From 8d4f8607dc1558ce73eb4c376bdbf78ddb65da83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Wieninger <winni@debian.(none)>
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:40:28 +0100
Subject: Initial commit

---
 doc-src/en/createcats.1.txt                 |  120 +++
 doc-src/en/epgsearch.1.txt                  | 1116 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 doc-src/en/epgsearch.4.txt                  |  880 +++++++++++++++++++++
 doc-src/en/epgsearch.conf.5.txt             |  145 ++++
 doc-src/en/epgsearchblacklists.conf.5.txt   |   71 ++
 doc-src/en/epgsearchcats.conf.5.txt         |  133 ++++
 doc-src/en/epgsearchchangrps.conf.5.txt     |   65 ++
 doc-src/en/epgsearchcmds.conf.5.txt         |   73 ++
 doc-src/en/epgsearchdirs.conf.5.txt         |  103 +++
 doc-src/en/epgsearchmenu.conf.5.txt         |  144 ++++
 doc-src/en/epgsearchswitchtimers.conf.5.txt |   73 ++
 doc-src/en/epgsearchtemplates.conf.5.txt    |   59 ++
 doc-src/en/epgsearchuservars.conf.5.txt     |  182 +++++
 doc-src/en/noannounce.conf.5.txt            |   71 ++
 doc-src/en/timersdone.conf.5.txt            |   52 ++
 15 files changed, 3287 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 doc-src/en/createcats.1.txt
 create mode 100644 doc-src/en/epgsearch.1.txt
 create mode 100644 doc-src/en/epgsearch.4.txt
 create mode 100644 doc-src/en/epgsearch.conf.5.txt
 create mode 100644 doc-src/en/epgsearchblacklists.conf.5.txt
 create mode 100644 doc-src/en/epgsearchcats.conf.5.txt
 create mode 100644 doc-src/en/epgsearchchangrps.conf.5.txt
 create mode 100644 doc-src/en/epgsearchcmds.conf.5.txt
 create mode 100644 doc-src/en/epgsearchdirs.conf.5.txt
 create mode 100644 doc-src/en/epgsearchmenu.conf.5.txt
 create mode 100644 doc-src/en/epgsearchswitchtimers.conf.5.txt
 create mode 100644 doc-src/en/epgsearchtemplates.conf.5.txt
 create mode 100644 doc-src/en/epgsearchuservars.conf.5.txt
 create mode 100644 doc-src/en/noannounce.conf.5.txt
 create mode 100644 doc-src/en/timersdone.conf.5.txt

(limited to 'doc-src/en')

diff --git a/doc-src/en/createcats.1.txt b/doc-src/en/createcats.1.txt
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+=head1 NAME
+
+B<createcats> - helps you creating your own F<epgsearchcats.conf>
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+B<createcats> [OPTIONS] F</path_to/epg.data>
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This tool is deliverd with the plugin and should exist in the plugins
+source directory after compilation. It helps you in creating your own
+epgsearchcats.conf, if the samples in directory 'conf' don't fit your needs.
+
+createcats takes your epg.data as argument and scans it for suitable
+EPG infos. Such an info is a set of a category name and a coresponding
+value at the beginning of a line (represented with '|') and has the
+form '|category: value', e.g.
+
+ |Genre: Action
+
+So simply call it with
+
+B<createcats> /path_to/epg.data
+
+The output is a file epgsearchcats.conf, that should be copied to your
+plugins config dir. Before using it, you should do some customizing,
+since not all things in the file will be suitable to be used as
+extended EPG info.
+
+=head1 OPTIONS
+
+The full set of arguments is:
+
+usage: B<createcats> [OPTIONS] F</path_to/epg.data>
+
+ -m N, --minappearance=N    the minimum number a category has to appear
+                            to be used
+ -v N, --maxvalues=N        values of a category are omitted if they exceed
+                            this number
+ -l N, --maxlength=N        the maximum length of a text to be accepted
+                            as a category value
+ -h, --help                 this help
+
+Some notes:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item -m N, --minappearance=N    
+
+createcats counts how often a category is used in your current
+epg.data. If this is less than N, then this category will not be part
+of the resulting epgsearchcats.conf.
+
+=item -v N, --maxvalues=N
+
+if the number of values for a category is more than N then createcats
+will not output a value list for this category. As a consequence in
+epgsearch the menu item gets an edit item, that can be filled with
+every text. Else, the item gets a selection item, that lets you select
+from a list of values.
+
+=item -l N, --maxlength=N
+
+if the text length of a value is more than N, this value is not part
+of the value list. 
+
+=back
+
+B<Hint:> Results are best, if your current EPG is as big as possible. So
+update it, if you are using an external EPG provider, before calling
+createcats. 
+
+Please edit this file now, since it will contain also things not suitable.
+
+After that copy it to your plugins config directory.
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+C<epgsearch(1)>, C<epgsearch(4)>, C<epgsearchcats.conf(5)>
+
+=head1 AUTHOR (man pages)
+
+Mike Constabel <epgsearch (at) constabel (dot) net>
+
+=head1 REPORT BUGS
+
+Bugreports (german):
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mantisbt/>
+
+Mailinglist:
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mailman/listinfo/epgsearch>
+
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT and LICENSE
+
+Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Christian Wieninger
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+Or, point your browser to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+
+The author can be reached at cwieninger@gmx.de
+
+The project's page is at http://winni.vdr-developer.org/epgsearch
+
+The MD5 code is derived from the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm.
diff --git a/doc-src/en/epgsearch.1.txt b/doc-src/en/epgsearch.1.txt
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+=head1 NAME
+
+F<epgsearch> - Searchtimer and replacement of the VDR program menu
+
+=head1 OVERVIEW
+
+EPG-Search can be used as a replacement for the default schedules
+menu entry. It looks like the standard schedules menu, but adds some
+additional functions:
+
+ - Commands for EPG entries with 5 built-in commands like 'show repeats',
+   'create search'. One can add own commands for other needs, like adding a
+   VDRAdmin auto-timer.
+
+ - Add up to 4 user-defined times to 'now' and 'next' and an optional
+   favorites menu 
+
+ - Searching the EPG: Create reusable queries, which can also be used
+   as 'search timers'.
+
+ - Search timers: Search for broadcasts in the background and add a
+   timer if one matches (similar to VDRAdmin's auto-timers) or simply
+   make an announcement about it via OSD
+
+ - Avoid double recordings of the same event
+   * timer preview
+   * recognition of broken recordings
+   * fuzzy event comparison
+
+ - Progress bar in 'What's on now' and 'What's on next'
+
+ - Shift the time displayed by key press, e.g. 'What's on now' + 30 minutes
+
+ - Start menu can be setup between 'Schedule' or 'What's on now'
+
+ - background check for timer conflicts with a timer conflict manager
+
+ - detailed EPG menu (summary) allows jumping to the next/previous
+   event
+
+ - support for extended EPG info for search timers
+
+ - extension of the timer edit menu with a directory item, user
+   defined weekday selection and a subtitle completion.
+
+ - Timer conflict check, informs you over the OSD about conflicts
+
+ - Timer conflict menu, show detailed information about the conflicts
+   and let you resolve them
+
+ - Email notifications about search timer updates and timer conflicts
+
+Works only with >= vdr-1.3.46 or newer. 
+
+Parts of the sources are based on the repeating-ECG patch from Gerhard Steiner, who gave me the permission to use them. Thanks for his work!
+
+=head1 OPTIONS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item -f file,  --svdrpsendcmd=file  
+
+the path to svdrpsend.pl for external SVDRP communication (default is
+internal communication, so this is usually not needed anymore)
+
+=item -c path,  --config=path
+
+to specify a specific config directory for all epgsearch config files, default
+is '<plugins configuration directory>/epgsearch'
+
+=item -l file,  --logfile=file
+
+to specify a specific log file for epgsearch (default log file is
+epgsearch.log in the epgsearchs config directory)
+
+=item -v n,  --verbose=n       
+
+verbose level for log file. Value 0 means no logging. Other values
+are 1 (general messages), 2 (detailed messages), 3 (planned for extra
+detailed info for debugging purposes)
+
+=item -r,  --reloadmenuconf       
+
+reload epgsearchmenu.conf with plugin call. This can be useful when testing
+customized menu layouts.
