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| author | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2008-12-11 14:59:36 -0800 |
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| committer | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2008-12-14 13:53:58 -0800 |
| commit | e21e66137b454fb3afd50a113de68599dd28de09 (patch) | |
| tree | 807860047ee9e406888e49590aa5f13ce03b2a1c /doc/menu.txt | |
| parent | 36390f9712ac56be1dce7a635322bd96e15620c1 (diff) | |
| download | syslinux-e21e66137b454fb3afd50a113de68599dd28de09.tar.gz | |
Add new "UI" directive instead of abusing the DEFAULT directive
Add a new "UI" directive to specify a user interface module, instead
of abusing the DEFAULT directive. This allows the DEFAULT directive
to be used for setting the default, even when the menu system is
enabled.
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/menu.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/menu.txt | 37 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/menu.txt b/doc/menu.txt index a03c72a1..fd5a44da 100644 --- a/doc/menu.txt +++ b/doc/menu.txt @@ -28,28 +28,31 @@ configuration file for SYSLINUX, EXTLINUX and ISOLINUX, and the same directory as pxelinux.0 for PXELINUX), and put the following options in your configuration file: -DEFAULT menu.c32 -PROMPT 0 +UI menu.c32 -There are a few menu additions to the command line, all starting with -the keywords MENU or TEXT; like the rest of the Syslinux config file -language, it is case insensitive: +There are a few menu additions to the configuration file, all starting +with the keywords MENU or TEXT; like the rest of the Syslinux config +file language, it is case insensitive: + MENU TITLE title Give the menu a title. The title is presented at the top of the menu. + MENU HIDDEN Do not display the actual menu unless the user presses a key. All that is displayed is a timeout message. + MENU SEPARATOR Insert an empty line in the menu. + MENU LABEL label (Only valid after a LABEL statement.) @@ -85,6 +88,7 @@ MENU INDENT count (Only valid after a LABEL statement.) Will add "count" spaces in front of the displayed menu entry. + MENU DISABLE (Only valid after a LABEL statement.) @@ -142,8 +146,9 @@ MENU HIDE MENU DEFAULT (Only valid after a LABEL statement.) - Indicates that this entry should be the default. If no - default is specified, use the first one. + + Indicates that this entry should be the default for this + particular submenu. See also the DEFAULT directive below. TEXT HELP @@ -239,7 +244,23 @@ MENU START (Only valid inside MENU BEGIN ... MENU END) Indicates that the menu system should start at the menu being - defined instead of at the top-level menu. + defined instead of at the top-level menu. See also the + DEFAULT directive below. + + +DEFAULT label + + Set the global default. If "label" points into a submenu, + that menu becomes the start menu; in other words, this + directive has the same effect as both MENU DEFAULT and MENU + START. + + For backwards compatibility with earlier versions of Syslinux, + this directive is ignored unless the configuration file also + contains a UI directive. + + Note: the CLI accepts options after the label, or even a + non-label. The menu system does not support that. INCLUDE filename [tagname] |