BSME-1.0 & 2.0

[CatDude]

Hello HoerMirAuf

Ok ... the 'init' file from your gfxsplashfile have no language or language-menu support.

As i said earlier:

When i originally compiled this from the Suse source files (which i had hacked)

You also have to bear in mind that i had no instructions whatsoever to guide me,
basically i was 'flying blind' and simply following my nose.

I also felt (personally) that all the F2, F3 etc (see pic) where superfluous to my needs,
therefore i hacked the code to get rid of them, keeping only the F1 Help.

Needless to say, there was an awful lot of 'trial & error' going on.

...Maybe a function fpr bsme-3.0?

I wouldn't hold my breath on that happening mate.

Why don't you have a crack at compiling it yourself,
then you will understand just how complex a beast this thing really is.

CatDude
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[HoerMirAuf]

Hi CatDude ..

ok ... sorry, i didn't realize you have hacked it to remove the Buttons F2 etc.

But .... is there a hack needed?

I only keep the values for F2 etc. emtpy

key.F2=
key.F3=

and the Buttons are hidden.

How ever ... thx 4 BSME it's great like it is

[CatDude]

Hello HoerMirAuf

ok ... sorry, i didn't realize you have hacked it to remove the Buttons F2 etc.

But .... is there a hack needed?

Well, in my defence it was quite a while ago when i first set about hacking/compiling this thing,
and i have to admit that i went about things like the proverbial 'Bull in a china shop'.

I only keep the values for F2 etc. emtpy

key.F2=
key.F3=

and the Buttons are hidden.

Fair enough, but i made a couple of other changes besides those.

In order to place the 'F1 Help' at the top of the screen, you need to edit: /wherever/gfxboot-4.5.7-1.2.src.rpm_extracted/themes/openSUSE/src/panel.inc

The default gfxboot.cfg file does not have a section for 1024x768 (i added one),
i also resized the default background images (back.jpg) to 1024x768. (before compiling)

There is also a typo in the default gfxboot.cfg file,
it appears that the line:

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panel.fg=0xffffff

should actually be:

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panel.normal.fg=0xffffff

otherwise you cannot change the colour of the 'Help' of the 'F1 Help'

Also if you look at the Gfxboot_pic_01.jpg image i posted above,
you can see a very faint horizontal line to the right of where it say's 'Boot Options'.
I didn't want that, so i hacked the source to get rid of it.
I'll leave that one as an exercise for you to figure out where to hack (for now at least).

CatDude
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[Pelo]

1600x900 is my screen size. Could it be added ?

[smokey01]

No sorry, 1024x768 is the largest possible.

[mikeslr]

Hi All,

Smokey01 developed a really nice utility. The primary purpose of this post is so that it can be found by those seeking a boot spash image editor. "BSME" is only meaningful to those who already know what that means. I may have missed it, but I didn't find any phrases on any posts of this thread likely to result in a search engine listing it among the first entries.

mikesLr

[CatDude]

Hello mikeslr

...I may have missed it, but I didn't find any phrases on any posts of this thread likely to result in a search engine listing it among the first entries.

The very first post has this

Subject description: Boot-Splash Message Editor

plus the dotpet Description also say's

Boot-Splash Message Editor

CatDude
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[gcmartin]

Not to be taken the wrong way, As I am NOT trying to: BUT, I think what @MikeSLR is suggesting (although it may not have come out that way) is that the Subject in the opening thread might be something like this
"BSME-v1/v2 - Boot-Splash Message Editor" or maybe "BSME-v1/v2 - Editor f/Boot-Splash Messages" as something that yields a hint to the thread's purpose, since the acronym is new.

Thus I agree with all.

Hope this is viewed as helpful.

[puppyluvr]

Hello,
Nice!
How am I just now finding this?
A few years ago I made one called "Bootsplash" which was to rotate the splash image every boot.
This is a great idea. Did it evolve from your work on MultiPup?
BTW, nice work there as well. I have been playing with your updates.
Will have home Internet soon, so I can get more involved in Puppy again.

[smokey01]

Hello,
Nice!
How am I just now finding this?
A few years ago I made one called "Bootsplash" which was to rotate the splash image every boot.
This is a great idea. Did it evolve from your work on MultiPup?
BTW, nice work there as well. I have been playing with your updates.
Will have home Internet soon, so I can get more involved in Puppy again.

We made it as a companion to MultiPup.