[syslinux] extlinux graphical menu with function keys

[H. Peter Anvin]

Gordon Schumacher wrote:
> 
> As it happens, I just finished a (hopefully less crufty) patch
> to accomplish exactly what you're after.  It's not quite as "pretty"
> on the screen as SuSE's stuff, but it's much "prettier" code and
> HUGELY easier to use.  (I wasted several hours trying to make SuSE's
> stuff work on my live-CD...)
> 
> http://www.valleyhold.org/~gordons/syslinux-optmenus.diff
> 
> The message I sent about it should be hitting the list archive soon,
> and the patch also updates README.menu with the new keywords.
> 
> HTH, let me know if this works for you!
> 

Hi Gordon,

I just looked at your patch to review it for integration.  Unfortunately 
it seems to have seriously gotten stale.

Furthermore, I'd rather not introduce new core keywords if at all 
possible (OPTMENU, OPTMENUS).  Any sane syntax to use them with the MENU 
leading keyword?  If not, can we stick to a single keyword (perhaps 
OPTMENU ENABLE F1...?)  If it doesn't make sense, then oh well, but...

Other than that, I really like the code, it's pretty clean and fits 
nicely in the framework already established, so I'd like to try it out. 
  Any chance I could get you to refresh this patch against 3.60-pre4 (or 
the "adv" branch in the git tree?)

	-hpa