Add a Splash Screen Section to the Handbook?

[Manolis Kiagias]

Gabor PALI wrote:
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>> Would you rather find the discussion of a splash screen useful? I
>> doubt it. What's more, you would not be able to fully understand what
>> is going on. There is another possible section for this info: Chapter
>> 12 (boot).
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> Hm, I think it is a great idea!  What do you think of appending it to
> section ``12.3 The Boot Manager and Boot Stages'' (as a sub-section)?
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Yes, exactly what I had in mind.  I was reading section 12.3.3 where
/boot/loader is discussed while writing the previous reply.

>> There are could also be other places, but this is the only that comes
>>  to mind at the moment. One could also argue we need something of a 
>> "Misc settings" chapter, where all this useful but maybe hard to 
>> categorize stuff would go. But then again, this maybe the role of the
>>  FAQ.
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> I recommended to not to include the entire text in the FAQ itself for
> Joe because I think the FAQ should be "compact and quick".  Joe wrote a
> complete and precise description on the topic, so it should be placed in
> the Handbook and referenced (only) from the FAQ.
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> I am trying to defer the introduction of a potential "Misc Settings"
> chapter until we really encounter things that do not fit in the actual
> contents or outgrew their limits.
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I agree.  Most of the misc topics still seem to fit in the standard
chapters if studied carefully.

>> By the way, the above is just a suggestion, if the general consensus 
>> is to merge it into the Basics chapter, I won't object :)
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> At the moment, I would prefer to inject it into Section 12.3.  If there
> is no explicit objection in the next few days, I will try start to work
> on its SGML version and send a patch to the list for review.
>   

Well, let's call all the "usual suspects" ;) to comment...