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+4/25/2013, referencing rEFInd 0.6.9

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like to add detection for Itanium and ARM systems, but I have no way to test such changes. -
  • The code could be more flexible in its handling of the sizes of - various graphical elements, and particularly drawn text. Prior to - version 0.2.2, submenu text was invisible on UEFI-based PCs with - 800x600 and smaller displays because of an inability to properly - crop the graphics fields that hold the text. With version 0.2.2, - I've put a band-aid on this problem by reducing the field size so - that it now works on 800x600 displays, but smaller displays still - suffer from this problem. This is just an example of the - inflexibility of certain layout issues within rEFInd.
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  • Although the ICNS file format used by rEFInd supports multiple image sizes, if a size that rEFInd needs isn't present in the file, rEFInd can't use the icon. The ability to scale images to the desired size would be useful.
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  • A way to set the color of the font would be useful for theming + purposes.
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  • The program's font features could be greatly improved by enabling + use of a standard font format, by enabling use of non-ASCII + characters, and by enabling use of variable-width as well as + monospace fonts.
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  • I would like to be able to specify the volume on which a boot loader resides using a partition GUID value, but extracting a GUID from the partition data is harder than extracting the volume's @@ -169,14 +205,13 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

    substitutes the size, so you get displays like boot EFI\foo\bar.efi from 90 GiB volume. I'd like to add more checks to substitute the GPT partition label if the - filesystem label comes up empty, or add a filesystem type - identifier to the size.
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  • The default_selection option in refind.conf could be improved by - supporting a list of default options, so that if the first item - isn't found, rEFInd will try to boot the second one in the list, - and so on. This could be handy in case a driver fails to load, or - to provide an override in case the user inserts a specific + filesystem label comes up empty.
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  • The default_selection option in refind.conf could + be improved by supporting a list of default options, so that if the + first item isn't found, rEFInd will try to boot the second one in + the list, and so on. This could be handy in case a driver fails to + load, or to provide an override in case the user inserts a specific removable disk—by placing the removable disk's name first in the list, it will take precedence over the normal hard disk default.
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    Apple-specific EFI extension, and I know of no standard EFI way to do it. +
  • A couple of Mac users have reported that the brightness-adjustment + features in Windows don't work when Windows is booted via rEFInd, + but that these features do work when Windows is booted via the + Mac's built-in boot manager. Unfortunately, I have no idea what + causes this problem, I have no Windows installation on my one + (elderly) Mac, and I have no way to debug it. Therefore, it's + unlikely that I'll be able to fix this problem myself; but if you + have the equipment and skill to do so, I'd be interested in + receiving a patch.
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  • The re-scan feature occasionally produces odd results, such as ignoring new media or keeping old media that have been ejected. This should be investigated and fixed.
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  • The code is in need of review to search for memory leaks and similar problems.
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  • If the user has a Linux software RAID 1 array, rEFInd will detect + kernels or boot loaders in RAID 1 twice. This could be fixed by + adding a check for duplicate filesystem UUIDs to the + partition-scanning code.
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  • New features I'd like to add: @@ -293,11 +343,8 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

    loader settings—say, to disable one specific boot loader or change its icon.
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  • A way to set the color of the font would be useful for theming - purposes.
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  • Going further, the ability to load arbitrary other fonts, ideally - in a standard format, would be desirable for theming purposes.
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  • The ability to rotate the display for users who rotate their + monitors would be helpful.
  • A GUI configuration tool would be nice, but it's low on my personal priority list. If you'd like to contribute, I prefer something