+
+=item -m file,  --mailcmd=file
+
+the external command to be used for mail delivery. The default uses
+'sendEmail.pl'. If you are using a different command or script make sure that
+it has the same parameter interface as sendEmail.pl.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 CONTENT
+
+ 1.    Description
+ 1.1     Menu commands
+ 1.2     Menu search
+ 1.2.1     Menu edit search
+ 1.2.2     Menu search results
+ 1.3     Extended 'now' and 'next'
+ 1.4     Menu setup
+ 2.    Search timers
+ 2.1     'Avoid repeats' - internals
+ 2.2     How do we compare two events?
+ 2.3     How and when do we compare?
+ 3.    Usage from other plugins or scripts
+ 4.    Using extended EPG info
+ 5.    Replacing the standard schedule menu
+ 6.    Add-ons
+
+=head1 1. Description
+
+At first glance EPG-Search looks like the schedules menu entry of VDR.
+By pressing the key '0', one can toggle the bottom color keys to access
+additional functions (the default assignment of the color keys can be
+adjusted by setup):
+
+
+=head2 1.1 Menu Commands
+
+This menu displays commands that can be executed on the current
+item. There are 8 built-in commands:
+
+ - Repeats: Searches for repeats
+
+ - Record
+
+ - Switch
+
+ - Create search
+   Switches to search menu and adds a new search with the name of the current
+   item (to avoid editing the name manually)
+
+ - Search in recordings:
+   Search the recordings for a broadcast with the same name
+
+ - Mark as 'already recorded':
+   This puts the selected event in the file epgsearchdone.data and instructs
+   epgsearch to avoid recording this event if an according search timer is set
+   to "avoid repeats". An already created timer will be automatically removed
+   with the next search timer update. 
+
+ - Add/Remove to/from switch list?:
+   Controls the switch list. If there is an event in the switch list, epgsearch
+   will announce it and switch to the event before it starts. To access the
+   complete switch list, call 'Search/Actions/Switch list'.
+
+ - Create blacklist:
+   A blacklist is used to ignore events when using search timers. A search
+   timer can be setup to ignore events from arbitrary blacklists.
+
+You can add your own commands to this menu by editing the file
+epgsearchcmds.conf in epgsearchs config directory. There's a sample
+conf file with some sample commands (see directory 'scripts', taken
+from vdr-wiki.de, thanks to the authors).
+
+The format of the file is the same as VDR's commands.conf or
+reccmds.conf. When a command is executed the following parameters
+are passed to it:
+
+ $1: the title of the EPG entry
+ $2: the start time of the EPG entry as time_t value (like in the 
+     shutdown script)
+ $3: the end time
+ $4: the channel number of the EPG entry
+ $5: the long channel name of the EPG entry
+ $6: the subtitle of the EPG entry, "" if not present 
+
+To execute a command from the main menu you can also press its
+associated number without opening the commands menu.
+
+=head2 1.2 Menu search
+
+Here you can add, edit, delete and execute your own queries on the
+EPG. The usage and behavior of this menu is similar to VDR's timer
+menu. 
+
+=head3 1.2.1 Menu edit search
+
+Most things in this menu are quite clear, so only some notes on:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item - B<Search term:>
+
+The term to search for. If you like to search for more words, separate
+them by blanks. Leaving this empty (combined with search mode
+'Phrase') will match anything. This is useful, if you search e.g. for
+anything that starts between some times on a specific channel.
+
+With 'blue' you can also select a template for the new search. If
+one of the templates is set to default, new searches will
+automatically get the settings of the default template.
+
+Note: fuzzy searching is limited to 32 chars!
+
+=item - B<Search mode:>
+
+'Phrase' searches for the expression within the EPG. 'All words'
+requires, that each word of the expression occurs in the EPG item.
+'at least one word' requires, that only one word occurs in the EPG item.
+'Match exactly' requires, that your search term matches exactly the
+found title, subtitle or description.
+
+With 'Regular expression' you can setup a regular expression as
+search term. You don't need a leading and trailing '/' in the
+expression. By default these are POSIX extended regular expressions.
+If you like to have Herl compatible regular expression, simply edit
+the plugins Makefile and uncomment #HAVE_PCREPOSIX=1 to
+HAVE_PCREPOSIX=1 (you will need pcreposix installed, comes with
+libpcre from www.pcre.org, but it's already part of most distributions).
+
+See also C<epgsearch(4)> 'Description of the search process'.
+
+=item - B<Use extended EPG info:>
+
+Only available if configured, see below 'Using extended EPG info'.
+
+=item - B<Ignore missing categories:>
+
+If set to 'Yes' this tells epgsearch that a missing EPG category 
+should not exclude an event from the results. Caution: Using this without 
+any other criterions could flood your timers.
+
+=item - B<Use channel:>
+
+Search only for events in the given channels interval, channel
+groups or FTA channels only.
+
+Channel groups (e.g. sport channels or Pay-TV channels) can be
+managed with a sub-menu called with 'blue'.
+
+ATTENTION: After changing the channels order please check the
+settings of your search timers!
+
+=item - B<Use day of week:>
+
+Besides the weekdays you can also set up a user-defined selection,
+e.g. search only on Monday and Friday.
+
+You'll find the user-defined selection in the list after Friday.
+
+=item - B<Use blacklists:>
+
+You can select one or more or all blacklists here. If any search result
+is also contained in one of the selected blacklists it will be skipped.
+
+=item - B<Use in favorites menu:>
+
+Only available if turned on in setup. With this option you can mark a search
+to be used in the favorites menu. The search results of all these searches are
+listed in the favorites menu. 
+
+=item - B<Result menu layout:>
+
+Only available if you have defined more than one menu template for search
+results in epgsearchmenu.conf. This option is used to assign a different menu
+layout for the search results of this search.
+
+=item - B<Use as Search Timer:>
+
+If set to yes, the plugin will do a background scan of the EPG in
+certain intervals and add a timer, if there is a match. You have to
+activate the 'search timers' in the setup. If set to "user defined" one
+can specify time margins with key 'blue' where the search timer is active
+or not.
+
+=item - B<Action:>
+
+Default action is creating a timer for the search results. But you can
+also choose to simply announce the found event via OSD or to switch
+to the event one minute before it starts. 
+
+=item - B<Serial recording:>
+
+If set to yes, the recordings will be stored in a folder with the name
+of the broadcasting and the recordings itself will have the name of
+the episode. If there is no episode name, the date and time of the
+recording will be used.
+
+=item - B<Directory:>
+
+Here you can assign a directory, where the recording should be stored,
+e.g. 'SciFi'. Use the key 'blue' to select directory entries already
+used in other search entries or given by entries in the file
+epgsearchdirs.conf (simply place your directories here one at each line
+without the leading video directory, also see MANUAL).
+If your provider delivers extended EPG infos you can also use
+variables like "%Genre%" or "%Category%" in your directory
+entry. These are replaced with the current EPG info, when a timer is
+created.
+
+See also C<epgsearch(4)> 'Using variables in the directory
+entry of a search timer'.
+
+=item - B<Delete recordings after ... days:>
+
+Some recordings should only be kept for a few days, like news. With
+this feature you can tell epgsearch to delete them automatically
+after ... days.
+
+=item - B<Pause if ... recordings exist:>
+
+If the given numbers of recordings currently exists, then epgsearch
+will not create further timers. After deleting one or more
+recordings it will go on generating new timers. 
