Re: [Suggestion] LILO-like direct menu item access && scripting

[Serbinenko Vladimir]

Marc-Jano Knopp wrote:

> On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 at 15:34 (+0100), Serbinenko Vladimir wrote:
>  
>
> > Marc-Jano Knopp wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 at 10:38 (+0100), Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote:
> > >      
> > >
> > > > On Thursday 10 February 2005 22:51, Marc-Jano Knopp wrote:
> > > >
> > > >        
> > > >
> > > > > But as your mail left a few things open (Select or execute? Normal
> > > > > keys or keys with modifier? Single-letter-keys or strings?), the
> > > > > discussion about this would have had to be continued anyway. :-)
> > > > >    
> > > > >          
> > > > I prefer to execute it when a shortcut key is pressed. Why not?
> > > >        
> > > Because then it would not be possible to edit menu items blindly.
> > > For example, I could not blindly add boot parameters to the Linux
> > > kernel (runlevel, root=<whatever>, etc.) to override the default
> > > settings (which I do, indeed, e.g. for my SCSI testing machine
> > > which varying disks with varying partition layout connected, so that
> > > fixed menu items don't help).
> > >
> > >      
> > I think the best choice to do it is to bind a key like C-p to add 
> > parameters to the entry. Then theese parameters will be accessible as 
> > $1, $2, ... ($0 is a label of menu entry)
> >    
>
> Accessible to whom or what?
>
>  
To the scripts

> My scenario would be something like this:
>
> 1. Hit 's' to enter select-menu-entry-by-name mode (optional)
> 2. Type "linux" and hit [Return] to select (not execute) menu item
>   "Linux 2.4"
> 3. Hit 'e' to edit. Now the cursor could be at the end of the line
>   by default, so that I just need to type for example:
> 4. " root=/dev/sdf" [Return]
> 5. Hit [Return] again (or 'b') to boot.
>
>  
The problem with this scenario is the determination of line by default 
especially for scripts. You can have a script that launches different 
kernels depending on condition or it can use function. Which line is the 
default one?

> Best regards
>
>  Marc-Jano
>
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