[vdr] ANNOUNCE: console plugin vdr-console-0.6.0

["Jan Rieger" <vdr@ricomp.de>]

The new version 0.6.0 of the console plugin for the developer version of VDR 
(since 1.3.7) is now available from:

ricomp.de/vdr/vdr-console-0.6.0.tgz


Changes since version 0.5.1:

- The console window is now displayed in full screen mode. That means: no
 title bar and no buttons bar are reducing the available space any more.
- The title of the current console and the key meanings will be displayed
 after a console switch. The duration how long this info is shown is
 configurable. The OK button also opens this info bar.
- Status messages and confirmations are displayed with an own mechanism
 because the standard way of VDR doesn't work well in an cOsdObject based
 screen.
- The font for the console screen is now better selectable: normal, small
 and extra small.
 (Attention: The small font is the small proportional font from VDR. In
 some cases this font looks not very well in the console window.
 The extra small font originates from the vdrmail plugin. This font
 supports only the iso8859-1 code page at the moment!)
- There is no special font needed any more that displays pseudo graphic
 characters. The trick is now the same as in xterm ;-)
- The navigation through the consoles in the console screen is now changed
 from the green/yellow to the left/right keys.
- The green key opens the commands list also in the console screen.
- Keyboard caption mode can now be leaved by pressing the {ESC} key twice
 in between a second. If {ESC} is not pressed a second time then the
 original {ESC} key will be sent to the console. If another key is
 pressed after the first {ESC} key then this combination will be sent at
 once to the console.
- The keyboard caption mode can also be switched on and off with the
 yellow key.
- If the keyboard caption mode is off then this will be signaled through
 an blinking keyboard symbol on the right side in the first row.
- The blink rate of the cursor and blinking texts/symbols is now
 adjustable.
- If the plugin detects that there is no keyboard available for VDR, then
 an error message is displayed on the screen when the main menu entry is
 activated.
- A patch against VDR is available that makes the console plugin
 possible to prevent VDR from shutdown.
- If the patch for preventing shutdown is installed then it is
 configurable if running consoles should prevent VDR from shutdown.


Jan