+
+=item - B<Avoid repeats:>
+
+If you don't want to record repeats, this feature tries to check if
+an event was already recorded/programmed and skips it. Please refer
+to the section 'Avoid repeats - internals' below before using it. 
+
+=item - B<Allowed repeats:>
+
+If you like to accept a certain amount of repeats you can give here
+their number.
+
+=item - B<Only repeats within ... days:>
+
+Give here the number of days a repeat has to follow its first
+broadcast. 0 is equal to no restriction.
+
+=item - B<Compare title:>
+
+When comparing to events then specify here if the title should be
+compared.
+
+=item - B<Compare subtitle:>
+
+When comparing to events then specify here if the subtitle should be
+compared. If there is no subtitle than this event is always
+different to an event with/without a subtitle.
+
+=item - B<Compare description:>
+
+When comparing to events then specify here if the description should
+be compared. 
+
+For comparison all parts of the description, that look like a
+category value, are removed first. The remaining text will be
+compared. If this is similar at 90% (regarding the
+Levinshtein-Distance algorithm) then it will be accepted as equal.
+
+=item - B<Compare categories:>
+
+With the button 'setup' you can also specify which categories should
+be compared. As with subtitles an event is different if it has no
+according category value.
+
+=item - B<Priority, lifetime, margins for start and stop:>
+
+Each search timer can have its own settings for these parameters.
+Defaults can be adjusted in the plugins setup.
+
+=item - B<VPS:>
+
+If set to yes, VPS is used, but only, if activated in VDR's setup menu and
+if the broadcasting has VPS information.
+
+=item - B<Auto delete:>
+
+to automatically delete a search timer if the following is true:
+
+ * after x recordings, or
+ * after x days after the first recording
+
+Only complete recordings are counted. The deletion is executed directly after
+the correspondig recording
+
+=back
+
+To toggle the flag 'Use as search timer' without editing the search
+entry you can use the key '2'. This will call directly the second
+command of the command menu.
+
+=head3 1.2.2 Menu search results
+
+This menu displays the search results. A 'T' lets you know, that there
+is already a timer for the event. A 't' means that there's only a
+partial timer for it, as in standard schedules menu.
+
+=head2 1.3 Extended 'now' and 'next' and favorites
+
+By setup, one can add up to 4 additional times to extend the green
+button, e.g. 'afternoon', 'prime time', 'late night'. Times, that are
+already passed, are skipped (you will not get 'afternoon' at evening) with the
+exception that a time will be displayed for the next day, if it is less then
+20h in the future.
+In these menus you can shift the currently displayed time by pressing
+FastRew or FastFwd to move back and forward in time. If you don't have
+these keys on your remote, you can access this function by pressing
+'0' to toggle the green and yellow button to '<<' and '>>'. This toggling
+can be adjusted by setup.
+
+You can display a progress bar in 'now' and 'next'. When using text2skin you
+should use the setup option "text2skin" in the setup option "Show progress in
+'Now'"/Show progress in 'Next'" (the setting 'graphical' may also work with
+text2skin, but this depends on the selected skin).
+
+Furthermore you can enable in the setup an favorites list. You can configure
+your searchtimers ("Use in favorite list") to display their results in
+you favorite list. This list display event in the next 24 hours ordered by time.
+
+=head2 1.4 Menu setup
+
+=head3 1.4.1 General
+
+=over 4
+
+=item - B<Hide main menu entry:>
+
+This hides the main menu entry 'search'. Attention: when the plugin is
+assigned to key 'green' then hiding the plugin will give you VDR's
+standard schedule menu (see below to avoid this).
+
+=item - B<Main menu entry:>
+
+If not hidden, the name of main menu entry can be set here. Default is
+'Program guide'. Note: If you set it to something different from the default
+then the main menu entry is no longer dependent on the OSD language. Setting
+it back to default or empty restores this behavior again.
+
+=item - B<Start menu:>
+
+Select the starting menu 'Schedules' or 'Now'
+
+=back
+
+=head3 1.4.2 EPG menus
+
+=over 4
+
+=item - B<Ok key:>
+
+Choose here the behavior of key 'Ok'. You can use it to display the summary
+or to switch to the corresponding channel. Note: the functionality of key
+'blue' (Switch/Info/Search) depends on this setting.
+
+=item - B<Red key:>
+
+Select if you like to have Standard ('Record') or 'Commands' as
+assignment for key 'red'.
+
+=item - B<Blue key:>
+
+select if you like to have Standard ('Switch') or 'Search' as
+assignment for key 'blue'.
+
+=item - B<Show progress in 'Now':>
+
+In the menu 'what's on now' you can display a progress bar, that
+displays the progress of the current item. When using text2skin you
+should use the setup option "text2skin" (the setting 'graphical' may also
+work with text2skin, but this depends on the selected skin).
+
+=item - B<Show channel numbers:>
+
+Select this if you like to have a leading channel number before each
+item in the EPG menus.
+
+=item - B<Show channel separators:>
+
+Display channel group separators between channel in the menus
+'Overview now',...
+
+=item - B<Show day separators:>
+
+Display a day separator between events on different days in the
+schedule menu.
+
+=item - B<Show radio channels:>
+
+Also list radio channels.
+
+=item - B<Limit channels from 1 to:>
+
+If you have a large channel set you can speed up things when you limit the
+displayed channels with this setting. Use '0' to disable the limit. If the
+current channel is above the limit, the limit is ignored and all channels will
+be displayed again.
+
+=item - B<'One press' timer creation:>
+
+If set to 'yes' a timer is immediately created when pressing 'Record' as
+introduced in vdr-1.3.38, else the timer edit menu is displayed.
+
+=item - B<Show channels without EPG:>
+
+Display channels without EPG to allow switching or create a timer.
+
+=item - B<Time interval for FR/FF [min]:>
+
+In the menus 'now', 'next', 'user def 1', ... you can shift the
+displayed time by pressing FastRew, FastFwd on your remote control.
+Adjust the amount of minutes to jump here.
+
+=item - B<Toggle Green/Yellow:>
+
+If you don't have FastRew, FastFwd on your remote control, set this to
+yes. When pressing '0' in the menus, this toggles the assignment of
+the color keys and assigns e.g. '<<' and '>>' to 'green' and 'yellow'.
+
+=item - B<Show favorites menu:>
+
+A favorites menu can display a list of your favorite broadcasts. Enable this
+if you want an additional menu besides 'Now' and 'Next'. You can choose
+between displaying this menu before or after the menus with user-defined
+times. Any search can be used as a favorite. You only have to set the option
+'Use in favorites menu' when editing a search.  
+
+=item - B<for the next ... hours:>
+
+This value lets you adjust the timespan used to display the favorites.
+
+=back
+
+=head3 1.4.3 User-defined EPG times
+
+=over 4
+
+=item - B<Use user time 1..4:>
+
+Add up to 4 user-defined times besides 'now' and 'next'.
+
+=item - B<Description:>
+
+Name of the user-defined time, e.g. 'Afternoon', 'Prime time', 'Late
+night'.
+
+=item - B<Time:>
+
+The associated time of the user-defined time.
+
+=back
+
+=head3 1.4.4 Timer programming
+
+=over 4
+
+=item - B<Use VDR's timer edit menu:>
+
+When programming a standard timer epgsearch uses an extended menu,
+that also supports a directory item, user defined weekday selection
+and subtitle completion. If you are using a patched version of VDR,
+that also has an extended timer edit menu and like to use this menu
+rather than epgsearch's then set this option to 'Yes'.
+
+=item - B<Default recording directory:>
+
+This entry will be used in standard timer programming as default
+directory. You can also use EPG category variables (e.g. 'My
+Movies~%Category%~%Genre%'). When the timer edit menu is launched
+epgsearch tries to replace all variables with the values found in
+the description of the event. If not all variables could be replaced
+then the directory item is left blank.
