HISTORY

VDR Plugin 'epgsearch' Revision History
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2026-01-04
- Reworked svdrclient.h (get rid of namespace, new svdrpclient.c)
- check response when using external svdrp
- New method to check svdrp ready during startup
2025-12-15
- set version to 2.4.5
- set version of quickepgsearch epgsearchonly conflictcheckonly to 2.4.5
- new Variable "Aux" allows access to auxiliary field of EPG
- removed deprecated call to MainThreadHook(void)
- add column with "time of last recording" to search timer results
- Search for repeats in EPG menu will ignore (episodes) in title
- Add general searchtimer config to limit days of timer creation
- Add current searchtimer id to some log messages

2025-12-04
- removed 'HISTORY.DE', as no more changes have been recorded since years
- revised German translation w.r.t. typos, readability, and style
- changed menus to use 'tr()' string constants, where possible
- fixed typos in 'tr()' strings (and other code locations accidentally found)
- fixed wrong pairs of 'new' operator and 'free()' (instead of 'delete' operator)
- fixed some memory leaks, like multiple 'strdup()' assignments with just one 'free()'
- fixed some buffer operations without (correct) capacity checks
- simplified 'free()' and 'delete' by skipping unnecessary null-pointer test
- consolidated encoding and decoding of special characters ':' and '|'
- removed further 'using std' directives missed last time
- removed orphan 'options' in searches and blacklists (see Version 0.9.15)
- aligned capabilities (parameter sets) of searches, templates, and blacklists
- sorted class attributes to have related variables close to each other
- revised constructors and copy methods to use the same sequence of member access
- fixed some issues encountered during rework, like template fields not copied
- supplied some missing parameter ranges in menus, where reasonable
- rejected duplicate channel-groups names (menu: rename; SVDRP: NEWC, RENC)
- added parental rating as new search parameter
- added flexible matching criteria for content descriptors
- refactored missing EPG categories into category matching mode
- refactored some identifiers with hard-to-conceive semantics
- revised 'AddHelp()' to consider menu context, not just position
- revised man pages ('doc-src' files) to comply to POD syntax
- updated manuals to cover new (or yet undocumented) features, observing 'man-pages(7)' guidelines
- added missing German man pages. i.e., 'createcats' and 'epgsearch(4)'
- disabled insertion of color codes for pages in 'doc' directory
- added 'Q' macros to 'Makefile' for more silent builds
- revised detection of 'pin' plugin in build space
- added POD check to the creation of man files

2025-09-26
- Makefile: make WITHOUT_xxx variables effective (madmartin)

2025-07-25
- replace Matches(time,true) with CalcStartStopTime

2025-06-27
- delete contentfilter if not set again in EDIS
- changes in Ext::Parse provided by Stefan Hofmann
- updated corresponding Manual entries
- more error checking - avoid crash
- evaluating return code
- ignore error lines in epgsearch.conf - read rest
- forgot README in .gitignore

2025-06-22
thanks to Stefan Hofmann:
- get rid of 'using' directives, always use namespace prefix 'std'

2025-05-15
- provide timer in SetItemEvent with vdr 2.7.5
thanks to Stefan Hofmann:
- remove compiler warnings
- some small fixes and annotations
- avoid string overflows

2025-03-20
fixes:
- fix timerdone processing if EPG has changed
- prevent crash in vdr 2.7.4

2024-09-13; Version 2.4.3
fixes:
- fix deprecated funtion GetEvent()

2024-04-07
fixes:
- add missing std::namespace (amair)

2024-01-31
fixes:
- fix Makefile for coreutils >= 9.4 (kfb77)
- add missing free (kfb77)

2023-06-08
fixes:
- removed subtitle limit (firefly)
- fix title containing more than one colon (firefly)

2023-05-28
fixes:
- Changed wenig to Wenig in German messages
- Avoid division by zero if StopTime-Starttime=0

2023-01-09; Version 2.4.2
new:
- Use perlregex-library pcre2 if available
fixes:
- timers not marked as done if 2 recordings stop same time
- remove dead code
- update spanish translation
- fix memory leaks
- do not lose recordingtime at change to winter time (kfb77)

2022-02-01
new:
- Evaluate vdr's Errorcount (vdr > 2.5.x)
  New config "Allowed Errors"
- Allow missing timer-Object in Recording-Done-Processing
  (vdr > 2.5.x compatibility)

2021-12-10
fixes:
- Wrong device selection for conflict check
- compareSubtitle supports more than 2 values

2021-05-24; Version 2.4.1
fixes:
- Fixed conflictcheck for encrypted channels with internal CAMs
- Fixed compiling with gcc11
- Updated deprecated calls to SetItemEvent
- Temporally(?) added #define DISABLE_TEMPLATES_COLLIDING_WITH_STL for
  compatibility with vdr 2.5.4

2021-04-12
new:
- Improved handling of remote timers
- Replace auto_ptr with unique_ptr for c++11 (kfb77@vdr-portal.de)
- Delay threads after pluginstart 10 secs (configurable)
- Changed fgets to allow compiling with clang
- Clarified "avoid repeats". Forced subtitle-comparison is named "yes" again
  New option "allow empty"
fixes:
- Fixed several lock sequence errors
- Fix utf-8 encoding in docs and manpages (kfb77 and seahawk1986@vdr-portal.de)
- Fixed possible format overflow
- Fixed displaying NAME in generated manpages thanks to etobi

2018-04-16; Version 2.4.0
new:
- Create man pages only once. by jasminj@vdr-portal.de
- Remove useless member "useEpisode" from cBlacklist by jasminj@vdr-portal.de
- Remove useless member "useEpisode" from cBlacklist by jasminj@vdr-portal.de
- Remove useless "LOCK_CHANNELS_READ" in cBlacklist run by jasminj@vdr-portal.de
- Change shell in docsrc2*.sh to /bin/bash, suggested by TomJoad@vdr-portal.de
- Added operator to cListObject derived classes by jasminj@vdr-portal.de
- Add patches/vdr.epgsearch-exttimeredit-2.3.5.diff by Dietmar Spingler <d_spingler@gmx.de>
- Adapt new makefile style of VDR 2.3.6 by TomJoad@vdr-portal.de
- Use vdr timerids instead of index by TomJoad@vdr-portal.de
- Fix many lock sequences by TomJoad@vdr-portal.de
- New vdr.epgsearch-exttimeredit-2.3.6.diff (thx to Claus Muus)
- Add conflict check for remote timers by Johann Friedrichs <johann.friedrichs@web.de>
- Search timers should create only local timers
- Use namespace for svdrpclient
- Add icon for inactive timer
- Use separate thread for recdone processing
- get rid of some casts
- unified indentation
- Preserve timerflags in searchtimerupdate

2017-05-xx; Version 2.3.1 - development release
new:
- Commit vdr-2.3.2-epgsearch-1.0.1.beta5~git20150715_v2.diff by fnu@vdr-portal.de
  based on inputs from kamel5, mini73 & TomJoad @ vdr-portal.de
  => http://www.vdr-portal.de/board17-developer/board97-vdr-core/p1284612-produktive-problem-und-pluginl%C3%B6sungen-f%C3%BCr-vdr-2-3-2-und-h%C3%B6her/#post1284612
- Commit 0004-Added-patches-vdr.epgsearch-exttimeredit-2.3.3.diff.diff by jasminj@vdr-portal.de
  => http://www.vdr-portal.de/board17-developer/board21-vdr-plugins/p1289938-epgsearch-f%C3%BCr-vdr-2-3-x/#post1289938
- Commit 0005-epgsearch-inactive-records-v2.diff by jasminj@vdr-portal.de
  => http://www.vdr-portal.de/board17-developer/board21-vdr-plugins/p1289983-epgsearch-f%C3%BCr-vdr-2-3-x/#post1289983
- Commit 0001-Fix-warning-in-pending_notifications.c.diff by jasminj@vdr-portal.de
- Commit 0002-Fixed-warnings-in-man-page-generation.diff by jasminj@vdr-portal.de
  => http://www.vdr-portal.de/board17-developer/board21-vdr-plugins/p1289704-epgsearch-f%C3%BCr-vdr-2-3-x/#post1289704
- Commit 0003-Use-HandleRemoteTimerModifications-instead-of-Handle.diff by jasminj@vdr-portal.de
  => http://www.vdr-portal.de/board17-developer/board21-vdr-plugins/p1289764-epgsearch-f%C3%BCr-vdr-2-3-x/#post1289764
- Commit menu_category_recsdone.diff by tomas & louis @vdr-portal.de
  http://www.vdr-portal.de/board1-news/board2-vdr-news/p1271995-skindesigner-1-0-0-neuer-default-skin-estuary4vdr/#post1271995
- Commit 0001-revert-seperate-status-thread.diff by TomJoad@vdr-portal.de
- Commit 0002-fix-incorrect-lock-sequences.diff by TomJoad@vdr-portal.de
- Commit 0003-revert-now-obsolete-pointer-params.diff by TomJoad@vdr-portal.de
- Commit 0004-some-small-fixes.diff by TomJoad@vdr-portal.de
  http://www.vdr-portal.de/board17-developer/board21-vdr-plugins/p1291452-epgsearch-f%C3%BCr-vdr-2-3-x/#post1291452
- Drop legacy code prior VDR 2.3.x
- Commit 0001-fixed-unresponsive-vdr.diff by TomJoad@vdr-portal.de
- Commit 0002-removed-variableduplications.diff by TomJoad@vdr-portal.de
- Commit 0003-more-cleanups.diff by TomJoad@vdr-portal.de
- Commit 0004-Remote-timers-in-menu-myedittimer.diff by TomJoad@vdr-portal.de
  http://www.vdr-portal.de/board17-developer/board21-vdr-plugins/p1291771-epgsearch-f%C3%BCr-vdr-2-3-x/#post1291771
- Commit fixblacklist_handling.diff by TomJoad@vdr-portal.de
  http://www.vdr-portal.de/board16-video-disk-recorder/board99-distributionen/board107-mld/p1292085-epgsearch-in-verbindung-mit-epgd-epg2vdr-live-absturz-unter-vdr-2-3-4/#post1292085
- Commit epgsearch_min_max_from_stl.diff  by jasminj@vdr-portal.de
  http://www.vdr-portal.de/board17-developer/board21-vdr-plugins/p1292145-epgsearch-f%C3%BCr-vdr-2-3-x/#post1292145

