Re: regression in hiddenmenu (Re: [2158] 2009-05-02 Bean <address@hidden>)

[Robert Millan]

On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 03:48:53PM +0200, Marco Gerards wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Robert Millan <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > This commit accidentally broke "hiddenmenu" functionality
> > (http://grub.enbug.org/Hiddenmenu).  Instead of displaying the sleep
> > prompt without clearing the screen, and then clearing the screen and
> > drawing the menu, it first clears the screen, draws the menu and then
> > displays the sleep prompt.
> >
> > I haven't followed much on what this change does;  if I understood
> > correctly, the scripting engine has been moved to a module (sh.mod),
> > which due to asciibetical order is processed after normal.mod, which
> > seems to be the cause for this problem.
> >
> > I can suggest a few possible solutions:
> >
> >   - Rename either (kludge! kludge!)
> >
> >   - Put sh.mod back in kernel.
                           ^^^^^
I think I got it wrong;  sh.mod was moved out of normal.mod, it's never
been in kernel AFAICT.

> Why was it moved out?  Is there any good reason for this?  I could
> have missed the discussion, I am quite busy lately...

Actually I missed that discussion too, I hope someone will explain.

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