Syslinux - Sep 2018 - Menu entry shifts to the right, when using "{,x}"

Hi,...

my linux distribution is "arch-linux" and I use syslinux 6.03 to boot
this system. I have the following line in syslinux.cfg:

"MENU AUTOBOOT Automatischer Start in # Sekunde{,n}"

While the boot timer counts down, on the last second the menu shifts to
the right (one less character to display). This is completely harmless,
but is very annoying, once you have seen it.

I would suggest that these line should have a left hand position, which
would result in no movement of this line.

best regards

Stefan
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> "MENU AUTOBOOT Automatischer Start in # Sekunde{,n}"
> 
> While the boot timer counts down, on the last second the menu shifts to
> the right (one less character to display). This is completely harmless,
> but is very annoying, once you have seen it.
> 
> I would suggest that these line should have a left hand position, which
> would result in no movement of this line.
 
A similar horizontal shift occurs when the TIMEOUT is higher than 99 
(the message gets re-centered).

If this is so annoying, I would suggest changing the directive from:

 "MENU AUTOBOOT Automatischer Start in # Sekunde{,n}"

to:

 "MENU AUTOBOOT Automatischer Start in # Sekunde(n)"

Please note the changes, from curly brackets to round brackets and no 
comma.

HTH,
Ady.

Am Mittwoch, den 05.09.2018, 14:00 +0000 schrieb Ady Ady via Syslinux:
> A similar horizontal shift occurs when the TIMEOUT is higher than 99 
> (the message gets re-centered).
No, it gets not re-centered. That is my point.
>  "MENU AUTOBOOT Automatischer Start in # Sekunde(n)"
> 
> Please note the changes, from curly brackets to round brackets and
> no comma.
That is actual a smart workaround. Thanks!

I like not to be too pedantic, but a "re-centering" of those lines
still would be nice...

Thanks

Stefan
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