2013-03-xx; Version 1.0.1 - maintenance release
new:
- new Makefile style as introduced in vdr-1.7.36, the old Makefile still exists as
  Makefile.before.1.7.36 for previous vdr builds. Many thanks to Copperhead, Stefan
  Hofmann and Christopher Reimer for their work.
- implement device bonding in conflict checker, thanks to Joachim Wilke for providing a patch
- new service interface "Epgsearch-enablesearchtimers-v1.0" to switch the search timers
  background update on/off. Updated the sample in source/vdr-epgsearchclient-0.0.2.tgz
  to use the new service.
- new format specifier like %02i in the epgsearchcats.conf, thanks to Joe_D for providing
  a patch ('man 5 epgsearchcats.conf' for more information).
- in the menu 'recordings done' you can now toggle the blue key to 'Orphaned' to show
  recordings with vanished search timers.
- when channel separators are displayed the filling '-' can cause problems in the output
  of graphlcd. Set PLUGIN_EPGSEARCH_SEP_ITEMS=--- in your Make.config to avoid this. Most
  skins (except classic, st:tng)  will translate '---' into a single line anyway
  (Feature #857, thanks to 'KeineAhnung' for providing a patch)
- search timers are now processed by their descending timer priority. Search timers with the same priority
  are sorted by their search term. Thanks to Anonym for providing a patch
- new bugtracker at http://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/plg-epgsearch - thanks to Tobias Grimm
- dropped old code for vdr < 1.6.0, thanks to Ville Skyttä for whole pile of patches
- updated MainMenuHooks patch to 1.0.1
- czech translation, thanks to Radek Stastny

fixes:
- fixed a memory leak, thanks to Sundararaj Reel for the patch
- fixed a crash when editing blacklists


2011-09-11; Version 1.0.0
new:
- supports vdr-1.6.0 to vdr-1.7.21
- avoid repeats with new 'compare date' entry: compare two events by their date to ignore
  repeats within the same day, week or month
- global blacklists: blacklists for search timers can now be global to exclude
  generally unwanted events (like on my double SD/HD channels). Default mode for search
  timers is now 'only global', but can be  set to 'none' to ignore also global blacklists.
- new setup variable epgsearch.ConflCheckCmd (no gui for this, so edit setup.conf!), that
  allows executing a command for each timer causing a conflict, see the MANUAL for details.
- vdr-1.7.15 has changed the SVDRP default port to 6419, please update this in epgsearch's
  setup menu too!
- there is now an official git repository for epgsearch, that contains the latest
  development.
  First usage:
    git clone git://projects.vdr-developer.org/vdr-plugin-epgsearch.git
  Keep up-to-date with:
    git pull
  Web-git:
    http://projects.vdr-developer.org/git/?p=vdr-plugin-epgsearch.git
  many thanks to the maintainers of projects.vdr-developer.org, especially Tobias
  Grimm
- directory entries from VDR's folders.conf are now also read and offered in the
  directory selection of the timer menu.
- Search timer support for content descriptors as introduced in vdr-1.7.11. This lets you
  search for broadcasts by their type, like "Movie/Drama", "Documentation",...
- Search timers now have a new action "Announce and switch". This announces the
  event via OSD right before it starts and lets you switch to its channel with 'Ok'.
  Switch timers now have the same option.
- in addition to the announcements via OSD new events can now also be reported by mail.
  To do so, there's a new search timer action "Announce by mail". You also have to update
  your mail template file epgsearchupdmail.templ (s. the updated html sample in the conf
  directory and/or read the MANUAL '13. Email notification').
- The time in hours between the search timer mails can now be configured in the
  setup to avoid flooding your inbox. epgsearch buffers the contents of the pending mails
  in the new file pendingnotifications.conf.
- New setup option to check if there is EPG content for the next x hours. If not
  you get warned by OSD and/or mail (Setup -> Search and search timers), suggested by
  Andreas Mair.
- new internal variables:
  * %day%, %month% and %year% which return the numeric day, month and year
    (with century) of an event
  * %chgrp% returns the VDR channel group name corresponding to an event
  * %liveeventid% returns the encoded event ID as used in the frontend 'live' to add
    direct links e.g. in the search timer mails (see sample conf/epgsearchupdmail-html.templ).
  * %timer.liveid% returns the encoded timer ID as used in the frontend 'live' to add
    direct links e.g. in the search timer mails.
  * %date_iso% and %date_iso_now% return the (current) date in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format,
    suggested by Andreas Mair.
  * %search.series% returns 1 or 0 depending on the flag "series recording" of a search and
    can be used in the directory entry of a search or its depending variables.
- new command 'connect' within internal variables: with this command you can connect to
  a TCP service, pass data and assign the result to a variable. See the MANUAL for
  details.
- new command 'length' within internal variables: this returns the length of the given arguments
- in memory to pat: french translation update, thanks to Patrice Staudt
- italian translation update, thanks to Diego Pierotto
- finnish translation update, thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg and Ville Skyttä
- new lithuanian translation, thanks to Valdemaras Pipiras
- new slovak translation, thanks to Milan Hrala
- new SVDRP command 'MENU [NOW|PRG|SUM]' to call one of the main OSD menus or
  the summary of the current event. If any epgsearch menu is open a subsequent
  SVDRP call will close it again.
- changed the maximum number of days for a timer conflict check from 99 to 14
- patch by Jörg Wendel for new graphtft patch
- Two events with both empty episode names are now handled different within the
  feature 'Avoid repeats'. This will result in more recordings, but ensures not to
  miss one only because of a buggy EPG.
- searchtimers: if a timers filename results in an empty string or contains
  "!^invalid^!" it will be skipped for programming now.
- Avoid repeats: The option 'Yes' for 'Compare subtitle' is now replaced with 'if present'.
  With this setting epgsearch will classify two events only as equal if
  their episode names match and are not empty.
- epgsearch now uses the shutdown handler (introduced in vdr 1.5.1) to prevent a
  search timer update to be interrupted.
- the SVDRP command UPDS for triggering search timer updates has now a new option
  'SCAN' that will execute an EPG scan before the search timer update actually starts.
- when deleting a search timer now its list of created timers is also cleared,
  suggested by Sundararaj Reel
- moved 'file' and 'directory' to the top in the timer edit menu, since at least in
  my case its the most common entry to change, e.g. to select a folder for the recording.
- auto enable Wareagle icons if VDRSymbols font is used (can be overwritten with
  WarEagleIcons=0 in epgsearchmenu.conf), suggested by Ronny Kornexl
- the correct content encoding for mail notifications is now automatically detected
- epgsearch now autodetects an installed pin plugin or graphtft, also the optional libraries
  libpcre und libtre (can be turned off by commenting AUTOCONFIG in the Makefile)
- new patch vdr.epgsearch-exttimeredit.diff:
  this patch against VDR integrates epgsearch's timer edit menu to VDR's timer menu, thanks
  S:oren@vdr-portal for providing it.
- some speed enhancements, thanks to Tobias Bratfisch for providing patches
- if the VPS time differs from the start time of an event the VPS marker is now  'v'
  instead of 'V'
- the first run of the background threads (searchtimer, switchtimer, conflict check) is now
  triggered by the first call to cPlugin::MainThreadHook instead of waiting 20s after
  VDRs startup.
- The update check for manual timers does now ignore timers whose start or stop time was edited
  by the user.
- default path to sendmail is now '/usr/sbin/sendmail' and can be configured in the Makefile,
  thanks to Ville Skyttä for providing a patch.
- externally triggered search timer updates (via service interface or SVDRP) will now
  automatically activate the setting "Use search timers" in the setup.
- epgsearch now also checks the recordings length among the correct start and stop time of a timer
  when testing for complete recordings. 98% and more are handled as complete.
- switch timers are now also visible in all search results EPG menus
- Avoid repeats: in 'compare summary' one can now adjust the required match, default is 90%.
- if there is no subtitle the filename now defaults to YYYY.MM.DD-HH.MM-Weekday to ease
  sorting in some frontends, thanks to Dominic Evans for providing a patch
- should now compile in FreeBSD, thanks to Juergen Lock for providing a patch
- new SVDRP command UPDT to reload the list of search timers in epgsearch.conf

