[vdr] Re: cMenuEditStrItem does not work if no Tab is set

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

Wolfgang Rohdewald wrote:
> Hi,
>
> if no Tab is set, cMenuEditStrItem does not work.
> Probably the same is true for all cMenuEditItem classes.
>
> A simple fix would be to replace the \t by a space
> in cMenuEdit::SetValue()
>   asprintf(&buffer, "%s:\t%s", name, value);
>
> but of course that would break all setup menus.
>
> if cMenuEdit::SetValue() could find out whether 
> Tab(0) is nonzero, it could easily be fixed. But
> there seems to be no way to find out.
>
> I solved this for me by using cStatus::OsdCurrentItem
> which now sets tabs as needed by the item, so I don't
> have to patch vdr.
>
> But I believe a proper fix would have to be done
> in cMenuEdit::SetValue()
Under which conditions does this problem occur?
E.g. what do I have to do to reproduce this problem?

Klaus