+
+=item - B<Add episode to manual timers:>
+
+When manually adding a timer epgsearch can automatically add the
+episode name to the timer file resulting in a sub-folder for the
+later recording, that is named with the episode name. Choose here how
+this should be done. 'smart' tries to recognize if this makes
+sense. Therefore it checks the length of the event and skips the
+subtitle if the event has more than 80min.
+
+=item - B<Default timer check method:>
+
+Manual timers can be checked for EPG changes. Here you can setup the default
+check method for each channel. The following methods exist:
+   * no check
+   * by event ID: checks by an event ID supplied by the channel provider.
+   * by channel and time: check by the duration match.
+
+Not all channels provide a proper event ID, so you can setup the default for
+each channel here. When programming a manual timer, this default use used in
+epgsearch's own timer edit menu.
+
+=back
+
+=head3 1.4.5 Search and search timers
+
+=over 4
+
+=item - B<Use search timers:>
+
+If yes, the plugin makes a background scan of the EPG and adds timers
+if it finds matching entries. This applies only to searches that are
+marked with 'use as search timer'.
+
+=item - B<Update interval:>
+
+The update interval of the background scan for search timers in minutes.
+
+=item - B<SVDRP port:>
+
+If you are using a SVDRP port other than 2001 then enter this here
+to get the search timers working.
+
+=item - B<Default Priority:>
+
+Default priority of generated timers.
+
+=item - B<Default Lifetime:>
+
+Default lifetime of generated timers.
+
+=item - B<Margin at start/stop:>
+
+Default margins of generated timers.
+
+=item - B<No announcements when replaying:>
+
+suppress event announcements while any replay is active.
+
+=item - B<Recreate timers after deletion:>
+
+epgsearch remembers by default which timers where already created by search
+timers and will not recreate them if they were removed. To disable this
+behaviour set this to 'Yes'.
+
+Default margins of generated timers.
+
+=item - B<Ignore Pay-TV channels:>
+
+Set this to 'Yes' if you don't want to have events from Pay-TV channels when
+searching for a repeat.
+
+=item - B<Search templates:>
+
+Here you can manage search templates which can be used when creating a
+search.
+
+=item - B<Blacklists:>
+
+Here you can manage blacklists which can be used to suppress unwanted events
+within a search.
+
+=item - B<Channel groups:>
+
+Here you can setup channel groups (e.g. Sport channels, Pay-TV
+channels) that can be used as criterion in  searches. The same can
+be done in the search edit menu.
+
+=back
+
+B<Important>: if you get your EPG from external sources make sure that search
+timer updates are disabled while your EPG is updated. The reason for this is
+that epgsearch will remove timers without events assigned to them. This
+situation can exist while the new EPG is feeded to VDR. A simple way to
+disable search timer updates is to use the SVDRP command SETS in your EPG
+update script:
+
+svdrpsend.pl plug epgsearch SETS off
+
+<your EPG update script>
+
+svdrpsend.pl plug epgsearch SETS on
+
+=head3 1.4.6 Timer conflict checking
+
+=over 4
+
+=item - B<Ignore below priority:>
+
+If a timer will fail with a priority below the given value, you won't get an
+OSD message about this and the conflict will be classified as 'not relevant'
+in the conflicts overview.
+
+=item - B<Ignore conflict duration less ... min.:>
+
+If a conflict will last only the given minutes it will not produce an OSD
+message and the conflict will be classified as 'not relevant'
+in the conflicts overview.
+
+=item - B<Only check within next ... days:>
+
+Here you can specify the day range that should be used for the conflict
+check. 
+
+=item - B<After each timer programming:>
+
+This performs a conflict check after each manual timer programming and - if
+the new/modified timer is involved in a conflict - pops up an OSD message
+about it. 
+
+=item - B<"When a recording starts:>
+
+Set this to 'yes' if the conflict check should be performed when a recording starts. 
+In the case of a conlfict you get immediately a message that informs you about it. 
+The message is only displayed if the conflict is within the next 2 hours.
+
+=item - B<After each search timer update:>
+
+Specify here if you want to have a conflict check after each search timer
+update. If set to 'No':
+
+=item - B<every ... minutes:>
+
+performs a conflict check in the background every ... minutes and informs
+about relevant conflicts via OSD. Set this to '0' to disable this feature.
+
+=item - B<if conflicts within next ... minutes:>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item - B<every ... minutes:>
+
+if you like to have a more frequent check and OSD notification when a
+conflict appears within the given time, use this feature.
+
+=back
+
+=item - B<Avoid notification when replaying:>
+
+Set this to 'yes' if the don't want to get OSD messages about conflicts if 
+you currently replay something. Nevertheless messages will be displayed if
+ the first upcoming conflict is within the next 2 hours.
+
+=back
+
+Also have a look at C<epgsearch(4)>, section 'Working with the timer conflict menu'.
+
+=head3 1.4.7 Email notification
+
+Please make sure, that 'sendEmail.pl' is in the path of your executables and
+that the 'epgsearchupdmail.templ' and 'epgsearchconflmail.templ' exists in
+epgsearch's configurations directory!
+
+=over 4
+
+=item - B<Search timer notification:>
+
+Enable this, if you want to get an email notification, when the search timer
+background thread has
+
+  - created a new timer
+  - modified an existing timer
+  - deleted a timer, that was void because of EPG changes or other user
+    actions.
+
+(Also requires 'Use search timers' in the search timer setup to be activated.)
+
+=item - B<Timer conflict notification:>
+
+Enable this, if you want to get an email notification about timer
+conflicts. The notification will only include 'relevant' conflicts as
+specified in the timer conflict setup. epgsearch will always send a new
+notification if there is any change in the current conflicts.
+
+(Also requires 'After each search timer update' or 'every ... minutes' in the
+conflict check setup to be activated.)
+
+=item - B<Send to:>
+
+The mail adress of the recipient. Note: Some providers (like Arcor) don't 
+allow the same adresse for sender and recipient.
+
+=item - B<Mail method:>
+
+You can choose between:
+
+  - sendEmail.pl: this is a simply script shipped with epgsearch, that allows
+    mail delivery also on systems without a configured mail server. Please
+    copy it to your $PATH
+  - sendmail: requires a properly configured mail system
+
+=item - B<Email address:>
+
+Your full(!) email account address to be used for sending the mail. 
+
+=item - B<SMTP server:>
+
+The name of your SMTP server to be used for sending the mails.
+
+=item - B<Use SMTP authentication:>
+
+Select 'yes' if your account needs authentication to send mails.
+
+=item - B<AUTH user:>
+
+Specify the accounts username if your account needs authentication.
+
+=item - B<AUTH password:>
+
+Specify the accounts password if your account needs authentication.
+Note: The password is saved as plain text. You have to make sure on your own
+that your system is safe and no VDR configurations files are visible to non
+authorized persons.
+
+=back
+
+After the account setup, check if it works with 'Test'. If you are
+using 'sendEmail.pl' for mail delivery, there should be something like 'Email
+sent successfully' at the end of the test output. The test function is not
+available for method 'sendmail'.
+
+Also have a look at C<epgsearch(4)>, section 'Email notifications'.
+
+=head1 2. Search timers
+
+This is quite the same as VDRAdmin's auto-timers, but needs no external
+software. When you create a search, you can give it an option to use
+it as search timer. Now the plugin scans EPG entries in certain update
+intervals (->setup) in the background and creates timers if there
+are matching entries. If you don't like to get a new timer, but only
+want to be informed about the event set 'Announce only (no timer)' to
+yes. 
+Since these search timers are quite useful for serials, you can set
+the  option 'serial recording' in a search, which creates timers
+whose recordings are stored in a folder with the serials name and
+whose entries are named with the episode name. If there is no episode
+name, the plugin names the recording with a date/time string.
+
+To use search timers, you also have to activate them in the plugins setup.
+Also edit the SVDRP port, if you are not using the default 2001.
