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25.Dd July 20, 2018
26.Dt MENU.4TH 7
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm menu.4th
30.Nd loader dynamic menu boot module
31.Sh DESCRIPTION
32The file that goes by the name of
33.Nm
34is a set of commands designed to display a dynamic menu system managed through
35a system of carefully named environment variables.
36The commands of
37.Nm
38by themselves are not enough for most uses.
39Please refer to the
40examples below for the most common situations, and to
41.Xr loader 7
42for additional commands.
43.Pp
44Before using any of the commands provided in
45.Nm ,
46it must be included
47through the command:
48.Pp
49.Dl include menu.4th
50.Pp
51This line is present in the default
52.Pa /boot/forth/menu.rc
53file, so it is not needed (and should not be re-issued) in a normal setup.
54.Pp
55The commands provided by it are:
56.Pp
57.Bl -tag -width disable-module_module -compact -offset indent
58.It Ic menu-init
59Draws the menu bounding box and initializes some internal state variables.
60This should be called before any other menu-related functions.
61.It Ic menu-display
62Displays the menu (configured via the below documented environment variables)
63and blocks on keyboard input, awaiting user action.
64.It Ic menu-erase
65Clears the screen area within the menu bounding box.
66.It Ic menu-redraw
67Calls
68.Ic menu-erase
69and then redraws the menu.
70.It Ic menu-unset
71Unsets the environment variables associated with individual menu items,
72clearing the way for a new menu.
73.It Ic menu-clear
74Calls
75.Ic menu-unset
76and then
77.Ic menu-erase .
78.El
79.Pp
80The environment variables that effect its behavior are:
81.Bl -tag -width bootfile -offset indent
82.It Va loader_color
83If set to
84.Dq Li NO
85(case-insensitive) or
86.Dq Li 0 ,
87causes the menu to be displayed without color.
88The default is to use ANSI coloring whenever possible.
89If serial boot is enabled, color is disabled by default.
90Color features include the use of ANSI bold for numbers appearing to the left
91of menuitems and the use of special
92.Dq Li ansi
93variables described below.
94.It Va autoboot_delay
95Number of seconds
96.Ic menu-display
97will wait before executing
98.Va menu_timeout_command
99.Ic ( boot
100by default) unless a key is pressed.
101If set to
102.Dq Li NO
103(case-insensitive)
104.Ic menu-display
105will wait for user input and never execute
106.Ic menu_timeout_command .
107If set to
108.Dq Li -1 ,
109.Ic menu-display
110will boot immediately, preventing both interruption of the
111.Ic autoboot
112process and escaping to the loader prompt.
113Default is
114.Dq Li 10 .
115See
116.Xr loader 7
117for additional information.
118.It Va menu_timeout_command
119The command to be executed after
120.Va autoboot_delay
121seconds if a key is not pressed.
122The default is
123.Ic boot .
124.It Va loader_menu_frame
125Sets the desired box style to draw around the boot menu.
126Possible values are:
127.Dq Li single
128.Pq the default ,
129.Dq Li double ,
130and
131.Dq Li none .
132.It Va loader_menu_timeout_x
133Sets the desired column position of the timeout countdown text.
134Default is 4.
135.It Va loader_menu_timeout_y
136Sets the desired row position of the timeout countdown text.
137Default is 23.
138.It Va loader_menu_title
139The text to display above the menu.
140Default is
141.Dq Li "Welcome to FreeBSD" .
142.It Va loader_menu_title_align
143Default is to align
144.Ic loader_menu_title
145centered above the menu.
146This can be set to
147.Dq Li left
148or
149.Dq Li right
150to instead display the title left-or-right justified
151.Pq respectively .
152.It Va loader_menu_x
153Sets the desired column position of the boot menu.
154Default is 5.
155.It Va loader_menu_y
156Sets the desired row position of the boot menu.
157Default is 10.
158.It Va menu_caption[x]
159The text to be displayed for the numbered menuitem
160.Dq Li x .
161.It Va menu_command[x]
162The command to be executed when the number associated with menuitem
163.Dq Li x
164is pressed.
165See the list of included FICL words below for some ideas.
