[vdr] Re: TITLE+EPISODE macro, options menu

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Uwe Freese wrote:
> 
> Hello Klaus,
> 
> Klaus Schmidinger wrote on Monday, February 04, 2002, 10:55:55 AM:
> 
> KS> [UseSubtitle]
> KS> I don't think that this one is obsolete, because then the user would
> KS> be FORCED to explicitly edit the file name of any such timer. The
> KS> way it is now, you can simply create a timer via the "Schedules"
> KS> menu, change the "Day" to, e. g., "--M----" and you have a periodic
> KS> timer which automatically adds the episode name.
> 
> OK, but when turning on this option, VDR shouldn't add an additional
> subdir when the user has a repeated (--M----) timer with an EPISODE
> keyword.
> 
> It could also be implemented that if "UseSubtitle == on" and a timername
> (repeating  timer)  ends with NOSUB, VDR doesn't add the subdir for only
> this special repeating timer. (Yes, I love keywords. ;-))

If any of the keywords is present, the automatic adding of the episode name
doesn't happen.

> A  question  to  the  string  replacement  function  that translates the
> keywords:
> What  happens  if  an  EPG  title  or  subtitle also contains the string
> "TITLE" or "EPISODE"? That's not so probable, but the function shouldn't
> end up in an endless loop:
> 
>    Simpsons~EPISODE
> -> Simpsons~THE WORST EPISODE EVER
> -> Simpsons~THE WORST THE WORST EPISODE EVER EVER
> -> ...
> 
> ..just  to  make sure the function works correctly, because I don't know
> how it's implemented.
> 
> Bye, Uwe.

There is only *one* level of replacement, first the TITLE, then the EPISODE.

Klaus
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