Christian Wieninger wrote:
> Hi Klaus,
>
> meanwhile there are many plugins, that could be used as a replacement
> for some of VDR's main menu entries, like "schedule" or "channels".
> Please don't get me wrong, you've done a great job, but some plugin
> authors too ;-) And if the user likes to use a plugin instead of the
> builtin function, why not?
> A real replacement currently can only be done when patching VDR, so
> what do you think about the following change of the MenuMain
> constructor in menu.c? :
>
> ...
> cPlugin *p = NULL;
> switch (State) {
> case osSchedule: p = CallFirstService("schedule");
> AddSubMenu(p?(cOsdMenu *)p->MainMenuAction():new cMenuSchedule);
> break;
> case osChannels:
> p = CallFirstService("channels");
> AddSubMenu(p?(cOsdMenu *)p->MainMenuAction():new cMenuChannels);
> break;
> case osTimers:
> p = CallFirstService("timers");
> AddSubMenu(p?(cOsdMenu *)p->MainMenuAction():new cMenuTimers);
> break;
> case osRecordings:
> p = CallFirstService("recordings");
> AddSubMenu(p?(cOsdMenu *)p->MainMenuAction():new
> cMenuRecordings(NULL, 0, true));
> break;
> ...
>
> a plugin could implement a service like "schedule" that only signals
> that it offers this functionality. If so, VDR would call this plugin
> instead of the builtin menus.
>
> Christian
>
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I just want to say that it would be a great idea. I use epgsearch
instead of the build in EPG-view and patched VDR.
Regards Peter
