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From: | David Horton |
Subject: | Re: Name of config file looks ambiguous to GRUB newbies |
Date: | Fri, 26 Mar 2004 14:58:07 -0600 |
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Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote:
On Thursday 25 March 2004 20:14, David Horton wrote:A lowercase 'L' looks a lot like a number '1' so it is difficult to tell if the config file name should be 'menu dot list' or 'menu dot first'.Use a better font. If you cannot distinguish l from 1, you should have many other problems as well.I think changing the config file's name, not the path, would eliminate the confusion.It does break backward compatibility, so it's not acceptable. We address it in GRUB 2.Okuji
I don't think there's a problem with the font. I think it's more to do with pattern recognition. It is common to see 1st (as in 1st, 2nd, 3rd) and not so common to see lst (as in a shortened form of list). Anyway, I understand the point about backward compatibility and change control so I will sit tight and look forward to possibly seeing this addressed in GRUB 2. Until then I can edit 'asmstub.c'.
Dave
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