fixes:
- fixed a crash when pressing 'Ok' in an empty timers done menu
- fixed a crash when using the progressbar and events with 0 duration exist, thanks
  to egal@vdrportal
- when an incomplete recording triggers a search timer update for a search timer
  with 'avoid repeats' now running events are ignored for the repeats.
- now using cCondWait::Wait instead of cCondWait:SleepMs to avoid shutdown problems,
  thanks to e9hack@vdrportal for providing a patch
- fixed line breaks in SVDRP command LSTT, thanks to Andreas Mair for providing a
  patch
- improved response time when canceling the search timer thread
- fixed a segfault occurring when navigating to a userdefined epg menu that has expired
  in the meantime, thanks to Mike Constabel for reporting
- the day selection menu in the timer edit menu was hidden
- if an event was matched by multiple search timers with 'announce only' setting, it was
  also listed more than once. Thanks to Andreas Mair for reporting.
- fixed a bug in search timer announcements concerning the display of the corresponding
  search timer
- fixed some memory leaks, thanks to Bittor Corl for providing a patch
- some fixes to compile with gcc-4.4, thanks to firefly@vdrportal for providing a patch
- fixed wrong man section of some man pages, thanks to Ville Skyttä for providing a patch
- some fixes regarding libtre includes, thanks to Ville Skyttä for providing a patch
- fix UTF8-character handling in timer file names, thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg for providing
  a patch
- fixed a crash when adding huge episode names to the timer's file name, thanks to Lari
  Tuononen for reporting
- make sure only one regular expression library is linked against epgsearch, thanks to
  Ville Skyttä for providing a patch.
- some providers have strange EPG time changes only by some seconds. epgsearch now ignores
  changes less than 60s and does not touch the corresponding timer or report by mail,
  thanks to cmichel@mantis for reporting
- possible fix of the old problem with a crash in libpcre, thanks to Andreas Cz. for the
  patch and to Stefan Bauer for pointing me to it.
- fix a crash when toggling between with/without subtitle in timer info view for events
  that have (very) long "short" texts, thanks to Ville Skyttä for providing a patch.
- fixed file descriptor handling when there are errors in SVDRP communication, thanks to
  Teemu Rantanen for providing a patch.
- fixed the service interface for switchtimers because of wrong parameter handling, thanks
  to gnapheus@vdrportal for reporting.
- fixed case insensitve searching when Utf-8 characters are involved, thanks to Ville
  Skyttä for reporting
- fixed check of complete VPS recordings, thanks to durchflieger@vdr-portal for providing
  a patch.


2008-04-29: Version 0.9.24
new:
- support for vdr-1.6.x/1.7.x
- speedup in searching and search timer updates (about 25%)
- speedup in EPG menues, thanks to patch authors from http://www.open7x0.org
- support for VDRSymbols font (activate it with 'WarEagle=1' in epgsearchmenu.conf)
- the EPG command 'Search in recordings' now evaluates the info.vdr instead of the
  recordings path name and also does fuzzy searching, suggested by Mase@vdrportal
- search timers with action 'switch only' and switch timers now have an additional
  option 'unmute sound' which unmutes audio at the event, if it was off, suggested
  by Michael Brückner
- the timer update notification mails supports now an additional variable
  %timer.modreason%, that holds the reason for a timer update in plain text (see
  epgsearchupdmail(-html).templ for a sample)
- support for a conf.d mechanism (s. MANUAL -> 14. The conf.d subdirectory), suggested
  by Mike Constabel.
- new SVDRP command 'LSCC' that returns the results of a timer conflict
  check. See the MANUAL for details about the format of the result list.
- new patch against VDR (vdr-1.5.17-progressbar-support-0.0.1.diff) that adds support
  for graphical progressbars in skins classic and st:tng, thanks to zulu@vdrportal
- '0' in the menu of done recordings now toggles the display of the episode name only
- the favorites menu can now also be displayed after 'Overview - Now' via setup,
  suggested by Bittor Corl
- menu of recordings done now sorts the date top down
- support for new info key behaviour in vdr-1.5.13
- changes for builtin graphtft-patch (when using VDR-extension-patch you need > v.37)
- updated the timercmd-patch for vdr-1.5.12 (patches/timercmd-0.1_1.5.12.diff)
- added patches/README.patches to describe the existing patches
- update of 'undoneepgsearch.sh', a script to remove recordings from the done file via
  reccmds.conf, thanks to Viking@vdrportal.
- update of finnish translation, thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg
- full spanish translation, many thanks to agusmir, dragondefuego, GenaroL, lopezm and
  nachofr from todopvr.com, and especially to bittor
- update of italian translation, thanks to Diego Pierotto
- update of dutch translation, thanks to carel@bugtracker
- the setup option "No announcements when replaying" is now ignored, if the search timer
  update was triggered manually, suggested by Andreas Mair.

fixes:
- shifting the time display: the start time now only gets displayed in
  'Overview - Now' instead of a progressbar, if there's not already a start time
  in the menu template ('%time%') as in the default template,
  thanks to Getty@vdrportal for reporting
- fixed some issues regarding GPL, thanks to Thomas Günther for reporting
- fixed a crash when no EPG is present, thanks to Petri Helin for providing a patch
- the default value for maximum duration is now '23:59' to avoid problems with
  external tools, thanks to ralf-naujokat@bugtracker for reporting (bug-id #371)
- after an EPG change of less then 10 minutes epgsearch modified a timer instead of
  creating a new one. This caused problems with events with less then 10 minutes. The
  tolerance is therefore now min(<event duration>, 10 min). Thanks to Janne Liimatainen
  for reporting.
- fixed some translations, thanks to ramirez@vdrportal for reporting
- speed improvement when scrolling through EPG menus, thanks to ramirez@vdrportal for
  reporting
- fixed a crash, when SIGINT is signaled while background threads startup
- channel group separators in 'Overview Now/Next/...' are now hidden if they are
  empty like in ':@30', thanks to Ulf Kiener for providing a patch
- fixed a crash in the setup of the addon plugins when VDR is patched with the ext-patch
  and active LIEMIKUUTIO
- 'avoid repeats' combined with 'pause on ... recordings' created to less timers, thanks
  to spockele@vdrportal for reporting
- fixed some compiler warnings with g++ 4.3
- fine-tuning fuzzy matching of descriptions, thanks to Alf Fahland for providing a patch
- fixed a problem with pipes in the pattern of blacklists, thanks to Andreas Mair for
  reporting.
- fixed labeling the green/yellow color keys after toggling the keys in menu 'Schedule',
  thanks to Andreas Mair for reporting.
- fixed evaluation of compiler flags like WITHOUT_EPGSEARCHONLY,...

2007-09-02: Version 0.9.23
new:
- full support for new i18n system in vdr>=1.5.7, but keeps fully backwards
  compatible
- when using extended EPG categories one can now also compare by value, e.g.
  to search for events after some year.
  Therefore new searchmodes (10 which means '<', 11 which means '<=', ...)
  were introduced in the file epgsearchcats.conf. Example:

    # 'until year'
    3|Year|until year||11
    # 'from year'
    12|Year|from year||13

  One could use this also to search for a specific season of a series, if this
  data is part of the EPG. See the section <epgsearchcats.conf> in the documentation
  for a complete list of all search modes.
- The edit menu for search timers has now a switch 'Ignore missing categories' for
  extended EPG categories. If set to 'Yes' this tells epgsearch that a missing EPG
  category should not exclude an event from the results. Caution: Using this without
  any other criterions could flood your timers.
- Search timers have now an 'auto delete' feature. The edit menu therefor provides:
    * after x recordings, or
    * after x days after first recording
  Only complete recordings are counted. The deletion of the search timer is executed
  directly after the end of the corresponding recording
- new action "Create a copy" in menu Search/Actions to create and edit a copy of the
  current search, suggested by Michael Brückner.
- the option "use as search timer" has now a third value 'user defined' besides 'yes'
  and 'no', that allows specifying a time margin where the search timer is active,
  suggested by jo01@vdrportal
- the progressbar now displays the start time instead of an empty bar, when
  shifting to future events, thanks to zulu@vdrportal for providing a patch.
- menu "show timers created" shows now summary for the timers done with 'Ok'.
  Also the shortcuts '1..9' for the EPG-commands are available.
- built-in pin-plugin patch (no more need to patch epgsearch). Activate
  it by compiling with 'USE_PINPLUGIN' in VDR's Make.config (as already done in
  VDR extension patch)
- built-in graphtft-plugin patch (no more need to patch epgsearch). Activate
  it by compiling with 'USE_GRAPHTFT' in VDR's Make.config (as already done in
  VDR extension patch)
- update of finnish translation, thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg
- update of french translation, thanks to Patrice Staudt
- added file README.Translators with notes for translators
fixes:
- fixed a bug in timer creation after navigating through the summary menu,
  thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg for reporting
- Label "Record" or "Timer" in menu summary fixed with respect to existing timer.
- fixed switch timers in the case when EPG has changed, thanks to Juergen Urban
  for providing a patch
- fixed some compiler warnings in g++-4.2, thanks to Michael Brückner for reporting
- added "," to the allowed characters for a search timer, thanks to Mike Constabel for
  reporting.

