I send a new version of my patch. Sendkey is now a variable and also
there are
the variables kb_*. The disadvantages are that sendkey is not loaded
automatically, the
number of variables and unavailability to see the help. Could someone
propose how to fix it?
At hte same time I discovered that grub and bash parse quotes and
doublequotes differently.
Example to set sendkey to "h e l l o". it doesn't work if you write:
sendkey="h e l l o"
You must write:
"sendkey=h e l l o"
I changed the way that grub parses the " and '. And now it does like bash.

Also I wrote new module: activate. It's also pc-specific. It's analog of
makeactive but with
other syntax:

active PARTITION.

like:

activate (hd0,2)


                                          Vladimir Serbinenko
2005-08-01  Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder@gmail.com>

    Sendkey and activate modules(pc) and preboots

    * commands/boot.c: Added support for preboot functions
    * conf/i386.rmk (sendkey): new module
    (activate): Likewise
    * commands/i386/pc/activate.c: new file
    * include/grub/normal.h: new headers and types for preboots
    * commands/i386/pc/activate.c: new file
    * kern/misc.c (grub_split_cmdline): more bash-like quotes and
    doublequotes handle