Re: [lcd4linux] Hierarchical Menu

[Ani A <ani...@gm...>]

Hello Ani,
>
> you may refer to the plugins "menu" and "layout" that I offered in a mail
> to the mailing list Lcd4linux-devel in November 2015:
>
> https://sourceforge.net/p/lcd4linux/mailman/message/34585173
>
>
> This plugins may be used to achieve your goals:
>   - create menus
>   - swap layouts dynamically (while runtime)
>
> Unfortunately there are some problems:
>
> 1.
> The diff attached in the mail hasn't been reviewed an checked in yet.
>
> So you'd have to get the current L4L sources, apply the diff and make
> executables yourself.
>
> 2.
> The plugins should work with a graphic display but have been tested with
> a text display/emulator only.
>
> 3.
> I don't know if there is a driver for the GIR128032C-BNFA dispay with
> buttons
> you've mentioned in an other mail.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Marcus
>

Thanks Marcus,

I wanted to avoid building custom binary, and rely on installing from the
Ubuntu repo,
so for now I have got a basic 2-level menu being read from file - if I hit
a blocker with
that approach, then I will pick this patch.
Thanks for pointing me to this diff, I will grok through it, and be
prepared.

Regards,
Ani