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+.TH grml-quickconfig 8
+.SH "NAME"
+grml-quickconfig \- get fast access to some basic grml-scripts
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B grml-quickconfig [menudir]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+This manual page documents briefly the
+.B grml-quickconfig
+command.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.B menudir
+Directory to load the menu files from. Menu files have to end in *.sh.
+
+If menudir is a directory files will be directly loaded from specified directory.
+If it is not a directory it will be loaded from
+.B /usr/share/grml-quickconfig/MENUDIR/
+(if exists)
+
+If no option is provided the bootparameter
+.B menu
+is used as directory
+.SH NOTES
+grml-quickconfig provides a console based interface to get fast
+access to some basic grml-scripts like for example grml-network,
+netcardconfig, grml-lang, grml-x and grml2hd.
+.SH USAGE EXAMPLES
+.TP
+.B grml-quickconfig
+Invoke the interface.
+.TP
+.B grml-quickconfig /opt/my_menu/
+Invoke the interface and load all files ending in *.sh
+.TP
+.B grml-quickconfig network
+Test if dir is a directory and load all files edning in *.sh from it. If dir is not a valid directory
+.B /usr/share/grml-quickconfig/network/
+is used.
+.SH Writing own menu entries
+A menu script is a shell script with some necessary informations described in this section.
+
+.SS API
+Following predefined functions are available to write a script displaying a menu entry:
+.TP
+.B print_line text
+Print the text in one line inside the menu. Shell
+.TP
+.B print_starting_line
+Print the first line for a menu
+.TP
+.B print_closing_line
+Print the closing line for a menu
+.TP
+.B print_delim
+Print a delimiter line for a menu
+.TP
+.B run COMMAND
+Print command before executing it
+.TP
+.B get_key VARIABLE_NAME
+Get one key from user
+.TP
+.B Example
+
+ # get user input
+ get_key INPUT
+ [ "$INPUT" == "c" ] && echo "C pressed"
+
+ # print && execute grml-lang de
+ run grml-lang de
+
+.SS Predefined Variables
+Following variables are predefined and could be used in a menu script:
+.TP
+.B NORMAL
+Switch back to normal color
+.TP
+.B HILIGHT
+Shall be used to hilight the used key for a menu
+.TP
+.B Example
+ print_line "Configure ${HILIGHT}n${NORMAL}etwork"
+.SS MUST Provide
+.TP
+.B display_entry
+A function named display_entry to determine if this entry shall be displayed.
+.LP
+.RS
+.B Example
+.LP
+# Always display menu item
+ display_entry() { return 0 }
+
+# Only display menu item if specified program is available
+ display_entry() {
+ . /etc/grml/script-functions
+ check4progs PROGRAM >/dev/null
+ return $?
+ }
+
+.RE 1
+.TP
+.B LINE
+A variable used to determine what shall be done to generate a menu entry. Typically
+used in combination with print_line. Only used if display_entry returns 0.
+.LP
+.RS
+.B \ Example
+ # print Configure network (grml-network)
+ LINE='print_line "Configure ${HILIGHT}n${NORMAL}etwork (${HILIGHT_NAME}grml-network${NORMAL})"'
+.RE 1
+.SS Optional entries
+Following variables are optional and can be defined in a script but must not.
+.TP
+.B FUNCTION
+A variable specifing the code which shall be executed if user selects this menu entry.
+The variable $INPUT can be used to get the user input.
+.RS
+.B \ Example
+ # Print the key from the user
+ FUNCTION='echo $INPUT'
+
+ # create a submenu
+ submenu() { ... }
+ FUNCTION='submenu'
+.RE 1
+
+.TP
+.B KEY, array
+An array containig all possible keys for executing the code specified in the FUNCTION variable, e.g:
+.RS
+ # execute code in FUNCTION if c, d or e is pressed.
+KEY=(c d e)
+
+.SS Complete Example
+ # language module for grml-quickconfig
+ LINE='print_line "Set keyboard layout (${HILIGHT_NAME}grml-lang${NORMAL}): \\
+ ${HILIGHT}d${NORMAL}e ${HILIGHT}a${NORMAL}t ${HILIGHT}c${NORMAL}h e${HILIGHT}s${NORMAL} ${HILIGHT}u${NORMAL}s"'
+
+ typeset -A lang_mapping
+
+ # map keys to language
+ lang_mapping=(
+ d de
+ a at
+ c ch
+ s es
+ u us
+ )
+
+ # get all keys from assoc array
+ KEY=(${(k)lang_mapping})
+
+ # $INPUT is the user input
+ FUNCTION='run grml-lang ${lang_mapping[$INPUT]}'
+
+ # always display entry
+ display_entry() {
+ return 0
+ }
+
+ ## END OF FILE #################################################################
+ # vim:foldmethod=marker expandtab ai ft=zsh shiftwidth=3
+
+
+.SH AUTHOR
+Current grml-quickconfig was written by the Grml Team <team@grml.org> and is based on the
+idea of Michael Schierl.
+
+The originaly grml-quickconfig was written by Michael Schierl <schierlm-public@gmx.de>.
+.PP
+This manual page was written by Michael Prokop
+<mika@grml.org> for the grml project (but may be used by others).
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