2007-05-27: Version 0.9.22
new:
- new option in timer conflict check "When a recording starts":
  This performs a conflict check when any recording starts and informs
  about it via OSD if the conflict is within the next 2h. So also timers not
  created with epgsearch are checked, the same for instant recordings.
- new service interface "Epgsearch-services-v1.0": This allows other plugins
  to access and manage many components of epgsearch as searchtimers, setup
  values,... and execute tasks like searching for repeats (Have a look at
  services.h for more information).
- new project homepage: http://winni.vdr-developer.org/epgsearch, many thanks
  to Thomas Keil, sorry, only german at the moment ;)
- update for finnish translation, thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg
fixes:
- complete rewrite of the summary menu and its navigation to avoid problems
  with skins and fix some other bugs.
- when testing for repeats now also the comparison with the done-file only
  checks the alphanumeric portions of title and episode
- fixed another issue with quotes when calling commands for EPG events
- some license changes and additions for integration in Debian repositories
- fixed a bug in displayed time, when using user defined times and shifting
  with FRew/FFwd, thanks to Torsten Weigelt for reporting
- the aux info about the channel was not added in 'one press timer creation'.
  Thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg for providing a patch.

2007-04-29: Version 0.9.21
new:
- support for the new MainMenuHooksPatch. This replaces the
  vdr-replace-schedulemenu patch. The new patch is used by other plugins too,
  so from now on only one patch is needed. The old patch is still supported,
  but this will be removed in the next releases.
- announcements of broadcasts via OSD have been completely redesigned. Instead
  of displaying them event by event, you get now
  "x new broadcast(s) found! Show them?". Pressing 'Ok' shows a menu of all
  events with the usual functions as in other EPG menus. With "Edit" you can
  modify the announce settings (like "announce again: yes/no" or announce again
  after day x).
- timer conflict notifications via OSD can now be suppressed while replaying.
  Nevertheless, if a conflict comes up within the next 2 hours the message gets
  still displayed.
- all addon plugins (epgsearchonly, quickepgsearch, conflictcheckonly) now
  have a setup option to toggle the main menu entry on/off, thanks to Tobias
  Grimm for providing a patch.
- channel name in aux info of manual timers, thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg for
  providing a patch.
- new script undoneepgsearch.sh to undo a timer within the recordings menu,
  more info at:
  http://www.vdr-portal.de/board/thread.php?postid=574109#post574109
  Thanks to the author Christian Jacobsen
- update for french translation, thanks to Patrice
  Staudt
- update for finnish translation, thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg
- menu 'timer conflicts details' now also shows the date of the conflict in
  menu title, suggested by Rusk@vdrportal.
- the password for mail authentication is now hidden in the OSD, i.e.
  represented with '***...'
- the setup for mail notifications now also has a "Send to" address, because
  some providers don't allow the same address for sender and recipient.
  If "Send to" is not set, epgsearch automatically uses the sender address as
  recipient.
- when testing for repeats (with feature 'Avoid repeats') epgsearch now only
  compares the alphanumeric portions of title and episode and ignores the case
  too. Suggested by chello@vdrportal.
- thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg for finnish translation update
- added '&' to the set of valid chars for search terms
fixes:
- the tags stored in the aux info of the timers created with search timers
  conform now to correct XML syntax (no capitals, no blanks). E.g. "Search timer"
  will be changed to "searchtimer". So don't wonder if the first search timer
  update will modify all existent timers created with search timers. Thanks to
  Rolf Ahrenberg for reporting.
- update of recordingdone.sh because of the previous changes, thanks to
  Mike Constabel for providing a patch
- fixed a segfault in the case of misconfigured extended EPG categories.
- scrolling text items now works again, if your skin supports this.
  Thanks to ufauser@vdrportal for reporting.
- setup option "Use search timers" now always gets automatically enabled, if
  one toggles a search to 'active' or manually starts a search timer update.
- fixed handling of double quotes in title/episode when passed to userdefined
  EPG commands, thanks to Mike Constabel for reporting.
- fixed menu handling in search timer templates menu, thanks to wombel@vdrportal
  for reporting.

2007-01-30: Version 0.9.20
new:
- support for vdr-1.5.0. Note: the CA support in the timer conflict check is
  highly experimental because I have no CAMs to test it!
- epgsearch can now also modify manual timers according to EPG changes. When
  using epgsearch's own timer edit menu you can select between
  * no check
  * by event ID
  * by channel/time
  Please refer to the README (1.4.4 Setup/Timer Programming/Default timer check
  method) for further notes.
- the timespan used in the favorites menu can now be adjusted via
  setup. Default is 24h.
- Event announcements: If the user presses one of the keys 'Ok', '0', ... '9'
  while the announcement of an event is displayed, he will be asked if further
  announcements of this event should be disabled for ever (user hit '0' or
  'Ok') or for the next 'x' days (user hit '1' to '9'). After pressing 'Ok'
  again, this setting will be stored.
- With the new setup option "No announcements when replaying" you can now
  suppress any announcements of broadcasts when you currently replay
  anything. Suggested by Andreas Mair.
- Besides the done file for recordings there is now a done file for timers
  (timersdone.conf). This allows deleting timers without getting them again
  with the next search timer update. With the new menu 'Show timers created'
  in Search/Actions one can edit this list. The whole feature can be disabled
  in the search timers setup. Note: the done list is only populated with
  timers that were newly created with this release.
- new addon plugin 'quickepgsearch': it creates a main menu entry 'Quick
  search' and can be used to search for any event in the EPG. Include it with
  '-Pquickepgsearch' , suggested by SurfaceCleanerZ@vdrportal.
- new setup option "Limit channels from 1 to" to speed up epgsearchs call. If
  the current channel is above the limit, all channels will be
  displayed. Suggested by Uwe@vdrportal.
- new SVDRP commands:
  * 'LSRD' returns a list of all recording directories used
    in existing recordings, timers, search timers or as specified in
    epgsearchdirs.conf
  * 'LSTT [ID]' to list all search templates, or the one with the passed ID
    (format is the same as epgsearch.conf)
  * 'NEWT <settings>' to add a new search template
    REMARK: the value of element ID is ignored. epgsearch will always
    assign the next free ID
  * 'DELT <ID>' to delete the search template with ID
  * 'EDIT <settings>' to modify an existing search template
  * 'DEFT [ID]' returns the ID of the default search template. When passing an
    ID it activates the corresponding template as default.
- modified SVDRP commands:
  * 'DELS [ID] [DELT]' now also deletes created timers for search with ID when
    passing the optional 'DELT'.
- you can now also use sendmail for mail delivery besides the script
  sendemail.pl (-> setup), suggested by Patrick Cernko
- new variables:
  * '%timespan%' to be used in menus or mails. It will be replaced
    with the timespan from now to the begin of an event (e.g. 'in 15m'). It is
    now used in the default menu template of the favorites menu, where the date
    field was removed.
  * '%length%' for the length of a broadcast in seconds.
- thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg for finnish translation update
fixes:
- manually created timers are now neither deleted nor modified by any search
  timers.
- the addon conflictcheckonly was compiled even if WITHOUT_CONFLICTCHECKONLY
  was defined in the Makefile, thanks to Ronny Kornexl for reporting.
- search term and directory support now the characters 'ß' (only for language
  german) and '@'.
- 'avoid repeats' had a bug (in some special cases) that created a timer for any
  later repeat instead of the first event.
- a search with "Use day of week" AND "Use time" where "Start before" is after
  midnight now also matches events on the next day til "Start
  before". E.g. "Start after 22:00" and "Start before 03:00" on monday will
  also match an event at 01:00 at tuesday.
- already recording timers are now modified only, if the timers stop time has
  changed (e.g. by an EPG update), thanks to Mike Constabel for reporting.
- fixed a bug in evaluation of user variables, thanks to Mike Constabel for
  reporting and remote debugging
- fixed a bug in conflict mail notification concerning timers without assigned
  events

2006-10-27: Version 0.9.19
new:
- if search results of different searches intersect, now only the search that
  initially created a corresponding timer may modify it.
- new variables:
  * '%search.query%' to be used in the recording directory of a search
    timer. Will be substituted to the query of a search timer.
  * '%videodir%' VDR video directory (e.g. /video)
  * '%plugconfdir%' VDR plugin config directory (e.g. /etc/vdr/plugins)
  * '%epgsearchdir%' epgsearchs config directory
    (e.g. /etc/vdr/plugins/epgsearch)
- the syntax of the 'system' command within a user variable has changed to be
  more flexible. It's now:
  %uservar%=system(/path/to/script[, parameters])
  where the optional 'parameters' can now be any expression using other
  variables except directly using conditional expressions or other system
  calls.
- update for french translation, thanks to Patrice Staudt
fixes:
- VPS timers created by search timers are now always updated to their VPS time,
  even if the user has changed start/stop time.
- after editing the setup any menu templates defined in epgsearchmenu.conf
  were reset to defaults, thanks to s.krueger@vdrportal for reporting.
- existing VDR serial timers are not modified anymore to regular timers by the
  search timer update.

2006-10-01: Version 0.9.18
new:
- IMPORTANT!!! PLEASE READ THIS!: epgsearch expects its conf files now in a
  separate configuration directory 'epgsearch' and not in the general plugin
  configuration directory as with previous versions! Please create this
  directory in your plugins configuration directory and move all
  epgsearch-files to it before running this version. Like this:

  mkdir /etc/vdr/plugins/epgsearch
  mv /etc/vdr/plugins/epgsearch*.* /etc/vdr/plugins/epgsearch
  mv /etc/vdr/plugins/.epgsearch* /etc/vdr/plugins/epgsearch

  This is only important if you don't already use epgsearchs '--config' or
  '-c' parameter.

