Syslinux - Dec 2015 - syslinux 6.03 bug related to rev shadow and scroll bar with vshift

I thought I've found three bugs on syslinux 6.03:

(1) With sample config file as is, i.e. leaving commented MENU VSHIFT 
and MENU COLOR UNSEL but uncommented MENU COLOR SEL:

A black "border" is displayed below the selected line and on its right
edge.

(2) Uncommenting MENU COLOR UNSEL:

This effect appears also on separators and on right edge on every 
unselected lines.

(3) Uncommenting MENU VSHIFT line, unrelated to previous behavior:

The scroll bar is not shown correctly... It behaves the same as if no 
VSHIFT were specified, so it is "hidden" on the first page because the
menu has vertical shift, and the second page shows only two scroll 
characters but on first lines instead of at bottom of the menu.

syslinux.cfg file:

PATH /boot/syslinux/modules/bios
UI vesamenu.c32
# MENU VSHIFT 10
MENU COLOR SEL          * #FFFFD600 #00000000 *
# MENU COLOR UNSEL        * #FFFFFFFF #00000000 rev

LABEL XXXXX
MENU LABEL XXXXX
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND XXXX

LABEL XXXXX
MENU LABEL XXXXX
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND XXXX

MENU SEPARATOR

LABEL XXXXX
MENU LABEL XXXXX
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND XXXX

MENU SEPARATOR

LABEL XXXXX
MENU LABEL XXXXX
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND XXXX

LABEL XXXXX
MENU LABEL XXXXX
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND XXXX

LABEL XXXXX
MENU LABEL XXXXX
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND XXXX

LABEL XXXXX
MENU LABEL XXXXX
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND XXXX

LABEL XXXXX
MENU LABEL XXXXX
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND XXXX

LABEL XXXXX
MENU LABEL XXXXX
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND XXXX

LABEL XXXXX
MENU LABEL XXXXX
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND XXXX

LABEL XXXXX
MENU LABEL XXXXX
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND XXXX

LABEL XXXXX
MENU LABEL XXXXX
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND XXXX

LABEL XXXXX
MENU LABEL XXXXX
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND XXXX

LABEL XXXXX
MENU LABEL XXXXX
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND XXXX

MENU SEPARATOR

LABEL XXXXX
MENU LABEL XXXXX
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND XXXX

On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Emilio Lazo Zaia via Syslinux
<syslinux at zytor.com> wrote:
> I thought I've found three bugs on syslinux 6.03:
Just to be clear, is this only affecting vesamenu.c32?
> (1) With sample config file as is, i.e. leaving commented MENU VSHIFT and
> MENU COLOR UNSEL but uncommented MENU COLOR SEL:
>
> A black "border" is displayed below the selected line and on its
right edge.
I'm not sure this is a bug but an intended effect since you're not
touching the shadowing.  Try none.
> (2) Uncommenting MENU COLOR UNSEL:
>
> This effect appears also on separators and on right edge on every
unselected
> lines.
Same.
> (3) Uncommenting MENU VSHIFT line, unrelated to previous behavior:
>
> The scroll bar is not shown correctly... It behaves the same as if no
VSHIFT
> were specified, so it is "hidden" on the first page because the
menu has
> vertical shift, and the second page shows only two scroll characters but on
> first lines instead of at bottom of the menu.
This one feels like a bug in calculating the top location to place the
scrollbar.  When you hit the bottom of the list, regardless of if you
set MENU VSHIFT, it ends at the exact same position.  Fiddling with
all of the variables, it doesn't seem like it can be fixed/worked
around.
> syslinux.cfg file:
>
> PATH /boot/syslinux/modules/bios
> UI vesamenu.c32
> # MENU VSHIFT 10
> MENU COLOR SEL          * #FFFFD600 #00000000 *
> # MENU COLOR UNSEL        * #FFFFFFFF #00000000 rev
>
> LABEL XXXXX
> MENU LABEL XXXXX
> COM32 chain.c32
> APPEND XXXX
>
> LABEL XXXXX
> MENU LABEL XXXXX
> COM32 chain.c32
> APPEND XXXX
For any other situation, repeating LABELs would be an absolutely
horrible idea and even here I'd suggest against it.  Here's a better
idea:


