[syslinux] Syslinux docs for core variants and installers

Matt Fleming matt at console-pimps.org
Thu Nov 8 03:35:47 PST 2012


On Wed, 2012-11-07 at 16:58 -0500, Gene Cumm wrote:
> > I honestly think the naming convention should be in the README in the
> > top-level directory. Likewise the section about bug reports and the
> > mailing list.
> 
> Should the man pages include some of this?  AsciiDoc has facilities
> for an include which probably be useful here which can also have
> conditions. If not, references for at least bugs and the list should
> likely be included in the bottom

Yes, the man page probably should include some of this.

[...]

> > OK, the reason I asked for patches against 5.00 is because the command
> > line code gets way more interesting in that version. For instance, it's
> > got bash-like command history, e.g. you can search backwards through the
> > commands you've typed with Ctrl + R foo. The command line code in 5.00
> > is much more hackable (it's all written in C) and I suspect new features
> > will be added. Having a separate command line doc file will make it
> > easier for people to update the documentation.
> 
> Also moving the filename append rule here (cli.txt?) would likely be
> appropriate.

Agreed.

(I didn't reply directly to all your other points as they seem fine).

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center




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