[syslinux] keystrokes

[Gene Cumm]

On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 8:18 AM, Ady <ady-sf at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Syslinux Team,
>
> What actions are _supposed_ to be triggered by each of:
>
>   [Ctrl-J]
>   [Ctrl-M]
>
> in the Syslinux command line in version 6.03-pre20?

They should do nothing special but either might be interpreted like an <enter>.

> Are there any differences between CLI and [vesa]menu.c32 regarding
> these keystroke combinations?

(vesa)menu.c32 have a different CLI parser so I'd expect a possibility
of a difference.

> Are there any differences in their behaviors when booting with
> different Syslinux variants (e.g ISOLINUX vs. SYSLINUX vs.
> PXELINUX)?

There shouldn't be.  However, I could see EFI architecture having an
unintentional difference.

> To be clear, I am asking about what (in theory) *should* be
> happening, (which might or might not be the same as to what actually
> happens).

-- 
-Gene