[syslinux] Syslinux 4.06-pre12

[Bernd Blaauw]

Op 9-10-2012 16:50, Ady schreef:

>   _ "F1...F12": can only display one last page. If the content of the
> file is longer than one page, the first lines just "run through the
> screen" and the user can effectively read the last page only.

Such a display-per-page functionality could be quite usefull in 
displaying the license terms that a product is released under.


> If you don't want to touch display.c32, then at least add the "MORE"
> functionality to cat.c32. A "simple" user knows how to use the
> "arrow" keys in the keyboard to go up and down one line, and the
> "PageUp" and "PageDown" keys to scroll one page at a time. Keys like
> "Home" and "End" are probably self-explanatory at this point.
> Pressing [ESC] could just finish the process and would go back to the
> previous state (the boot prompt, or menu.c32 or whatever was that
> previous state), which is the same behavior as in the other "simple"
> alternatives (but not in rosh).

Space(-bar) or Enter key could also be nice, as well as a timeout per 
displayed page (on timeout, display next page. It's debatable if timeout 
on last page should return to prompt, or if prompt visible on 
non-screen-filling last page).

Bernd