+
+If you want to trigger a background scan manually simply
+
+touch /etc/vdr/plugins/epgsearch/.epgsearchupdate
+
+This can also be part of your shutdown script. (Add here a sleep
+afterwards to give the plugin the time to finish the scan.)
+
+For more info about searchtimers please refer to C<epgsearch(4)>, 
+'Description of the search process' and 'How do Search Timers work?' 
+
+=head2 2.1 'Avoid repeats' - internals
+
+This section explains the feature 'Avoid repeats' for a search timer.
+Sometimes one cannot avoid double recordings of an event only by
+setting the corresponding search criterions.
+
+Therefore the feature 'avoid repeats' tries to check before creating a
+timer, if the same event was already recorded in the past or if there
+is a timer that records the same event. If so, there will be no new
+timer for the event.
+
+=head2 2.2 How do we compare two events?
+
+To check if two events are the same there are many possible settings
+for a search timer. You can choose the title, subtitle, description or
+extended EPG categories within the description of an event to be
+compared with the elements of another event.
+
+This comparison is always done case-sensitive and for the whole
+term. But the description of an event makes an exception of this. 
+First all text within the description will be truncated that looks
+like an extended category entry, e.g. 'Rating: tip'. An extended
+category entry is a line of text beginning with max. 40 signs,
+followed by ':' and ending with max. 60 further signs.
+The reason for this cutting is that some categories like the rating of
+an event are not part of the description of the repeat of the same
+event. 
+
+The remaining text will now be compared by length. If the difference
+is bigger then 90%, then we rate the description of the two events as
+different. If not, we apply the Levinsthein-Distance-Algorithm (LD),
+which makes a fuzzy text comparison. We accept the description of the
+events as equal, if LD returns a match of more then 90%.
+Since LD is quite runtime intensive (O(mn)), you should not choose
+'compare description' as the only comparison criterion, but combine
+it always with other criterions.
+
+=head2 2.3 How and when do we compare?
+
+As already mentioned each search timer update checks search timers
+with this feature for recordings in the past or an already existing
+timer for the same event.
+
+To remember past recordings epgsearch stores their info in the file
+epgsearchdone.data. You can have a look at the contents of this file
+calling 'show recordings done' in the 'actions' of the searches menu. 
+This file only stores info about recordings that are complete,
+i.e. that started and stopped just in time. So a broken recording will
+not be stored in this file and epgsearch will automatically try to
+record the next repeat, if there is any.
+
+B<How to use it?>
+
+As you see, the whole feature depends on the quality of the EPG.
+After creating such a search timer, you should first check if it does
+what is intended. Therefore the menu of search results has an
+additional mode for the key 'blue' named 'Timer preview'. Here you can
+see, what timers the next update would create. Existing timers are
+labeled with 'T', future timers with 'P'. 
+
+Hint: If the programming results in a conflict simply disable the
+conflicting timer in the timers menu. The next search timer update,
+will try to program a different timer for the same event, if it exists.
+
+B<When it works not correctly :-)>
+
+To get a better control of the programming or not-programming of the
+timers when using this feature a log file was introduced. When starting
+epgsearch with the command line option '-v n' where n is the log level
+than you get additional info in the file epgsearch.log. Available log
+levels are 0 (no logging) to 3 (extended logging). See also the manual
+for the command line options.
+
+=head1 3. Usage from other plugins or scripts
+
+See C<epgsearch(4)>.
+
+=head1 4. Using extended EPG info
+
+Some EPG providers deliver additional EPG information like the type of
+event, the video and audio format, cast,...
+
+Using tvm2vdr or epg4vdr you can import this into vdr.
+To use this information with search timers one has to configure it
+with the file epgsearchcats.conf in epgsearchs config directory. The
+format of the file is as follows:
+
+ ID|category name|name in menu|values separated by ','(option)|search mode(option)
+
+ - 'ID' should be a unique positive integer
+    (changing the id later on will force you to re-edit your search timers!)
+ - 'category name' is the name as delivered by the EPG provider, e.g. 'Genre'
+ - 'name in menu' is the name displayed in epgsearch.
+ - 'values' is an optional list of possible values
+ - 'search mode' specifies the search mode:
+   text comparison:
+   0 - the whole term must appear as substring
+   1 - all single terms (delimiters are ',', ';', '|' or '~') 
+       must exist as substrings. This is the default search mode.
+   2 - at least one term (delimiters are ',', ';', '|' or '~') 
+       must exist as substring.
+   3 - matches exactly
+   4 - regular expression
+   numerical comparison:
+   10 - less
+   11 - less or equal
+   12 - greater
+   13 - greater or equal
+   14 - equal
+   15 - not equal
+
+Sample files for epgsearchcats.conf are delivered with the plugin in the
+directory 'conf'.
+
+Simply copy the one that fits for you to epgsearchs configurations directory
+filename epgsearchcats.conf and then have a look to the search timers
+edit menu (after a restart of VDR).
+
+Since setting up a new epgsearchcats.conf is a lot of work, I've added
+a small tool 'createcats', that makes the biggest part of the job. It
+should have been compiled with the plugin and exists in the sources
+directory.
+
+See C<createcats(1)> for information about how to use it.
+
+Internals: epgsearch scans the summary of an event for the category
+name followed by ': ' for all categories that have a corresponding
+value set in the search timer. The search is case sensitive regarding
+the category name as also the value.
+
+=head1 5. Replacing the standard schedule menu
+
+To use this plugin as a replacement for the default green key, simply 
+put the line
+
+ Green   @epgsearch
+
+in your keymacros.conf. If you don't like to get another plugin entry
+in your main menu, first hide it by setup. Then you could use my
+launcher-plugin and put the line 
+
+ Green @launcher x 
+
+in your keymacros.conf, where x is the position of the Epgsearch
+plugin within launchers menu listing.
+
+Attention: Hiding the plugin without using the launcher plugin or
+other patches that enable calling hidden plugins will show the standard
+schedules menu when you press the green key. This is not needed
+anymore after VDR >= 1.3.32.
+
+Another approach is using a patch to VDR that replaces vdr's standard
+schedule menu with epgsearch (vdr-replace-schedulemenu.diff.gz in the
+patches subdir, thanks to the author Uwe/egal@vdrportal). When using
+this patch the entry should look like
+
+ Gree Schedule
+
+This patch is already included in some patch collections, like the
+Bigpatch. 
+
+=head1 6. Add-ons
+
+epgsearch delivers 2 'mini'-plugins. Both require an installed epgsearch (but
+epgsearch can be hided in the main menu):
+
+=over 4
+
+=item - B<epgsearchonly:>
+
+For those who only want to use the search feature and/or
+search timers or simply want to have a separate main menu entry for the
+search feature. This plugin creates a main menu entry 'Search' which calls
+epgsearch search menu.
+Activation in VDR start script with "-Pepgsearchonly".
+
+=item - B<conflictcheckonly:>
+
+The timer conflict check can also have its own main menu
+entry which displays epgsearch conflict overview menu. It has a setup option
+to display an information about the last check directly in its main menu entry.
+Activation in VDR start script with "-Pconflictcheckonly".
+
+=back
+
+Have fun!
+
+Christian Wieninger
+
+=head1 Advanced description
+
+See C<epgsearch(4)> or read online
+
+L<http://winni.vdr-developer.org/epgsearch/README.DE>
+
+L<http://winni.vdr-developer.org/epgsearch/README>
+
+L<http://winni.vdr-developer.org/epgsearch/MANUAL>
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+C<epgsearch.conf(5)>, C<epgsearchcats.conf(5)>, C<epgsearchcmds.conf(5)>, C<epgsearchdirs.conf(5)>, C<epgsearchmenu.conf(5)>, C<epgsearchuservars.conf(5)>, C<epgsearchdone.data(5)>, C<epgsearchswitchtimer.conf(5)>, C<epgsearchblacklists.conf(5)>, C<epgsearchchangrps.conf(5)>
+
+=head1 FILES
+
+F<epgsearch.conf>
+
+Searchtimers. See C<epgsearch.conf(5)>.
