Hi,
The GRUB2 currently does not provide any mechanism to display a description paragraph for the menuentry item the user has highlighted.
Currently with GRUB2 any explanatory text associated with a menuentry needs to be either placed within the menuitem title or in a separate manual.
Being able to display descriptions is very important for custom distributions, especially those aimed at newbie users.
I can produce a patchset for further discussion. One solution is to ensure:
- GRUB menuentry items allows specifying the description text
- GRUB theme file allows position/size/font to display help text
An alternative solution is to ensure:
- GRUB allows registering callback function (this may be difficult)
- GRUB allows referencing theme objects using the 'id' field, to enable/disable visibility
What do you all think?
If you guys are happy with the first solution, I will implement it.
Regards,
Shasheen Ediriweera
Developer of Rescuezilla