[syslinux] List quiet for some time now?

[H. Peter Anvin]

Ferenc Wagner wrote:
> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com> writes:
> 
>> I think it's time to add a simple macro system for configuration
>> files.  The internals have been streamlined enough by now that it
>> should be relatively easy to do -- there has been a *lot* of work
>> behind the scenes which isn't user visible.
> 
> Does it mean you would accept something like the DHCP macros I
> augmented linux.c32 with, or core stuff only?
> 
>> The main question is what syntax to use that isn't likely to step on 
>> something else.  I think my current inclination is to use the Unix-like 
>> ${...} with the braces mandatory to reduce the likelihood of conflict.
> 
> I'd be fine with such syntax.

I would really prefer to do this on the level of the configuration file, 
which means doing it in the core *and* in parseconfig.c.  Ideally, of 
course, the CLI should be done in C, at which point those two could be 
unified.

Hm.

Perhaps I should start by experimenting with writing the CLI in C.

	-hpa