+
+F<epgsearchcats.conf>
+
+Categories, advanced epg. See C<epgsearchcats.conf(5)>.
+
+F<epgsearchcmds.conf>
+
+EPG-commands, like the commands in commands.conf. See C<epgsearchcmds.conf(5)>.
+
+F<epgsearchdirs.conf>
+
+Pre-defined patches which can be selected while editing an searchtimer. See C<epgsearchdirs.conf(5)>.
+
+F<epgsearchmenu.conf>
+
+Configuration of the OSD menu layout. See C<epgsearchmenu.conf(5)>.
+
+F<epgsearchuservars.conf>
+
+User defined variables. See C<epgsearchuservars.conf(5)>.
+
+F<epgsearchdone.data>
+
+The done-data. See C<epgsearchdone.data(5)>.
+
+F<epgsearchswitchtimers.conf>
+
+The switchtimers. See C<epgsearchswitchtimer.conf(5)>.
+
+F<epgsearchblacklists.conf>
+
+The blacklist. See C<epgsearchblacklists.conf(5)>.
+
+F<epgsearchchangrps.conf>
+
+The channelgroups. See C<epgsearchchangrps.conf(5)>.
+
+F<epgsearchtemplates.conf>
+
+Templates for searchtimers. See C<epgsearchtemplates.conf(5)>.
+
+=head1 AUTHOR (man pages)
+
+Mike Constabel <epgsearch (at) constabel (dot) net>
+
+=head1 REPORT BUGS
+
+Bugreports (german):
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mantisbt/>
+
+Mailinglist:
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mailman/listinfo/epgsearch>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT and LICENSE
+
+Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Christian Wieninger
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+Or, point your browser to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+
+The author can be reached at cwieninger@gmx.de
+
+The project's page is at http://winni.vdr-developer.org/epgsearch
+
+The MD5 code is derived from the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm.
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+=head1 NAME
+
+F<epgsearch> - Searchtimer and replacement of the VDR program menu
+
+=head1 OVERVIEW
+
+Since the README get bigger and bigger this man page shall be used
+to explain some things in detail. So it's not really a manual, but an
+extended README.
+
+=head1 CONTENT
+
+ 1.  Using variables in the directory entry of a search timer
+ 2.  The format of epgsearch.conf
+ 3.  Description of the search process
+ 4.  How do Search Timers work?
+ 5.  How to trigger a search timer update?
+ 6.  The sources of the 'Select directory' menu
+ 7.  Language dependent commands for EPG
+ 8.  Usage from other plugins or scripts
+ 9.  SVDRP interface
+ 10. Customizing the EPG menus
+ 11. Working with the timer conflict menu
+ 12. User defined variables
+ 13. Email notifications
+
+=head1 1. Using variables in the directory entry of a search timer
+
+If you are using extended EPG information, you can use variables as
+part of a directory entry of a search timer. These variables always have
+the form '%variable%'. The name of a variable corresponds with the
+internal name of an extended EPG info, as specified in the file
+epgsearchcats.conf (samples can be found in subdirectory 'conf'). 
+Example: 
+
+ 1|Category|Kategorie|Information,Kinder,Musik,Serie,Show,Spielfilm,Sport|3
+
+The category with ID 1 has the internal name 'Category'. So you could
+use it with '%Category%'. The names are not case sensitive. Sample
+directory entries could look like this:
+
+ My Movies~%Category%
+ Childrens Movies~%category%
+ %CATEGORY%~%genre%
+
+There are also three other variables: %Title%, %Subtitle% and %Channel%.
+If you don't use %Title%, the title is always automatically
+appended to the directory entry, when a timer will be created. If you
+set 'serial recording' to 'yes' in your search timer then also the
+subtitle will be automatically appended. So the directory entry
+
+ %Category%~%Genre%~%Title%~%Subtitle%
+
+is the same as 
+
+ %Category%~%Genre%
+ (with 'serial recording' set to 'yes').
+
+The %Channel% variable gets replaced with the name of the channel.
+
+Attention: Automatically appending title and subtitle will not be
+done, if you use the variables %Title% or %Subtitle% in the directory
+entry. This allows to form directory entries like this one:
+
+ %Category%~%Genre%~%Title%~%Episode%~%Subtitle%
+
+There is also another variable %search.query% that will be replaced with the
+query of the search timer.
+
+See also C<epgsearchuservars.conf(5)>.
+
+=head1 2. The format of epgsearch.conf
+
+Due to some new features there was a change in the format. The format
+is now signed with a comment in the first line. The field delimiter
+is B<':'>:
+
+  1 - unique search timer id
+  2 - the search term
+  3 - use time? 0/1
+  4 - start time in HHMM 
+  5 - stop time in HHMM 
+  6 - use channel? 0 = no,  1 = Interval, 2 = Channel group, 3 = FTA only
+  7 - if 'use channel' = 1 then channel id[|channel id] in vdr format,
+      one entry or min/max entry separated with |, if 'use channel' = 2
+      then the channel group name     
+  8 - match case? 0/1 
+  9 - search mode:
+       0 - the whole term must appear as substring
+       1 - all single terms (delimiters are blank,',', ';', '|' or '~') 
+ 	  must exist as substrings.
+       2 - at least one term (delimiters are blank, ',', ';', '|' or '~') 
+           must exist as substring.
+       3 - matches exactly
+       4 - regular expression
+       5 - fuzzy searching (specify tolerance in parameter 42, not available
+           for EPG categories)
+ 10 - use title? 0/1
+ 11 - use subtitle? 0/1
+ 12 - use description? 0/1
+ 13 - use duration? 0/1
+ 14 - min duration in minutes
+ 15 - max duration in minutes
+ 16 - use as search timer? 0/1/2 (with 2 one can specify time margins in 
+      parameter 48/49 where the search timer is active)
+ 17 - use day of week? 0/1
+ 18 - day of week (0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday...;      
+      -1 Sunday, -2 Monday, -4 Tuesday, ...; -7 Sun, Mon, Tue)
+ 19 - use series recording? 0/1
+ 20 - directory for recording
+ 21 - priority of recording
+ 22 - lifetime of recording
+ 23 - time margin for start in minutes
+ 24 - time margin for stop in minutes
+ 25 - use VPS? 0/1
+ 26 - action:
+       0 = create a timer
+       1 = announce only via OSD (no timer)
+       2 = switch only (no timer)
+ 27 - use extended EPG info? 0/1
+ 28 - extended EPG info values. This entry has the following format
+      (delimiter is '|' for each category, '#' separates id and value):
+      1 - the id of the extended EPG info category as specified in
+          epgsearchcats.conf
+      2 - the value of the extended EPG info category
+          (a ':' will be translated to "!^colon^!", e.g. in "16:9")
+ 29 - avoid repeats? 0/1
+ 30 - allowed repeats
+ 31 - compare title when testing for a repeat? 0/1     
+ 32 - compare subtitle when testing for a repeat? 0/1     
+ 33 - compare description when testing for a repeat? 0/1     
+ 34 - compare extended EPG info when testing for a repeat?
+      This entry is a bit field of the category IDs.
