Syslinux - Dec 2009 - vesamenu.c32: Last line of HELP MSG does not appear

This appears to be a bug:
In case the TEXT HELP for a menu entry extends over several lines and 
you manually set MENU HELPMSGROW and MENU HELPMSGENDROW, the last line 
of the TEXT HELP will not be visible.
Concrete example:
MENU HELPMSGROW 24
MENU HELPMSGENDROW 26

LABEL bug
TEXT HELP
This is the first line, it is visible :D
This is the second line, it is hidden :(
ENDTEXT
MENU LABEL Bug
KERNEL /boot/bug

You can clearly see the TEXT HELP box extending over the right amounts 
of rows, the last line of text is hidden however.
I suppose this is a bug or am I missing something?

-- Sven-Hendrik

On 12/03/2009 05:32 PM, Sven-Hendrik Haase wrote:
> This appears to be a bug:
> In case the TEXT HELP for a menu entry extends over several lines and
> you manually set MENU HELPMSGROW and MENU HELPMSGENDROW, the last line
> of the TEXT HELP will not be visible.
> Concrete example:
> MENU HELPMSGROW 24
> MENU HELPMSGENDROW 26
> 
> LABEL bug
> TEXT HELP
> This is the first line, it is visible :D
> This is the second line, it is hidden :(
> ENDTEXT
> MENU LABEL Bug
> KERNEL /boot/bug
> 
> You can clearly see the TEXT HELP box extending over the right amounts
> of rows, the last line of text is hidden however.
> I suppose this is a bug or am I missing something?
> 
> -- Sven-Hendrik
> 
Are you using the text menu or the graphical menu?  I'm wondering if you
end up running out of screen...

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.