Re: Can LUA e coming with future Grub2

[Bean]

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 12:56 PM, y.volta <address@hidden> wrote:
> For the Grub2 internal script engine, yes, it is little. but need more work
> to be improved. About the size, i think, Lua can be a replacement if this
> lua.mod is available at runtime. at the same time, why not load gziped mod
> file from disk? this will reduce the size of lua module: 100,436 bytes ->
> 49,766.
>
> But the benifit of using Lua, i think, is for graphic menu. the gfxmenu uses
> a strange script engine, it is hard to learn for a common user; but the Lua,
> it is easy. ;-)
>
>
> So, it is good to have lua support in Grub2.

Hi,

In my suggestion to split normal mode, the script engine is separated
and can be replaced, as long as they export a certain interface that
return information like the menu items, etc. But now, I'm waiting for
the handler patch, as it's the basic of the new model.

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Bean