166.It Va menu_keycode[x]
167An optional decimal ASCII keycode to be associated with menuitem
168.Dq Li x .
169When pressed, will cause the execution of
170.Va menu_command[x] .
171.It Va ansi_caption[x]
172If
173.Va loader_color
174is set
175.Pq enabled by default ,
176use this caption for menuitem
177.Dq Li x
178instead of
179.Va menu_caption[x] .
180.It Va toggled_text[x]
181For menuitems where
182.Va menu_command[x]
183is set to
184.Dq Li toggle_menuitem
185(or a derivative thereof), the text displayed
186will toggle between this and
187.Va menu_caption[x] .
188.It Va toggled_ansi[x]
189Like
190.Va toggled_text[x]
191except used when
192.Va loader_color
193is enabled
194.Pq default .
195.It Va menu_caption[x][y]
196For menuitems where
197.Va menu_command[x]
198is set to
199.Dq Li cycle_menuitem
200(or a derivative thereof), the text displayed will cycle between this and other
201.Va menu_caption[x][y]
202entries.
203.It Va ansi_caption[x][y]
204Like
205.Va menu_caption[x][y]
206except used when
207.Va loader_color
208is enabled
209.Pq default .
210.It Va menu_acpi
211When set to a number
212.Dq Li x
213associated with a given menuitem, that menuitem will allow to select
214acpi-user-options
215.Pq see Xr eeprom 8 .
216.It Va menu_options
217When set to a number
218.Dq Li x ,
219a single blank-line and an
220.Dq Li Options
221header are inserted between
222.Va menu_caption[x-1]
223and
224.Va menu_caption[x]
225(if configured).
226.It Va menu_reboot
227If set, adds a built-in
228.Dq Li Reboot
229menuitem to the end of the last configured menuitem.
230If
231.Va menu_options
232is configured, the
233.Dq Li Reboot
234menuitem will be inserted before the
235.Dq Options
236separator.
237.El
238.Pp
239In addition, it provides the following FICL words:
240.Pp
241.Bl -tag -width disable-module_module -compact -offset indent
242.It Ic arch-i386? ( -- BOOL )
243Returns true (-1) on i386 and false (0) otherwise.
244.It Ic acpipresent? ( -- BOOL )
245Returns true (-1) if ACPI is present and false (0) otherwise.
246.It Ic acpienabled? ( -- BOOL )
247Returns true (-1) if ACPI is enabled and false (0) otherwise.
248.It Ic toggle_menuitem ( N -- N )
249Toggles menuitem
250.Dq Li N
251between
252.Va menu_caption[x]
253and
254.Va toggled_text[x]
255(where
256.Dq Li N
257represents the ASCII decimal value for
258.Dq Li x ) .
259.It Ic cycle_menuitem ( N -- N )
260Cycles menuitem
261.Dq Li N
262between
263.Va menu_caption[x][y]
264entries (where
265.Va N
266represents the ASCII decimal value for
267.Va x ) .
268.El
269.Pp
270For all values of
271.Dq Li x
272above, use any number between 1 through 9.
273Sorry, double-digits are not currently supported.
274.Sh FILES
275.Bl -tag -width /boot/forth/loader.4th -compact
276.It Pa /boot/loader
277The
278.Xr loader 7 .
279.It Pa /boot/forth/menu.4th
280.Nm
281itself.
282.It Pa /boot/loader.rc
283.Xr loader 7
284bootstrapping script.
285.El
286.Sh EXAMPLES
287A simple boot menu:
288.Pp
289.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
290include /boot/forth/menu.4th
291menu-init
292set menu_caption[1]="Boot"
293set menu_command[1]="boot"
294set menu_options=2
295set menu_caption[2]="Option: NO"
296set toggled_text[2]="Option: YES"
297set menu_command[2]="toggle_menuitem"
298set menu_timeout_command="boot"
299set menu_reboot
300menu-display
301.Ed
302.Sh SEE ALSO
303.Xr loader.conf 5 ,
304.Xr beastie.4th 7 ,
305.Xr loader 7 ,
306.Xr loader.4th 7 ,
307.Xr eeprom 8
308