Re: Customizable text menu appearance/themeable text interface

[Pavel Roskin]

On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 09:45 -0700, Colin D Bennett wrote:
> User pelle.k on the Ubuntu forums had an interesting (and to me, appealing) 
> idea to provide customization of the GRUB text menu appearance to make it 
> cleaner and more elegant (obviously this may vary with personal taste).  I 
> have seen other questions on the GRUB list here about removing or changing 
> certain text on the GRUB text menu as well.
> 
> Even when the graphical menu is polished and working perfectly, the text menu 
> is still highly desirable in a number of situations.  Some users will still 
> prefer it.

Yes, it looks nice.  Also, on some terminals (serial, open firmware) the
borders cannot be drawn, at least in a nice and reliable way.

The help text could be reduced to "Press 'h' for help", and pressing 'h'
would lead to a more detailed help page.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin