"Boot Options" not visible

[shiechka]

Dapper daily 2005.12.27.

The "Boot Options" of the installer could and should be printed beginning at the
left edge of the monitor. Currently they are displayed beginning at the middle
of monitor - waste of space, worse readabillity.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

I don't understand how this affects readability. Can you elaborate? It's just a
layout - it seems to me that you might as well say that all text in a web
browser should always be aligned to the left-hand edge of the screen.

[shiechka (werchowyna)]

(In reply to comment #1)
> I don't understand how this affects readability.
If the "Boot Options" was alligned to the left of the screen, more of the
options would be visible, even all. As currently "Boot Options" is alligned to
the center, one has to use the cursor keys to see all the options within the
string. Otherwords, the boot options string is not visible on the screen, while
it could I think.

> it seems to me that you might as well say that all text in a web
> browser should always be aligned to the left-hand edge of the screen.

It's somethinng completely different. I'm trying to help. Don't jump on me.

[Daniel Koć (kocio)]

I also think that it should be adjusted to the left, since options line is very long and hard to navigate anyway. This should make it a little bit easier.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

shiechka: it's OK, I wasn't intending to jump on you, just querying part of the report.

Thanks. This seems reasonable and will be in the next upload for Hardy.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gfxboot-theme-ubuntu - 0.5.3

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gfxboot-theme-ubuntu (0.5.3) hardy; urgency=low

  * Rename "Start or install $PROJECT" to "Try $PROJECT without any change
    to your computer"; "Install in text mode" to "Install $PROJECT in text
    mode"; "Install to the hard disk" to "Install $PROJECT"; and "Memory
    test" to "Test memory". See
    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyBootloaderReview for context.
  * Allow the boot parameters line to occupy the full width of the screen
    (LP: #27676) and handle redraws on language change better.
  * Allow menu options to use more horizontal space, and centre them on the
    screen.
  * Implement "label NAME", "append NAME", "replace NAME", and "applies
    NAME" options in gfxboot.cfg. These are used to implement a new Modes
    menu, which replaces the video menu on F4. The intent is that that this
    should reduce the bewildering array of top-level menu options, while
    still allowing the less usual options to be selected easily. Many
    strings have been changed accordingly.
  * Display a message at the bottom of the menu to indicate that alternative
    modes may be selected using F4.
  * Fix glitch in translate function that sometimes left the original string
    on the stack.

 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:51:18 +0000