PATH /boot/syslinux/modules/bios
UI vesamenu.c32
# MENU VSHIFT 10
MENU COLOR SEL          * #FFFFD600 #00000000 *
# MENU COLOR UNSEL        * #FFFFFFFF #00000000 rev

LABEL hda1
MENU LABEL hda1
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND hda1

LABEL hda2
MENU LABEL hda2
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND hda2

MENU SEPARATOR

LABEL hda3
MENU LABEL hda3
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND hda3

MENU SEPARATOR

LABEL hda4
MENU LABEL hda4
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND hda4

LABEL hda5
MENU LABEL hda5
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND hda5

LABEL hda6
MENU LABEL hda6
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND hda6

LABEL hda7
MENU LABEL hda7
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND hda7

LABEL hda8
MENU LABEL hda8
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND hda8

LABEL hda9
MENU LABEL hda9
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND hda9

LABEL hda10
MENU LABEL hda10
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND hda10

LABEL hda11
MENU LABEL hda11
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND hda11

LABEL hda12
MENU LABEL hda12
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND hda12

LABEL hda13
MENU LABEL hda13
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND hda13

LABEL hda14
MENU LABEL hda14
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND hda14

MENU SEPARATOR

LABEL hda15
MENU LABEL hda15
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND hda15


-- 
-Gene

Hi Gene:

On 09/12/15 22:16, Gene Cumm wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Emilio Lazo Zaia via Syslinux
> <syslinux at zytor.com> wrote:
>> I thought I've found three bugs on syslinux 6.03:
> Just to be clear, is this only affecting vesamenu.c32?
You mean cmenu.c32? I didn't test it with cmenu; only vesamenu.c32 and 
menu.c32.
>
>> (1) With sample config file as is, i.e. leaving commented MENU VSHIFT
and
>> MENU COLOR UNSEL but uncommented MENU COLOR SEL:
>>
>> A black "border" is displayed below the selected line and on
its right edge.
> I'm not sure this is a bug but an intended effect since you're not
> touching the shadowing.  Try none.
No undesired lines with "none"... But see
below.
>
>> (2) Uncommenting MENU COLOR UNSEL:
>>
>> This effect appears also on separators and on right edge on every
unselected
>> lines.
I forgot to mention that when uncommenting MENU COLOR UNSEL, the 
selected line behaves correctly, although is true the paragraph above 
about unselected items and separators
> Same.
No lines with "none" on both SEL and UNSEL, but also no shadows on 
unselected items...

If we leave "rev" on UNSEL and "none" on SEL the undesired
line
reappears on selected item being the behavior the following: a black 
line above the selected item, a black line above the menu separators and 
a black line on the right edge on unselected lines. So the screen is messy.

If we specify a background image, a little distortion is apparent when 
changing between items.
>
>> (3) Uncommenting MENU VSHIFT line, unrelated to previous behavior:
>>
>> The scroll bar is not shown correctly... It behaves the same as if no
VSHIFT
>> were specified, so it is "hidden" on the first page because
the menu has
>> vertical shift, and the second page shows only two scroll characters
but on
>> first lines instead of at bottom of the menu.
> This one feels like a bug in calculating the top location to place the
> scrollbar.  When you hit the bottom of the list, regardless of if you
> set MENU VSHIFT, it ends at the exact same position.  Fiddling with
> all of the variables, it doesn't seem like it can be fixed/worked
> around.
Exactly. It is also present with menu.c32.
>
>> syslinux.cfg file:
>>
>> PATH /boot/syslinux/modules/bios
>> UI vesamenu.c32
>> # MENU VSHIFT 10
>> MENU COLOR SEL          * #FFFFD600 #00000000 *
>> # MENU COLOR UNSEL        * #FFFFFFFF #00000000 rev
>>
>> LABEL XXXXX
>> MENU LABEL XXXXX
>> COM32 chain.c32
>> APPEND XXXX
>>
>> LABEL XXXXX
>> MENU LABEL XXXXX
>> COM32 chain.c32
>> APPEND XXXX
> For any other situation, repeating LABELs would be an absolutely
> horrible idea and even here I'd suggest against it.  Here's a
better
> idea:
Of course, thank you... I've modified my syslinux.cfg to post a minimum 
working example without taking into account the repeating labels.

Emilio