- new 'Favorites menu' besides 'Now' and 'Next': This menu can show a list of
  all your favorite broadcasts for the next 24h. To enable it activate 'Show
  favorites menu' in the setup. To let epgsearch know what your favorites are
  create/edit some searches and enable 'Use in favorites menu'.
- new setup option for timer conflict check: 'After each timer
  programming'. This performs a conflict check after each manual timer
  programming and - if the new/modified timer is involved in a conflict - pops
  up an OSD message about it.
- new email notifications about search timer updates or timer
  conflicts with a customizable mail content. Please refer to the MANUAL
  section 'Email notification' for further details.
- epgsearch has now a set of man pages. A very BIG thanks to Mike Constabel
  (vejoun@vdrportal) who did the complete job of rewriting/correcting and
  formatting the current docs. The man pages cover the README's, MANUAL and a
  documentation of all conf's that epgsearch uses. Available for german and
  english. Install them with 'make install-doc' in epgsearch's src-directory.
- you can now define your own variables to be used in the default recordings
  directory, search timer recording directory or your own menu
  templates. Since this is quite complex please refer to the MANUAL section
  'User defined variables'. Just an example to see what is possible:
     # Weekday, Date, Time
     %DateStr%=%time_w% %date% %time%
     # Themes or Subtitle or Date
     %ThemesSubtitleDate1%=%Subtitle% ? %Subtitle% : %DateStr%
     %ThemesSubtitleDate%=%Themes% ? %Themes% : %ThemesSubtitleDate1%
     # Calls this script to get a recording path
     %DocuScript%=system(doku.pl,%Title%,%Subtitle%,%Episode%,%Themes%,%Category%,%Genre%)
     %Docu%=%DocuScript%
- key 'Ok' can now also be configured to switch to a channel instead of
  displaying the summary, suggested by malachay@vdrportal.
- if a timer was created by a search timer then epgsearch's own timer edit
  menu now displays the name of the search timer in a non selectable item at
  the bottom of the menu.
- when an event is announced via search timers you can now create a timer for
  it, when you press the red key while the announce is visible, suggested by
  Andreas Mair
- if search timers are disabled by setup then creating/editing a search timer
  now automatically activates them in setup, suggested by Andreas Mair.
- you can now use more than one menu template for search results, please refer
  to the MANUAL section "Customizing the EPG menus".
- the check for a complete recording now also accepts short breaks (< 2s,
  e.g. a channel pid change)
- new SVDRP commands:
  * LSTC [channel group name]
    list all channel groups or if given the one with name 'group name'
  * NEWC <channel group settings>
    create a new channel group, format as in epgsearchchangrps.conf
  * EDIC <channel group settings>
    modify an existing channel group, format as in epgsearchchangrps.conf
  * DELC <channel group name>
    delete an existing channel group
  * RENC <old channelgroup name|new channel group name>
    rename an existing channel group
  * 'LSTB [ID]' to list all blacklists, or the one with the passed ID
    (format is the same as epgsearchblacklists.conf, see MANUAL)
  * 'NEWB <settings>' to add a new blacklist
    REMARK: the value of element ID is ignored. epgsearch will always
    assign the next free ID
  * 'DELB <ID>' to delete the blacklist with ID
  * 'EDIB <settings>' to modify an existing blacklist
  * 'QRYS < ID(s) >' to get the results for a search with the given
    ID. Multiple IDs can also be passed and have to be separated with '|'.
  * 'QRYS <settings>' to get the results for a search with the given
    search settings.
  * 'QRYF [hours]' to get the results for the favorites menu. The optional
    parameter specifies the number of hours to evaluate and defaults to 24h.
  * 'LSTE [ID] to get the extended EPG categories defined in epgsearchcats.conf
    or the one with the given ID.
  * 'MODS ID ON|OFF' turns on/off the option 'Use as search timer'.
  * 'SETP option' returns the current value of the setup option (see MANUAL).
- epgsearch has now a bug tracking system (german) and a mailing list
  (english)
  http://www.vdr-developer.org/mantisbt
  http://www.vdr-developer.org/mailman/listinfo/epgsearch
  thanks to the providers of developer.org
- new service interface "Epgsearch-switchtimer-v1.0" to access and manage
  switch timers, thanks to Dirk Leber for his extension.
- update for french translation (including setup help!), thanks to Patrice
  Staudt
- thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg for finnish translation update
- thanks to Mike Constabel for providing a HTML update mail template
  (conf/epgsearchupdmail-html.templ)
fixes:
- the first day of a repeating timer is now taken into consideration in the
  timer conflict check, thanks to zimuland@vdrportal for reporting
- fixed search timer update for VPS timers, thanks to Chello and
  oholler@vdrportal for reporting.
- fixed handling of the sign '|' when changing the search type of a search
  timer, thanks to Chello@vdrportal for reporting
- changed some default search mode values in the epgsearchcats.conf samples for
  multiple selection
- removed extra line feeds in SVDRP response of LSTS, thanks to Andreas Mair
  for reporting
- channel criterion 'no pay tv' in search timers was ignored, thanks to
  Andreas Mair for reporting
- fixed initial min/max values for search criterion 'duration', thanks to
  Mike Constabel for reporting
- fixed a bug when selecting the conflict check 'after each search timer
  update' in setup, thanks to Ronny Kornexl for reporting
- some changes for thread safeness
- added '--remove-destination' to the Makefile as introduced in vdr-1.4.2-3

2006-08-07: Version 0.9.17d (maintenance release)
fixes:
- fixed a wrong usage of 'cPlugin::ConfigDirectory' in search timer thread,
  thanks to Udo Richter and Petri Hintukainen for reporting

2006-06-12: Version 0.9.17c
fixes:
- fixed a problem with multiple selection of extended epg category values,
  thanks to Christian Jacobsen for reporting
- another compilation fix for linvdr, thanks to toxic-tonic@vdrportal

2006-06-10: Version 0.9.17b
fixes:
- fixed some problems with repeating timers in timer conflict check, thanks to
  Peter Juenger for reporting
- fixed a crash in timer conflict check when there was an active recording on
  a device provided by a plugin (e.g. pvr, streamdev), thanks to Gerhard
  Steiner for reporting.

2006-06-06: Version 0.9.17a
fixes:
- menu 'timer conflicts' automatically returned if there where periodic
  timers, thanks to lostinspc@vdrportal
- fixed some compiling problems with gcc-2.95 and gcc-4.1.0, thanks to
  ferdi03@vdrportal, smudo81@vdrportal, toxic-tonic@vdrportal

2006-06-05: Version 0.9.17
- dropped support for vdr < 1.3.46 :-(
- changed logic in jumping through menus with user-defined times: you can now
  also access times on next day, if they are less then 20 hours in the
  future. Thanks to egal@vdrportal and CKone@vdrportal.
- epgsearch has now its own timer conflict check which can be customized by
  setup regarding relevant priorities, the time span to check or the relevant
  conflict duration. There is also a conflict manager in Search/Actions that
  can be used to resolve conflicts. Many thanks to Mike Constabel for heavy
  testing ;-)
- if there is a timer conflicts notification via OSD, you can now press 'Ok' to
  go directly to the timer conflicts overview.
- if you like to have a separate main menu entry for the timer conflict check
  use '-P conflictcheckonly' which comes as 'mini'-plugin with epgsearch and
  simply calls epgsearch's conflict menu. conflictcheckonly has a setup option
  to display an info about the last conflict check directly in its main menu
  entry.
- setup is now completely restructured and has now something like an 'online'
  help.
- menu 'switch timers' now also displays the channel number
- input logic for extended EPG categories changed to allow multiple values.
- added script 'timercmds-auxinfo.sh' that displays the aux info (e.g. the
  search timer responsible for the timer) in VDR's timer menu (requires the
  timercmd patch), thanks to the author Mike Constabel
- user-defined EPG times with empty description get now their associated time
  as description, suggested by Thiemo Gehrke
- new service interface "Epgsearch-conflictmenu-v1.0" to call epgsearch's
  conflict menu from other plugins.
- new service interface "Epgsearch-lastconflictinfo-v1.0" to get an info about
  the last conflict check result.
- epgsearchmenu.conf is not more reloaded with every plugin call, since this is
  only useful when testing the conf file. To activate the permanent
  reload again, pass the new start parameter '-r' or '--reloadmenuconf' in
  your runvdr
- thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg for finnish translation update
- added HISTORY.DE (german HISTORY)
fixes:
- loading epgsearchmenu.conf now falls back to menu defaults, if the conf file
  contains any errors.
- fixed handling of '%' in  LSTS in SVDRP for vdr > 1.3.44, thanks to Mike
  Constabel
- fixed loading epgsearchmenu.conf for epgsearchonly and service interface
  "Epgsearch-searchmenu-v1.0", thanks to Daniel Dorau for reporting.
- fixed display update in menu 'Search templates', thanks to Mike Constabel
- fixed a bug when deleting associated timers of a search timer when there
  are no timers present, thanks to Patrick Koppen for reporting.
- hopefully fixed a bug when adding a search entry to templates, thanks to
  Patrick Koppen for reporting.

