Main menu hotkeys and countdown=off in hidden mode.

[slbgz]

Hi, Elmar

Main menu hotkeys and countdown=off are not supported in hidden mode.
I tried to configure plpbt.bin using plpcfgbtGUI
It would be useful and is convenient if these functions worked in the hidden mode.
Can you add these options, please?

[Elmar]

a countdown is required in hidden mode because without countdown it would never boot and you would only see a blinking cursor.

[slbgz]

I thought that the difference between Menu mode and Hidden mode consists only in absence of display of process on the screen. 

[slbgz]

And what about hotkeys?
For example, 1...16, u, c ?

[Elmar]

I thought that the difference between Menu mode and Hidden mode consists only in absence of display of process on the screen. 

no, hidden means

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                  bios
                    |
          boot manager invisible
                    |
           start countdown and
            wait for ESC key
           /                \
    countdown = 0        ESC key
         |                   |
   continue boot     menu became visible



And what about hotkeys?
For example, 1...16, u, c ?

press esc and then the hotkey

[slbgz]

press esc and then the hotkey

Yes, I read it in "readme":

    For the hidden mode, you have to set the boot countdown and you have to select a default profile. The default profile boots after the countdown. The user cannot see that there is a boot manager in the background. If you want to go into the boot manager, then press ESC.

But this is ... "pseudo hidden"  mode
and my idea is "cleared"  mode!   

As this:

1.  ("half cleared" mode)

               bios
                    |
          boot manager invisible
                    |
           start countdown and
           wait for ESC key
           /                      \
    countdown = 0        ESC key
         |                             |
   continue boot     countdown=off, but menu stay invisible
default profile X                 |
                                    hotkey "u", "c", "f" OR other, menu stay invisible
                                                 |
                                    boot selected entry

OR


2. ("full cleared" mode)

               bios
                    |
          boot manager invisible
                    |
           start countdown and
       ignore ESC, Ctrl, Alt keys
           /                     \
    countdown = 0      countdown > 0
         |                             |
   continue boot        ENTER or hotkey "u", "c", "f" OR other, menu stay invisible
default profile X                |
                                         boot selected entry

This way we get "The "nonadvanced" user will not really see that there is a boot manager in the background." 

[Elmar]

This way we get "The "nonadvanced" user will not really see that there is a boot manager in the background." 

and i get the mails "uuaaaa  the pc is frozen, i see only a blinking cursor, whats wrong?" and so on. and in real, the boot manager is only waiting for a hotkey

[slbgz]

and i get the mails "uuaaaa  the pc is frozen, i see only a blinking cursor, whats wrong?" and so on. and in real, the boot manager is only waiting for a hotkey

No!
You will not receive mails, so that this "full cleared" version of the Plop boot manager we will install and configure coutdown<3sec for only "nonadvanced" users who do not know how to send mails and do not know anything about the existence plpbt.bin in this "... a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"... 

[slbgz]

reassuming..

Elmar,
please, add to Plop boot manager the third mode! 
1. Menu mode.
2. Hidden mode.
3. Cleared mode.

Like this:

2. ("full cleared" mode)

               bios
                    |
          boot manager invisible
                    |
           start countdown and
       ignore ESC, Ctrl, Alt keys
           /                     \
    countdown = 0      countdown > 0
         |                             |
   continue boot        ENTER or hotkey "u", "c", "f" OR other, menu stay invisible
default profile X                |
                                         boot selected entry