+ 35 - accepts repeats only within x days
+ 36 - delete a recording automatically after x days
+ 37 - but keep this number of recordings anyway
+ 38 - minutes before switch (if action = 2)
+ 39 - pause if x recordings already exist
+ 40 - blacklist usage mode (0 none, 1 selection, 2 all)
+ 41 - selected blacklist IDs separated with '|'
+ 42 - fuzzy tolerance value for fuzzy searching
+ 43 - use this search in favorites menu (0 no, 1 yes)
+ 44 - number of the search menu template to use (only available if multiple
+      search result templates are defined in epgsearchmenu.conf)
+ 45 - auto deletion mode (0 don't delete search timer, 1 delete after given
+      count of recordings, 2 delete after given days after first recording)
+ 46 - count of recordings after which to delete the search timer
+ 47 - count of days after the first recording after which to delete the search
+      timer
+ 48 - first day where the search timer is active (see parameter 16)
+ 49 - last day where the search timer is active (see parameter 16)
+ 50 - ignore missing EPG categories? 0/1
+ 51 - unmute sound if off when used as switch timer
+
+A ':' in the search term or the directory entry will be translated in
+a '|'. If a '|' exists in the search term, e.g. when using regular
+expressions, it will be translated to "!^pipe^!" (I know it's ugly ;-))
+
+See also C<epgsearch.conf(5)>.
+
+=head1 3. Description of the search process
+
+First, for each broadcasting a search text divided by '~' is created,
+depending on the settings of 'Use title', 'Use subtitle' and 'Use
+description': 
+
+ title~subtitle~description
+
+If "Match case" is not set, the search text and the search term are
+transformed to lower case.
+Now depending on the search mode, the search term will be looked up in
+the search text:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item - 'Phrase' matches
+
+if the search term is found anywhere in the search text.
+
+=item - 'at least one word', 'all words'
+
+first the search term will be split in single words. Delimiters are a
+blank and the characters ',' ';' '|' '~'. 
+
+Then we check if at least one or all words appear in the search text.
+
+=item - 'match exactly'
+
+matches if search term and search text are identical.
+
+=item - 'regular expression'
+
+the search is done with a regular expression. You don't need a leading
+and trailing '/' in your search term.
+Two standards of regular expression are supported: extended
+POSIX and Perl compatible regular expressions (PCRE) (see F<INSTALL>).
+
+=back
+
+If the search was successful until now, the other criterions (start
+time, duration, week day) are checked.
+
+
+=head1 4. How do Search Timers work?
+
+With each update, the plugin searches for new matches of your search
+timers. If a new match is found then a new timer is created. For
+serial recordings, the subtitle is appended to the recording
+directory. Many providers deliver the subtitle just 1-2 days before
+the event. The plugin uses then a date/time string for the subtitle,
+but replaces this one later if the subtitle is present.
+
+Start and end times of a broadcasting often vary a little bit. To avoid
+getting many different timers for the same event, the plugin
+checks before adding a new timer, if there is one, that has start and
+end times which only differ by a maximum of 10 minutes (or the events 
+duration if this is less then 10 minutes). If so, the present timer is 
+modified, else a new timer is created. If the timer was set to inactive 
+there will be no update. Also manually corrected priority or lifetime 
+will not be changed when updating.
+
+If you have set 'Announce only (no timer)' to yes, no timer is
+created. Instead you get an OSD message about the event. This message
+is displayed at each scan, but only if there is no timer for the event.
+
+=head1 5. How to trigger a search timer update?
+
+the update of search timers runs in its own thread. There are several
+ways to trigger it:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item - automatically
+
+after VDR starts there is always an update (after a
+few seconds). After this, the setup option 'Update interval' tells
+epgsearch when the next update should be done repeatedly (in minutes).
+
+=item - manually extern
+
+the thread observes the file '.epgsearchupdate' in the
+plugins config directory. When you
+
+ touch /path_to_file/.epgsearchupdate
+
+this will also trigger an update. So this is a simple solution to
+make an update e.g. by a script.
+
+=item - manually intern
+
+calling actions or pressing '3' in the menu of searches asks also
+for an update.
+
+=item - from other plugins
+
+=back
+
+there's a service
+'Epgsearch-updatesearchtimers-v1.0' that can be used with the service
+interface of VDR from other plugins with the option to inform via
+OSD when the update has finished
+
+=head1 6. The sources of the 'Select directory' menu
+
+This menu displays directories, that can be used for search timers or
+ordinary timers. The items displayed are read from the following
+sources: 
+
+   * current recording directories
+   * current timer directories
+   * directories used in search timers
+   * directories specified in F<epgsearchdirs.conf>,
+     see C<epgsearchdirs.con(5)>
+
+The menu merges theses directories and displays only distinct
+directories. With key 'yellow' one can change the depth of the
+directories shown. If there are items, that contain category variables
+like '%genre%', these entries are always shown before any other
+directories. They are also not level dependent, but are always shown
+with their full directory.
+
+If this menu is called from the timer edit menu and an item is
+selected that contains the variables "%title%" or "%subtitle" then the
+'file' item of the timer gets cleared, since title or subtitle already
+exist in the 'directory' item.
+This list can also be accessed via the SVDRP command 'LSRD'.
+
+=head1 7. Language dependent commands for EPG
+
+If you like to have a language dependent list of commands simply
+translate your present F<epgsearchcmds.conf> to your preferred OSD
+language and store it with the filename epgsearchcmds-XXX.conf, where
+XXX is the language code from i18n.c:
+
+  { "eng,dos",
+    "deu,ger",
+    "slv",
+    "ita",
+    "dut,nla,nld",
+    "por",
+    "fra,fre",
+    "nor",
+    "fin,smi",
+    "pol",
+    "esl,spa",
+    "ell,gre",
+    "sve,swe",
+    "rom,rum",
+    "hun",
+    "cat,cln",
+    "rus",
+    "hrv",
+    "est",
+    "dan",
+  }
+
+If there are more codes for one language (e.g. "deu,ger") choose
+one of them. If there is no language dependent file, epgsearch loads
+the file F<epgsearchcmds.conf>.
+
+See also C<epgsearchcmds.conf(5)>.
+
+=head1 8. Usage from other plugins or scripts
+
+Searching the EPG and other functionality can be used by other plugins
+or scripts. There are two approaches:
+
+=head2 8.1. File-based (intended for use in scripts)
+
+Therefore simply create the file '.epgsearchrc' in the plugins config
+directory with the following lines in it:
+
+ Search=your search term
+ Searchmode=x  // 0=phrase, 1=and, 2=or, 3=regular expression
+ ChannelNr=x   // add this line, to search on a specific channel
+ UseTitle=x    // 1(default) or 0
+ UseSubtitle=x // 1(default) or 0
+ UseDescr=x    // 1(default) or 0
+
+Then call Epgsearch via svdrpsend.pl (you must have assigned a key
+to it), e.g.
+
+ svdrpsend.pl HITK green
+
+At startup Epgsearch will look for this file and give you the
+search results for your search, if it exists. After that the file is
+removed.
+
+A sample script F<recrep.sh>, that searches for the repeats of a recording
+exists in the scripts subdirectory of Epgsearch.
+
+=head2 8.2. via Plugin-Interface (intended for use in plugins)
+
+A plugin can directly call two functions of epgsearch with only some
+lines of source code:
+
+ - searching the EPG for some criteria and display the result list
+ - extended timer edit menu
+
+I have added a quick and dirty dummy plugin
+(source/vdr-epgsearchclient-0.0.1.tgz), that demonstrates the usage.
+
+=head1 9. SVDRP interface
+
+epgsearch implements a SVDRP interface, that can be accessed for
+example like this
+
+ svdrpsend.pl PLUG epgsearch LSTS
+
+the following commands are available:
+
+=head2 search management:
+
+ * 'LSTS [ID]' to list all searches, or the one with the passed ID
+   (format is the same as epgsearch.conf)
+ * 'NEWS <settings>' to add a new search
+   REMARK: the value of element ID is ignored. epgsearch will always
+   assign the next free ID
+ * 'DELS <ID>' to delete the search with ID
+ * 'EDIS <settings>' to modify an existing search
+ * 'UPDS [OSD]' to update the search timers. Passing the optional keyword
+   'OSD' pops up an OSD message after the update has finished.
+ * 'MODS ID ON|OFF' turns on/off the option 'Use as search timer'.