2006-04-18: Version 0.9.16 (maintenance release)
fixes:
- the display of 'Overview - Now' was broken, when using progressbar and
  channel numbers in default menu look. Thanks to Gerhard Steiner for
  reporting this one.
- when using small OSD fonts, the progressbars where flickering because of 1
  pixel line height. Thanks to holymoly and TomG@vdrportal.
- support for the APIVERSION define as introduced in vdr-1.3.47

2006-04-14: Version 0.9.15
new:
- the EPG menus can now be customized with the file epgsearchmenu.conf (sample
  file in 'conf' subdirectory), e.g. the entry:
  MenuWhatsOnNow=%chnr%:3|%progrt2s%:5| %time% %t_status%:8|%category%:6| %title% ~ %subtitle%:35
  creates a menu line starting with the channel number, followed by a progress
  bar in text2skin style, the start time, the timer status, the EPG category
  (like "movie") and finally the title and subtitle.
  You can customize each menu ('What's on now, next, other times, schedule and
  search results with a separate line). Please refer to the MANUAL for more
  information.
- IMPORTANT change to search timers: epgsearch now removes timers, that are
  not needed anymore (if vdr >= 1.3.44). These are:
  * timers, that are no more valid because of EPG changes. This should avoid
    the double recordings after an EPG change.
  * timers, that do not match the search criterions after a change of the
    search timer. So you don't have to remove them manually anymore.
  If the user has modified start or stop of such a timer, it will be kept.
- new search mode 'fuzzy' in searches. This performs a fuzzy search
  applying an algorithm like it's used in agrep. The error tolerance can be
  set with the edit field 'Tolerance'.
- added the 'one press' timer creation feature in EPG menus as introduced in
  vdr-1.3.38 with one small difference: If the event is already running or
  about to start within MarginStart + 2 minutes, the timer edit menu will be
  popup to allow editing the file/directory entry, because this cannot be
  changed when the recording immediately starts. Else, the timer is created
  immediately. Can be turned off in setup.
- with the red button in epgsearch's own timer edit menu one can now delete an
  existing timer, suggested by Rolf Ahrenberg.
- if the main menu entry is not hidden, its name can now be set by setup.
  (Note: when changing the name to something different than the default, it is
  no more dependent on the OSD language)
- changed the default main menu entry from 'Search' to 'Program guide'
- some people requested a separate main menu entry for epgsearch's search
  menu. Therefore I've added a little plugin called 'epgsearchonly' that
  simply calls epgsearch's search menu. Its main menu entry is
  'Search'. Compilation of epgsearchonly is automatically done, but can be
  switched off in the Makefile when uncommenting the line
  #WITHOUT_EPGSEARCHONLY=1. To use it simply put '-P epgsearchonly' to your
  VDR start script. (requires >= vdr-1.3.30)
- new service interface "Epgsearch-searchmenu-v1.0" to call epgsearch's search
  menu from other plugins.
- new action 'Delete created timers?' for search entries to delete all timers
  created from the current search timer. Does not affect recording timers.
- When deleting a search, you can now decide if all timers created from this
  search should also be deleted.
- If the user modifies the start/stop time of a timer created by epgsearch
  this timer will not be changed anymore(only vdr >= 1.3.44 )
- If an event is currently recorded, the status flag in the EPG menus is now
  'R' instead of 'T'
- Support for wareagle-icon-patch (activate it by adding the line
  'WarEagleIcons=1' to epgsearchmenu.conf)
- Progressbar in Now/Next beautified when using setup option 'graphical',
  inspired by Nordlichts-EPG-Plugin
- new setup option to show/hide radio channels in the EPG menus, suggested by
  Patrice Staudt.
- new service interface "Epgsearch-searchresults-v1.0", that returns a result
  list of events matching a given search, suggested by Andreas Brugger
- removed some special setup options, because their function can also be
  realized with a customized menu now:
  * "show progress bar in 'Next'", in default menu now off
  * "display width for progressbar", in default menu now 4
  * "show short channel name", in default now always short
  * "Show episode text in schedules", now always displayed
- update for finnish translation, thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg
- aux field is now formatted in full XML style (if vdr >= 1.3.44). As a result
  of this, an updated recordingdone.sh is provided in the 'scripts'
  subdirectory. Thanks to Mike Constabel for providing a patch.
- search timer update now always runs in low priority, suggested by Christian
  Jacobsen
- new SVDRP command 'FIND'. This allows searching an event and returns a list
  of results consisting of 'NEWT' lines, that can be used to immediately
  create a timer for a result. Suggested by Lari Tuononen
fixes:
- thanks to Darren Salt for patches for g++ 4.1 and some things concerning
  thread safeness and code review
- fixed some memory leaks
- fixed calling user defined EPG commands, thanks to rzndl@vdrportal
- fixed blacklist match for search timers, thanks to Christian Jacobsen
- make sure that the episode name of a timer is less then
  MAX_SUBTITLE_LENGTH, thanks to Mike Constabel
- speedup for search timer update

2006-03-05: Version 0.9.14a
fixes:
- EPG command 'mark as already recorded' crashed, thanks to Mike Constabel for
  reporting this

2006-03-04: Version 0.9.14
new:
- when disabling/enabling a search timer you can now decide if the associated
  timers should also be disabled/enabled.
- new built-in EPG command 'Create blacklist' to create a blacklist from any
  EPG menu.
- the summary of an entry in the menu 'recordings done' has now an additional
  button 'Aux info', that displays the content of the aux field.
- update for the script recordingdone.sh to work also with vdr-1.3.44, thanks
  to  Mike Constabel for his changes.
- conversion scripts for upgrade to vdr-1.3.44: Because of the different
  handling of auxiliary info (summary -> aux) some features of epgsearch won't
  work with recordings made before vdr-1.3.44. This applies to the
  done-Feature and to the automatic deletion of recordings. Without using
  these scripts you will simply have some more recordings. So you actually
  don't have to apply them, but when using them, all works fine. Thanks to
  Mike Constable for providing them.
  * new script convert_info_vdr.pl. This converts the info file of recordings
    made before vdr-1.3.44 and moves epgsearch aux data to the new aux field.
  * new script convert_epgsearchdone_data.pl. This converts the
    epgsearchdone.data file adding an 'aux' section to it.
- update for script mtdone2epgsearchdone.sh, thanks to Christian Jacobsen
- update for french translation, thanks to Patrice Staudt
- update for finnish translation, thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg
fixes:
- done-feature was broken with vdr-1.3.44, thanks to Mike Constabel for
  reporting this
- another fix of high cpu load in search timer thread, thanks to
  sledgehammer@vdrportal for reporting this
- automatic linking after extracting the tarball removed again, requested by
  distribution  maintainers.
- fixed some compiler warnings when using -Wformat=2, thanks to Darren Salt for
  reporting and providing a patch

2006-02-28: Version 0.9.13
new:
- support for vdr-1.3.44: works now, but: because of the summary/aux changes
  in vdr-1.3.44 the additional info about the search timer, that triggered a
  timer/recording, or the recording channel is currently not available. This
  info is now stored in the new aux field of timers/recordings.
- blacklists: you can now maintain one or more blacklists and select them
  within a search or search timer. A blacklist works like a normal
  search and defines events that should be ignored in a search or search
  timer. Blacklists can be managed from setup or with the new search action
  'Show blacklists' or directly when editing a search. Within a search you can
  select one or more or all blacklists. If any search result is also contained
  in a black list result set it will be skipped.
- the switchtimer background thread is now only active, while there are any
  active switch timers.
- when you unpack the tar file, the necessary link is now automatically
  created (like text2skin)
- the result list of repeats of an event now omits the currently running
  event, suggested by  Ronny Kornexl
- thanks for beta testing to Mike Constabel
- update for finnish translation, thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg
fixes:
- the setup option 'Add episode to manual timers' was not stored

2006-02-12: Version 0.9.12
new:
- new feature 'pause when ... recordings exist" for search timers. If
  the given number (>0) of recordings exist, then the search timer
  will not create further timers. After deleting one or more
  recordings new timers are generated again.
fixes:
- fixed a crash when surfing to a channel without epg in schedule
  menu

2006-02-08: Version 0.9.11a
fixes:
- high cpu load fixed


2006-02-07: Version 0.9.11
new:
- support for vdr-1.3.42
- new feature switch timers: add an event with the new epg command
  'Add to switch list' to the switch list and epgsearch will switch
  the channel one minute before the event starts. The current content
  of the switch list can be controlled within the search menu with the
  new action 'Show switch list'. If there is a switch timer for an
  event its menu item is labeled with 'S', if there is no real timer.
- switch timers also for search timers: a search timer can now be
  configured to 'switch only'. Its search results are then added to
  the switch list and epgsearch will switch to the found events one
  minute before they start. There will be no real timer for such a
  search timer.
- search criterion 'Use channel' has now an additional value 'only
  FTA' to search in non encrypted channels only
- new setup option 'Show day separators' for menu 'Schedule', that
  displays an additional line at day break.
- epgsearch has now a SVDRP interface with the following commands
  (requires vdr > 1.3.30):
  * 'LSTS [ID]' to list all searches, or the one with the passed ID
    (format is the same as epgsearch.conf, see MANUAL)
  * 'NEWS <settings>' to add a new search
    REMARK: the value of element ID is ignored. epgsearch will always
    assign the next free ID
  * 'DELS <ID>' to delete the search with ID
  * 'EDIS <settings>' to modify an existing search
  * 'UPDS [OSD]' to update the search timers. Passing the optional keyword
    'OSD' pops up an OSD message after the update has finished.
  * 'UPDD' to reload the file epgsearchdone.data, e.g. after an
    external tool has modified it.
  * 'SETS <ON|OFF>' to activate or cancel the search timer background
    thread.
- since setup gets too big it has now the modes 'Standard' and
  'Extended'(toggled with key 'red'), suggested by Rolf Ahrenberg
- update for finnish translation, thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg
- update for italian translation, thanks to reelbox users
- update for french translation, thanks to Patrice Staudt
- new dutch translation, thanks to reelbox users
- using 127.0.0.1 instead of resolving 'localhost' for SVDRP,
  suggested by Thiemo Gehrke
- added script recordingdone.sh for your reccmds.conf to add a
  recording to epgsearch's done file, thanks to Patrice Staudt,
  Christian Jacobsen and Mike Constabel
- added script mtdone2epgsearchdone.sh to move recordings from
  mastertimer's done file to epgsearch's done file, thanks to
  Christian Jacobsen.
- thanks to Mike Constabel and Andreas Brugger for testing and bug
  reports
fixes:
- fixed a bug after using templates, thanks to Christian Jacobsen


