Re: The submenu command shows a text-based menu when using a GFX theme.

[Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko]

On 23.02.2012 02:50, Towheed Mohammed wrote:
> If a gfx theme is being used and the submenu command is used to show a submenu, 
> the submenu does not use the gfx theme.  Instead a text-based menu is shown.  
> The only way a regular user can workaround this at the moment is to reload the 
> theme after the submenu menuentry item is selected.
>
> In Ubuntu's (about the only distro that uses the submenu command at this time) 
> use of the submenu in 10_linux:
>
>    if [ "$list" ]&&  ! $in_submenu; then
>      in_submenu=:
>    fi
>
> A regular user must patch 10_linux thus:
>
>    if [ "$list" ]&&  ! $in_submenu; then
>      echo "submenu \"Previous Linux versions\" --class submenu {"
>          if [ "x$GRUB_THEME" != x ]&&  [ -f "$GRUB_THEME" ] \
>              &&  is_path_readable_by_grub "$GRUB_THEME"; then
>              prepare_grub_to_access_device `${grub_probe} --target=device 
> "$GRUB_THEME"`
>              cat<<  EOF
> set theme=(\$root)`make_system_path_relative_to_its_root $GRUB_THEME`
> EOF
>          fi
>      in_submenu=:
>    fi
What a perfect example of overengineering just to compensate for missing 
"export theme". I've fixed it in trunk
> to reload the theme and have a themed submenu.
>
> Will this be fixed in the 2.00 release?
>
>
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Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko