[vdr] Re: Error handling vs. user friendliness.

[Helmut Auer <vdr@helmutauer.de>]

Hell Klaus

> > I started a recording, forgot about it, and started to throw away
> > channels.conf entries I am not interested in.
>
> I doubt that, because VDR won't let you delete a channel which has
> a timer programmed on it - or did you find a way to actually do this?
I think he deleted the channels the easy way - by editing channels.conf, 
not via vdr :-)

> Well, then what about just dropping offending lines in channels.conf
> and timers.conf? With log messages, of course...
I'd prefer something like showing a message:

Errors in channels.conf - press ok to autorepair

and if ok is not pressed within x seconds vdr will shutdown.

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Helmut Auer, helmut@helmutauer.de