2006-01-15: Version 0.9.10
new:
- update of all schedule and search result menus after
  creating/changing  a timer, as introduced in vdr-1.3.38
- button 'Record' now labeled with 'Record' or 'Timer' depending on
  existing timer for the event, as introduced in vdr-1.3.38
- epgsearch's own timer edit menu now displays the recording device
  number for a currently recording timer
- new setup option: 'Add episode to manual timers'
  affects adding the subtitle to the timer file in manual timer
  programming. The setting 'smart' skips the subtitle if the event has
  more that 80 min.
- search edit menu for search timers changed for future extensions:
  'Action' now selects the job to do for the search results, currently
  'record' (default) or 'announce only'
- thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg for finnish translation update
fixes:
- in vdr-1.3.38 some translations were broken
- updated the timercmds-patches to work with vdr-1.3.38

2006-01-08: Version 0.9.9
new:
- support for vdr-1.3.38
- search templates: the settings of a search are often quite the same
  as already done with other searches. You can now create templates
  that can be selected when editing a search (with key blue). A
  template can also be set as default. A new search will then get the
  default settings automatically.
- extended setup with 'search templates' to manage the new templates
- new action 'Use as template' to copy a search to the templates
- setup option to display the subtitle in the schedules, thanks to
  Darren Salt for his patch
- extension of feature 'Delete recordings after ... days' with 'Keep
  ... recordings'. This will asure, that last x recordings will not be
  deleted, even if they are expired.
fixes:
- the search timer feature 'Delete recordings after
  ... days' also deleted recordings that were edited. fixed now.

2005-11-27: Version 0.9.8
new:
ATTENTION: this version converts epgsearch.conf (the file that stores
  the searches) to a NEW FORMAT. A backup of the old file is stored as
  epgsearch.conf.bak. If you switch back to an older version you have
  to move the backup file back to epgsearch.conf.
- new feature 'avoid repeats' for search timers, aka 'done'
  feature (please read the README before using it!). A special thanks
  to Mike Constabel (vejoun@vdrportal) for many hours of testing and
  bug reports.
    * timer preview
    * recognition of broken recordings
    * fuzzy event comparison
- the menu of search results for a search timer with 'avoid repeats'
  has an additional mode for key 'blue' to preview the timers, that
  will be programmed with it.
- new setup option to display channels without EPG in 'What's on...',
  idea from 'Nordlicht's EPG plugin'
- new setup option to show channel separators in 'What's on...',
  idea from 'Nordlicht's EPG plugin'
- new feature 'Delete recordings after ... days'. This removes a
  recording automatically after the given days. It's a nice thing for
  e.g. news recordings (like Tagesschau), that are only interesting for
  a few days
- the timer summary now contains additional information about the
  event: event title, subtitle (if present) at the top, the name and
  ID of the search timer, that triggered the timer, and also the
  recording channel (after the real summary) at the bottom
- the summary of timers that are manually programmed now also contains
  info about title, subtitle (if present) and the recording channel
- 'Execute' in searches menu has been replaced with 'Actions' that
  list a menu consisting of
    * Execute search
    * Use as search timer on/off
    * Trigger search timer update
    * Show recordings done
  You can also use the short keys to trigger the corresponding action
  without opening this menu
- introduced a logfile (default file is
  plugin-configdir/epgsearch.log, but can be specified with
  commandline option '-l /path/to/logfile'. Commandline option '-v n'
  specifies the verbose level of the logfile. n=0 means no logging,
  allowed values are n=0(default),1(standard),2(extended),3(for
  debug).
- setup has now a default recording directory entry, that is used in
  manual timer programming. It supports also entries like
  '%Category%~%Genre%'. The directory gets automatically replaced with
  the values of the event (but only if all variables were replaced).
- depending on the calling menu the event menu (summary) now labels
  the buttons green/yellow with the previous/next channel or the start
  of the previous/next event, suggested by Andreas Brugger
- the channel number is now also listed in menu 'search results', if
  the setup option 'show channel numbers' is set, suggested by Gerhard
  Steiner.
- short keys (1,2,...) to EPG commands are now also available in the
  EPG summary menu, suggested by Frank Krömmelbein
- if VDR version >= 1.3.31 then setup has now an option to choose
  between epgsearch's timer edit menu and VDR's built-in menu (useful
  when using a patched VDR timer edit menu, suggested by Frank
  Krömmelbein)
- if a subtitle is present the menu for manual timer programming now
  always adds the subtitle to the timer file as default, suggested by
  Gerhard Steiner
- optimized the splitting of the directory and file entry when
  re-editing a timer in manual programming, thanks to Andreas Brugger
- the EPG menus now always display a subtitle in the form 'title ~
  subtitle' if present
- new service 'Epgsearch-updatesearchtimers-v1.0' to trigger a search
  timer update
- if a search timer update is triggered from the actions menu then an
  osd message is displayed when it has finished (also when using the
  service 'Epgsearch-updatesearchtimers-v1.0' optional)
- the menu of search timers now displays the number of (active)
  searchtimers in its title
- now checking if manual timer programming has failed and display an osd
  message in that case (needs vdr >= 1.3.30 to work)
- thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg for updating the finnish translation
- thanks to Mike Constabel for corrections in READMEs and MANUAL
fixes:
- epgsearch now exits to main menu when not called directly via a
  short key, thanks to Andreas Brugger
- fixed editing menu search term in english translation
- fixed sorting search timer list after editing a search timer, thanks
  to Mike Constabel
- fixed menu navigation with respect to empty schedules, thanks to
  Darren Salt for his patch
- fixed misaligned search entries in searches menu, thanks to Andreas
  Brugger

2005-09-04: Version 0.9.7
new:
- changes in the events summary now also trigger a timer update
fixes:
- fixed a memory leak in search timers with regular expressions,
  thanks to TomG@vdrportal
- fixed channel name display in color buttons when a channel separator
  exists, thanks to viking@vdrportal


2005-08-27: Version 0.9.6

new:
- search criterion 'use channel' extended by 'channel groups'. Channel
  groups can be managed with their own menu and allow a much more
  flexible way to select channels for the search procedure.
- epgsearch now exposes its extended timer edit menu and searching the
  epg as services to other plugins (s. MANUAL or contact me, if you
  are interested)
- if a timer is programmed for an event (searchtimer or manual
  programming) then the summary is now also passed to the timer (allows
  displaying the summary pressing 'ok' in timer menu), thanks to
  TomG@vdrportal
- after toggling the color buttons with '0' in the schedule menu the
  yellow/green button now move to the schedule of the
  previous/next channel
- added a patch from Uwe/egal@vdrportal that replaces vdr's
  standard schedule menu with the epgsearch plugin. Also big thanks to
  Uwe for the changes in epgsearch. After patching VDR you have to
  activate the patch in epgsearch's setup.
- after editing a new search, its entry now gets correctly sorted in
  the list of all searches, thanks to Mike Constabel
- added Gerhard Steiner's timercmd patch for vdr >= 1.3.25
- a 'back' in the start menu now always closes the osd (should solve
  some trouble with the submenu patch)
- events without title are now ignored, regardless of the search
  criteria, thanks to Mike Constabel
- new EPG variable '%channel%', that can be used in directory entries
  and gets replaced with the channels name
- recording margins in search timers can now be negative (allows
  intentional cutting the begin/end of recording), suggested by Mike
  Constabel
- extended EPG categories are now compared case insensitive
- updated finnish translation, thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg

fixes:
- '.epgsearchrc' now too is expected in the config path specified
  with -c (if given), thanks to Ronny Kornexl
- fixed programming of timers with empty file and directory, thanks to
  Andreas Brugger
- fixed search timer programming in case of midnight between start and
  stop time
- fixed directory selection when listing of dirs is empty, thanks to
  harvey@vdrportal
- (de)activating a searchtimer with '0' did not store, thanks to Mike
  Constabel
- fixed menu navigation (green-yellow-yellow-green displayed the
  summary instead of 'whats on now'), thanks to Mike Constabel


2005-07-02: Version 0.9.5
- epgsearch has now its own menu for standard timer editing with the
  following extensions (timer programming is based on SVDRP, so this should
  be configured!):
   * additional item 'directory' with selection of existing
     directories with key 'blue' (also supports EPG
     variables like "%category%" when using ext. EPG info)
   * item 'file' can be extended with subtitle (if present) pressing
     key 'blue'
   * item 'file' and 'directory' can be reset to standard pressing key
     'yellow'
   * when editing weekdays then item 'day' can be customized with a submenu
     for arbitrary weekdays selection
- menu 'userdefined days of week' for search timers now starts with
  'Monday' instead of 'Sunday'
- menu 'Select directory' now lists distinct items of the following sources:
   * current recording directories
   * current timer directories
   * directories used in search timers
   * directories specified in epgsearchdirs.conf
  key 'yellow' can be used to change the depth of the directory listing.
- Progressbar in 'Next' can now be switched on/off with its own setup item.
- support for language dependent commands for EPG (default loading
  uses epgsearchcmds.conf, if there is no epgsearchcmds-XXX.conf,
  where XXX is the language code as shown in i18n.c, see MANUAL)
- directly calling a command with key '1'..'9' will now go back to the
  calling menu after execution instead of displaying menu 'commands'
- added a commandline option '-c' or '--config' to specify the plugins
  own config directory (option).
- added commandline help for 'vdr --help
- thanks again to Mike Constabel (vejoun@vdrportal) for great beta
  testing and suggestions, and to Rolf Ahrenberg for finnish translation.


