Can the message have some color codes?

"\nPress <white>F12</white> for boot menu.\n\n"

So that it is possible to brighten/darken/highlight/emphasize certain parts of text strings.

Also with the boot being so fast, it is easy to miss the window of press.

I hope it is possible to hold down the F12 key and that should work too, so you don't have to repeatedly press it 10 times a second. :p

On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Kevin O'Connor <kevin@koconnor.net> wrote:

Allow configuration of the boot menu prompt and boot menu key (via the
romfile interface). Some machines don't have an F12 key, so make this
configurable.

Signed-off-by: Kevin O'Connor <kevin@koconnor.net>
---
src/boot.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/boot.c b/src/boot.c
index d421a65..7bcb4b6 100644
--- a/src/boot.c
+++ b/src/boot.c
@@ -413,14 +413,16 @@ interactive_bootmenu(void)
while (get_keystroke(0) >= 0)
;

- printf("\nPress F12 for boot menu.\n\n");
+ char *bootmsg = romfile_loadfile("etc/boot-menu-message", NULL);
+ int menukey = romfile_loadint("etc/boot-menu-key", 0x86);
+ printf(bootmsg ?: "\nPress F12 for boot menu.\n\n");
+ free(bootmsg);

u32 menutime = romfile_loadint("etc/boot-menu-wait", DEFAULT_BOOTMENU_WAIT);
enable_bootsplash();
int scan_code = get_keystroke(menutime);
disable_bootsplash();
- if (scan_code != 0x86)
- /* not F12 */
+ if (scan_code != menukey)
return;

while (get_keystroke(0) >= 0)
--
1.7.11.7

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