On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 12:56 PM, y.volta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. -- Bean _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