2005-05-24: Version 0.9.4
- support for extended EPG info (categories) in search timers (please
  refer to the README 'Using extended EPG info').
- added a submenu to select an existing directory when editing a
  search timer. This menu can also be extended with entries in the file
  epgsearchdirs.conf
- usage of variables like "%Genre%" or "%Category% in the directory
  entry of a search timer. These are replaced with the current extended
  EPG info when a timer is created.
- key '0' in search menu now toggles the flag 'use as search timer'
- fixed compilation for vdr < 1.3.18 (thanks to TomG@vdrportal)
- updated script rememberevent.sh (thanks to Ronny Kornexl for
  complete rewrite and extensions)
- added script epg2master-timer.sh for the commands menu, that adds an event to
  master-timer, thanks to the author Christian Jacobsen / Viking (vdrportal)
- some changes to compile with bigpatch
- removed font patch for progressbar, since runtime patch seems to
  work fine
- added a script timerrep.sh to search the repeats of a timer from timer menu
  (requires the timercmds.conf-patch from Gerhard Steiner, see dir patches)
- updated/rearranged README(.DE) and added also a MANUAL (only english) for
  detailed info about some topics, since README gets too big.
- Added a description of the format of  epgsearch.conf to MANUAL
- fixed a bug with buttons display in search timer edit menu
- a special thanks to Mike Constabel (vejoun@vdrportal) for great beta
  testing and suggestions, and to Rolf Ahrenberg for finnish translation.

2005-04-14: Version 0.9.3
- implemented direct SVDRP communication (no more need for
  svdrpsend. For now, the old external method can still be used when you pass
  it with -f as parameter, if you omit -f the internal method is used)
- added buttons '<<' and '>>' in detailed epg view (summary) to jump
  to the previous/next event of the menu behind (schedule, now, next,
  ..., search results)
- new feature to use epgsearch for searching from other plugins
  or scripts (see the README 'Usage from other plugins or scripts')
- shifting displayed time with FF, FR or by toggling with '0' is now
  also available in schedule menu
- added a setup option to set a default for handling pay tv channels
  when searching (does not affect search timers)
- fixed day check in searchtimer scan with respect to changes in
  vdr-1.3.23
- changed detection of existing timers to reduce superfluous timer
  modifications.
- added channel name and subtitle to parameters for custom commands
- small change in input logic of 'from channel' when editing a search entry
- updated screen shots on project homepage

2005-03-20: Version 0.9.2
- update for vdr-1.3.23

2005-03-19: Version 0.9.1
- french translation update, thanks to Patrice Staudt
- fixed a problem with priority and lifetime when modifying a
  timer

2005-03-19: Version 0.9.0
- new search mode 'regular expressions' (POSIX(default) or Perl compatible by
  compiler switch HAVE_PCREPOSIX in the Makefile, see README - Installation)
- new search mode 'match exactly' to simplify matching of short search terms
- new option for search timers: 'only annouce' will not add a timer,
  but display an OSD message about the found event
- new progressbar in 'what's on next', that displays the time span to
  the next event (0 minutes(=100%) to max. 30 minutes(=0%))
- timer conficts can now be checked in the background and are
  displayed via OSD after each search timer scan (requires a recent
  timeline plugin running)
- key blue in search results now toggles between "only FTA" and "all
  channels" (to hide results from pay tv channels)
- removed some superfluous search timer modifications
- finnish translation, thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg
- updated README and added a description of the search process
- shifted version number to allow subversions

2005-02-15: Version 0.0.8
- added support for VPS in search timers
- channels of search timers are now stored with ID rather than number
  (avoids editing your searches after channel modifications)
- corrections in the english version, thanks to Darren Salt
- fixed a bug in criterion duration
- fixed channel selection when shifting displayed time, thanks to
  Ronny Kornexl
- put some space between progressbar and event info (TtV*) for text2skin 1.0
- fixed compilaton problems in vdr-1.3.10
- switch display in search results to 'episode name only' with key
  yellow
- fixed width of start time, when displaying channel number, thanks to
  Gerhard Steiner

2005-01-22: Version 0.0.7
- Start menu can now be setup between 'schedule' and 'now'
- runtime patch for progressbar (no need to patch vdr anymore, experimental)
- Added lifetime, priority and margins for start and stop for
  searchtimers
- Added new font-patch for vdr-1.3.18
- new: italian translation, thanks to Sean Carlos
- french translation, thanks to Patrice Staudt
- finnish translation by Rolf Ahrenberg
- search term can now be empty to search for anything, that matches
  other criterions searchtimers
- Fixed editing of criterion 'to channel', thanks to gunnar@vdrportal

2005-01-11: Version 0.0.6
- now compiles also with vdr-1.3.18
- Search criterion 'channel' can now be a range of channels (thanks to
  gunnar@vdrportal)
- Setup option 'short channel names' for display in 'now',
  'next',... (only available for >= vdr-1.3.15, thanks to dido@vdrportal)
- french translation, thanks to Patrice Staudt
- added external trigger to force a search scan (e.g. at shutdown,
  thanks to Ronny Kornexl)
- fixed display of color keys while editing search term and directory
  (thanks to Ronny Kornexl)
- recordings found with 'search in recordings' can now be replayed
  from result list
- fixed menu switching now-program-now (thanks to dido@vdrportal)

2005-01-03: Version 0.0.5
- time in 'now', 'next',... can now be shifted with FastFwd and
  FastRew or with Green/Yellow when toggling with '0' (see README)
- search results now display 't' ,'T', if there is already a timer for
  an entry, thanks to LordPSI@vdrportal.
- translation of new things to finnish (as always thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg)
- sorting by channel in repeatings should work now, thanks to
  LordPSI@vdrportal.
- fixed searching in mode 'one word', thanks to LordPSI@vdrportal
- fixed key blue and red in an empty search list, thanks to Ronny Kornexl
- fixed compilation problem with vdr-1.3.10, thanks to
  rockclimber@vdrportal
- fixed some function calls to thread safeness (thanks to ?)
- fixed graphical progressbar, thanks to white_@vdrportal
- rewritten the README's

2004-11-30: Version 0.0.4
- New feature 'search timers' (like vdradmins 'auto timers', see the
  readme, thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg for idea and code review)
- Progressbar can now be set to graphical bars in setup (you have to
  apply a vdr-patch for this, see README, thanks to Uwe/egal from vdrportal for
  creating the needed fonts)
- Added builtin command to commands menu to create a search from epg entry
- Added builtin command to commands menu to switch to channel of
  selected entry
- Added builtin command to commands menu to search the current epg
  entry in recordings (thanks to Adreas Kool for his patch)
- Key "Blue" can now also be customized by setup (switch/search)
- Key '0' toggles key mapping of red and blue key (thanks to Roman
  (Uatschitchun) from vdrportal for his idea)
- Added 'day(s) of week' as search criterion
- Executing a command on an epg entry now only closes command menu,
  not the whole plugin
- Display of channel number in "what's on" controlled by setup
- fixed column display to prevent cutting of channel name
- fixed selection of current channel in "what's on now" (thanks to Leo
  from vdrportal for reporting this)
- button 'ok' in empty search results jumps back to search list

2004-11-08: Version 0.0.3
- Added an ASCII-based progress bar to the 'what's on now' view of the
  schedules. (Usage and display width customizable by setup).
- Added up to 4 user defined times besides "now" and "next"
  (you can use this for example for "primetime" or "late night")
- Renamed plugin main entry from "EPG search" to "Search"
- Added duration to search criterions
- Added commands menu in 'search results' list
- Behaviour of red key is now the same in 'search results' as
  in main menu of the plugin.
- Updated history and readme's

2004-09-11: Version 0.0.2
- New feature for executing commands on epg items (see README)
- Added script epg2autotimer.sh to create autotimers from epg
- Added finnish translation (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg, also for code review)
- Behaviour of red key can now be switched by setup form "Standard" to
  "Commands".
- code is now more structured
- BUGFIX: Blue key for switching in summary should work now
  (thanks to Sir James Lachtveel and others for reporting this one)
2004-08-15: Version 0.0.1
- Initial revision.