diff --git a/contrib/patches/README b/contrib/patches/README index ead5db4..fb9cb0f 100644 --- a/contrib/patches/README +++ b/contrib/patches/README @@ -11,14 +11,24 @@ currently has 3 levels, that might be able to be flattened, I've been pondering it and don't have a simple sol'n yet, but feel like there's one there, so I'll keep thinking on it for now. -2. OPT - adds options to the LCDd.conf for; -storing the default display string on the CFontz633.c, we use this to -put up a "starting" message for reboot for example. -setting the main menu name - which show's up on the LCD menu list, we -give it a more meaningful name like "admin" for the menus, instead of -"lcdproc" -setting the goodbye msg - which we set to "shutting down", instead of -"Thanks for using lcdproc+linux" +2. OPT - adds options to the LCDd.conf for +* storing the default display string on the CFontz633.c, we use this to + put up a "starting" message for reboot for example. + CFontz633 boot messages can use both lines of the display: if you + specify a message longer than 16 characters, the second line gets set + to characters 17+. +* setting the main menu name - which show's up on the LCD menu list, we + give it a more meaningful name like "admin" for the menus, instead of + "lcdproc" + Now doesn't display empty menus - if you disabled the default LCDd + server menu (one of the features of the patch), you could still enter + the menus, but it would crash if you pressed the right arrow. It also + looked pretty funny. I figured the safest and easiest thing to do was + just to not display a useless menu. + Let the server menu name be configurable in the config file with the + [menu]menuentryname="Menu Name" option in LCDd.conf. +* setting the goodbye msg - which we set to "shutting down", instead of + "Thanks for using lcdproc+linux" 3. SEG - adds the ability to get a stack trace for the LCDd daemon. I didn't actually catch a useful trace w/ it, but might be a nice