 2008.
>
> The graphical menu system supports image-based themes, of which I have
> created several sample themes[1].
>
> There are still a few important things that need to be done on gfxmenu
> before it is completely ready for end-users (off the top of my head):
>
> - Need a good way to switch themes at runtime. I want to add a popup
> menu that lists the available themes and lets the user choose one.
> (Currently the keys 1, 2, 3, and 4 are hardcoded to switch between my
> sample themes...)
Switching themes on runtime is not a priority. It is a nice to have
feature thou... but we can wait a bit with that.
> - gfxmenu interacts badly with gfxterm. Running commands from the
> terminal withing gfxmenu that switch the video mode
> ('videotest basic', for instance) cause a crash when the command
> returns. I think this has something to do with the interaction of
> video mode-switching and the GRUB output terminal.
I think we can live with some oddities so I would propose that we get
some version in. In fact it will make fixing bugs a bit more robust as
others can also contribute...
So whats the status of your actions. I think some of the patches were
already approved with some minor changes...
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