Re: Name of config file looks ambiguous to GRUB newbies

[David Horton]

Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote:
> On Thursday 25 March 2004 20:14, David Horton wrote:
>
> > A lowercase 'L' looks a lot like a number '1' so it is difficult to
> > tell if the config file name should be 'menu dot list' or 'menu dot
> > first'.
>
>
> Use a better font. If you cannot distinguish l from 1, you should have 
> many other problems as well.
>
>
> > I think changing the config file's name, not the path, would
> > eliminate the confusion.
>
>
> It does break backward compatibility, so it's not acceptable. We address 
> it in GRUB 2.
>
> Okuji

I don't think there's a problem with the font.  I think it's more to do 
with pattern recognition.  It is common to see 1st (as in 1st, 2nd, 3rd) 
and not so common to see lst (as in a shortened form of list).  Anyway, 
I understand the point about backward compatibility and change control 
so I will sit tight and look forward to possibly seeing this addressed 
in GRUB 2.  Until then I can edit 'asmstub.c'.

Dave