Re: [gNewSense-art] grub theme needed

[Luis Felipe López Acevedo]

El jue, 26-11-2009 a las 03:28 +0100, Robert Millan escribió:
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 01:59:10AM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 09:03:15AM -0500, Luis Felipe López Acevedo wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > This time they need a theme for grub.
> > > > 
> > > > You should find on this website all the information:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > http://grub.gibibit.com/
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > If you need more info, feel free to ask.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > I'll read the docs.
> > 
> > There's a package with example themes, it might be useful to use as
> > reference:
> > 
> >   http://grub.gibibit.com/files/overlay_2009-07-19.tar.gz
> > 
> > Be careful though, it includes many non-free fonts/images, which we can't
> > use.  For now the only font that is available is fixed-size Unifont, it is
> > provided with the GRUB packages.  Images need to be made from scratch but
> > I assume this is no problem to a skilled artist like you :-)
> > 
> > As for a version of GRUB that supports this theme interface, we're working
> > on that.  It'll soon be available for the i386/amd64 version of gNewSense
> > metad.
> 
> Perhaps it'd be better if we add a simple background (like Debian currently
> has) for now.  New theme support is a lot of work (both artist work and
> technical work), and it could delay the metad release if we wait for it :-/
> 
> A GRUB background is rather simple: just a 24-bit 640x480 PNG and a choice of
> foreground/background font color (16-color palette).  The only caveat is it
> has to look well when overlaying GRUB's menu on top.  See for example:
> 
>   http://oskuro.net/blogpics/grub2-pretty-menu.png
> 

An example:

http://introsmedia.tuxfamily.org/gns/grub-example.png

And the background image:

http://introsmedia.tuxfamily.org/gns/grub-image.png

Robert, I don't get the "a choice of foreground/background font color".
For the background above, the font should be white; and in case the
image is not loaded, the background should be "#063043" (a dark blue).

Comments and suggestions are welcome.