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Re: [PATCH] Clarify "Press any key to continue..." message
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Colin Watson |
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Re: [PATCH] Clarify "Press any key to continue..." message |
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Thu, 3 Apr 2014 17:52:57 +0100 |
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On Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 12:49:50PM -0400, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
> On 04/03/2014 10:23 AM, Colin Watson wrote:
> > When grub_wait_after_message says "Press any key to continue...", it
> > really means that it will continue anyway after a short delay, but that
> > you can press a key to skip the delay. Unfortunately, the delay is just
> > long enough that in practice a number of users have time to see it,
> > press a key, and then report a bug saying that their system won't boot
> > without manual intervention, even though it would have booted just fine
> > if they'd left it alone. Rephrase this message to make it clearer
> > what's really happening.
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> I have mixed feelings about changing this message since it is such a
> well known message. OTOH, I've never really liked it myself.
Surely nobody can really be depending on it; I don't see a problem with
changing that kind of text, in and of itself.
> Maybe a better idea is to do a timeout message
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> Press any key for menu (boot will continue in 5 seconds) ...
> Press any key for menu (boot will continue in 4 seconds) ...
> ...
> etc.
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> ?
It's not necessarily "for menu" - you get this for errors after a menu
item has been selected too, and then it's just a delay before booting.
Seems like a lot of effort. The actual delay is 2.5 seconds so a
countdown would look jumpy at the end ...
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Colin Watson address@hidden