[syslinux] MENU HIDDENKEY help?

[Matt Sephton]

Thanks. 

I think the hidden autoboot message meant I was missing the 3-second window. 

I've made your DEFAULT and UI change and everything now works as intended. 

Also, I've discovered a possible bug but will post a new message about that. 

On 2 Sep 2012, at 17:47, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Matt Sephton <matt.sephton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I was hoping you could shed some light in usage of the directive MENU HIDDENKEY in syslinux (extlinux 4.04)
>> 
>> The docs say:
>> MENU HIDDENKEY key[,key...] command...
>> 
>> So, in my conf I have:
>> 
>> MENU HIDDENKEY Esc openelec
>> 
>> Where openelec is the label of the boot option I want to run only if Esc is pressed.
> 
> Have you tried other keys?
> 
>> But pressing Esc on boot has no effect. Default is run. So, do I misunderstand the "command" part of the directive? If so, are there any examples I can learn from?
>> 
>> My full conf is here: http://pastebin.com/RJuju4RF
> 
> DEFAULT menu.c32
> 
> should ideally be
> 
> DEFAULT winxp
> UI menu.c32
> 
>> The effect I am after is a blank screen that will boot default if nothing is pressed, but if Esc is pressed it will boot an alternate or show the menu.
> 
> I presume you realize the timeout is only 3 seconds (30 deciseconds), right?
> 
> -- 
> -Gene
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