Re: graphical lilo

[Nick Hastings <hastings@physics.unimelb.edu.au>]

Hi,

   while we are on the topic... does anyone know how to set a transparent
background for the timer?

For the menu it works as advertised in the lilo.conf man page (no entry
implies transparent);

eg.

bmp-colors=13,,0,1,,0

If I do a similar thing for the timer:

bmp-timer=30p,400p,13,,0

the background is black.

The man page for lilo.conf is a little confusing;


       bmp-timer=<x>,<y>,<fg>,<bg>,<sh>
              Optional  specification of the 'timeout=' countdown
              timer.  <x>,<y> specifies the character (or  pixel)
              coordinate  of  the  location  of the timer, as for
              'bmp-table=' above; and the color  triple  specifes
              the  character  color  attributes,  as  for must be
              specified.
	      
	      
What does "as for must be specified" mean? Is it a typo? Or perhaps bad
English? Does it mean that <fg>,<bg> and <sh> are the same as for bmp-timer 
_except_ that all must be specified?

Thanks,

Nick.
	      
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