[syslinux] Menu system bug - MENU DEFAULT not working

[Ady]

Subject:        	Re: [syslinux] Menu system bug - MENU DEFAULT not 
working
Date sent:      	Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:53:09 +0100

> On Thu, 2012-10-11 at 13:15 +0200, Ady wrote:
> 
> Well, the patch I posted today breaks the existing behaviour for any
> default entry in a submenu, not just the MENU GOTO directive.> -- 

Hi Matt,

Hypothetical situation:

A parent menu consists of 8 submenus. The parent menu does NOT 
contain a MENU DEFAULT directive for its own entries, but each 
submenu has its own MENU DEFAULT. A user selects the last entry 
(submenu #8 in the parent menu) and then [ENTER]. Once in the 
submenu, [ESC], returning back to the parent menu.

With the current (as of 4.06pre12) behavior, the same last entry ( 
submenu #8 ) in the PARENT menu is the one still selected.

Question #1: After your patch, which entry in the PARENT menu would 
be selected once the user gets out of the submenu (with [ESC])?

Question #2: Same as Q#1 but when the parent menu has its own MENU 
DEFAULT directive too.

Note: I will test it myself once a prerelease is out. The intention 
of the questions are to present testing cases.

TIA,
Ady.