It always counts from 0 and if you have blank menu separators, this is still counted by grub4dos as a menu item. e.g. you have to number the menu items like this:
0 menu aaa 1 menu bbb ---- DOS commands --- 3 menu ccc 4 menu ddd
so if you type 3, it goes to the 4th menu item and, in this example, the menu item numbered 2 has to be missing as a menu separator is used for this entry.
Also if the user presses '2' on the keyboard, the separator (--- DOS commands ---) is selected.
I have modified grub4dos, so that IF your menu title starts with a number, the user can press that number to select the item. This means your menu can start from 1 and not 0, and you can have separators. So the menu above now becomes:
My Heading heading/separator here or just have title <space> for a blank entry 1 menu aaa 2 menu bbb ---- DOS commands --- 3 menu ccc 4 menu ddd
Menu entries larger than 10 are supported.
This new version has a few 'foibles' (gnumber=grub4dos number which starts at 0 and each menu item has a gnumber, mnumber= the menu number which is taken from the number at the start of the menu title text)
1. If the user presses 3 to select the 3 menu cc item in the above example, '4' will be displayed at the top right corner as it is the gnumber menu item #4 in grub4dos-speak
2. If some of the menu items are unnumbered (no mnumber), the unnumbered items cannot be selected by pressing the appropriate gnumber key (so separator menu entries can never be selected by the user - which is a good thing!) - unless the mnumber numbered item does not exist.
3. The multiple key feature (pressing the same number 5 times to change it to the down-cursor key) will not work if the menu is numbered and you press a number key - letter keys do work though.
4. A menu entry 0 (i.e. an entry before the 1 xxx entry) needs to exist if you have more than 9 entries, otherwise entering numbers larger than 9 won't work. To fix this make sure the first menu entry is either blank or any heading you like or number it as '0 xxxxx'.
5. The first few menu entries should exist even if not numbered. For example if you have 34 entries, then menu entries 0, 1 , 2 and 3 (in grub4dos numbering - gnumber) must exist or else typing 33 to select entry 33 will not work.
6. You cannot number a menu entry with a number higher than the last grub4dos number. For example you cannot have menu with six entries but have the last one as 'title 99 Reboot'.
7. Leading 0's can be used in a title, so you can number from 00 to 99, if the user presses 4 or 04 then the menu item numbered 04 (mnumber) will be highlighted.
8. If two or more menu items have the same mnumber, only the first one will be selected when the user types that number.
The basic rules are: if you use numbered menu items, use the first item (gnumber 0) either as a separator/heading or a number 0 item and number the next three (or so) menu items - after that you should consecutively number all items but you can use separators wherever you like.
GFXmenu numbers it's menu items from 1 and not from 0. This means you can now have a grub4dos menu starting at 1-9 and then later add GFXMenu and keep the same numbering if all your menu items are numbered!
There may be a few more quirks. Please could you try it and let me know if you think this is an improvement that should be included in all newer versions? Just replace your current grldr file with this new one. I will pass the code change over to chenall for suggested inclusion if you think this is a good idea.
[Edit] Replaced by newer version of grub4dos (latest chenall build) which supports (bd), etc.).[/Edit]
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