+ * 'UPDD' to reload the file epgsearchdone.data, e.g. after an
+   external tool has modified it.
+ * 'SETS <ON|OFF>' to temporarily activate or cancel the search timer background
+   thread. 
+ * 'FIND <settings>' for searching the EPG
+   input is the same as with 'NEWS'. output is a list of found events formatted
+   as 'NEWT' lines. So they can be immediately used to create a new timer for
+   an event.
+ * 'QRYS < ID(s) >' to get the results for a search with the given
+   ID. Multiple IDs can also be passed and have to be separated with '|'. 
+   The results are formatted like this:
+
+   search ID    : // the ID of the corresponding search timer
+   event ID     : // VDR event ID
+   title        : // event title, any ':' will be converted to '|'
+   episode name : // event short text, any ':' will be converted to '|'
+   event start  : // event start in seconds since 1970-01-01
+   event stop   : // event stop in seconds since 1970-01-01
+   channel      : // channel ID in VDR's internal representation (e.g. 'S19.2E-1-1101-28106')
+   timer start  : // timer start in seconds since 1970-01-01 (only valid if timer flag is > 0)
+   timer stop   : // timer stop in seconds since 1970-01-01 (only valid if timer flag is > 0)
+   timer file	: // timer file (only valid if timer flag is > 0)
+   timer flag   : // 0 = no timer needed, 1 = has timer, 2 timer planned for next update)
+ * 'QRYS <settings>' to get the results for a search with the given search
+   settings. 
+ * 'QRYF [hours]' to get the results for the favorites menu, see QRYS for
+   result format. The optional parameter specifies the number of hours to
+   evaluate and defaults to 24h. 
+
+=head2 channel group management:
+
+ * 'LSTC [channel group name]'
+   list all channel groups or if given the one with name 'group name'
+ * 'NEWC <channel group settings>'
+   create a new channel group, format as in epgsearchchangrps.conf
+ * 'EDIC <channel group settings>'
+   modify an existing channel group, format as in epgsearchchangrps.conf
+ * 'DELC <channel group name>'
+   delete an existing channel group
+ * 'RENC <old channel group name|new channel group name>'
+   rename an existing channel group
+
+=head2 blacklist management:
+
+ * 'LSTB [ID]' to list all blacklists, or the one with the passed ID
+   (format is the same as epgsearchblacklists.conf)
+ * 'NEWB <settings>' to add a new blacklist
+   REMARK: the value of element ID is ignored. epgsearch will always
+   assign the next free ID
+ * 'DELB <ID>' to delete the blacklist with ID
+ * 'EDIB <settings>' to modify an existing blacklist
+
+=head2 search template management:
+
+ * 'LSTT [ID]' to list all search templates, or the one with the passed ID
+   (format is the same as epgsearch.conf)
+ * 'NEWT <settings>' to add a new search template
+   REMARK: the value of element ID is ignored. epgsearch will always
+   assign the next free ID
+ * 'DELT <ID>' to delete the search template with ID
+ * 'EDIT <settings>' to modify an existing search template
+ * 'DEFT [ID]' returns the ID of the default search template. When passing an
+   ID it activates the corresponding template as default.
+
+=head2 extended EPG categories:
+
+ * 'LSTE [ID] to get the extended EPG categories defined in epgsearchcats.conf
+   or the one with the given ID. (format is the same as epgsearchcats.conf)
+
+=head2 misc:
+
+ * 'SETP [option]' returns the current value of the given setup option or a
+   list of all options with their current values.
+   The following options can be accessed:
+    - ShowFavoritesMenu
+    - UseSearchTimers
+
+=head2 timer conflicts:
+
+ * 'LSCC [REL]' returns the current timer conflicts. With the option 'REL' only
+   relevant conflicts are listed. The result list looks like this for example 
+   when we have 2 timer conflicts at one time:
+
+   1190232780:152|30|50#152#45:45|10|50#152#45
+
+   '1190232780' is the time of the conflict in seconds since 1970-01-01. It's 
+   followed by list of timers that have a conflict at this time:
+
+   '152|30|50#152#45' is the description of the first conflicting timer. Here:
+
+   '152' is VDR's timer id of this timer as returned from VDR's LSTT command
+   '30' is the percentage of recording that would be done (0...100)
+   '50#152#45' is the list of concurrent timers at this conflict
+
+   '45|10|50#152#45' describes the next conflict
+
+
+=head1 10. Customizing the EPG menus
+
+The file F<epgsearchmenu.conf> in your plugins config directory is used to store
+the entries for customizing the EPG menus. You specify the look of each menu
+(What's on now, What's on next, What's on at ..., Schedule, Search results,
+Favorites) with a separate line. Here's a sample: 
+
+ MenuWhatsOnNow=%chnr%:3|%progrt2s%:5| %time% %t_status%:8|%category%:6| %title% ~ %subtitle%:35
+ MenuWhatsOnNext=%chnr%:3|%time% %t_status%:8|%category%:8| %title% ~ %subtitle%:35
+ MenuWhatsOnElse=%chnr%:3|%time% %t_status%:8|%category%:8| %title% ~ %subtitle%:35
+ MenuSchedule=%time% %t_status%:8|%genre%:14| %title% ~ %subtitle%:35
+ MenuSearchResults=%chnr%:3|%datesh% %time% %t_status%:14|%genre%:8| %title%%colon% %subtitle%:35
+ MenuFavorites=%chnr%:3|%time%:6|%timespan%:7|%t_status%:14|%genre%:8| %title%%colon%%subtitle%:35
+
+E.g. the entry 'MenuWhatsOnNow' tells epgsearch how you would like to build a
+line for the menu 'What's on now'. This would create a menu line starting with
+the channel number, followed by a progress bar in text2skin style, a space of
+one char, the start time, the timer status, the EPG category (like "movie")
+and finally the title and subtitle.
+
+The values for MenuWhatsOnNext, MenuWhatsOnElse, MenuSchedule,
+MenuSearchResults, MenuFavorites specify the menu 'What's on next', 'What's on
+at ...', 'Schedule', 'Search results' and 'Favorites' respectively. If you do
+not specify one entry, epgsearch uses it's default menu look. 
+
+'MenuSearchResults' has something special: If you want to have different
+layouts for your search results depending on the search, you can use more then
+one menu template. Simply define e.g. an additional
+
+ MenuSearchResultsTip of the Day=%chnr%:3|%time_w%:4|%t_status%:3|%genre%:10|%title%%colon% %subtitle%:35
+
+This will produce an additional menu item "Result menu layout" in the edit
+menu of a search where you can choose between the default menu template and your
+own templates. In the example above you will get "Tip of the Day" as selection
+entry, since epgsearch simply cuts the leading "MenuSearchResults". When you
+display the search results the chosen template will be used instead of the
+default one.
+
+The following variables exist:
+
+ %time%           - start time in format HH:MM
+ %timeend%        - end time in format HH:MM
+ %date%           - start date in format TT.MM.YY
+ %datesh%         - start date in format TT.MM.
+ %time_w%         - weekday name
+ %time_d%         - start day in format TT
+ %time_lng%       - start time in seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00
+ %timespan%       - timespan from now to the beginning of an event, e.g. 'in 15m'
+                    or the time an event is already running, e.g. '10m'. 
+ %length%         - length in seconds
+ %title%          - title
+ %subtitle%       - subtitle
+ %summary%        - summary
+ %htmlsummary%    - summary, where all CR are replaced with '<br />'
+ %eventid%        - numeric event ID
+ %t_status%       - timer status ('T', 't', 'R')
+ %v_status%       - VPS status
+ %r_status%       - running status
+ %status%         - complete status, the same as
+                    '%t_status%%v_status%%r_status%'
+
+ %<epg-category>% - a value from the extended EPG categories, specified in
+                    epgsearchcats.conf, like %genre% or %category%
+
+for the 'Whats on...' and 'Search results' menu there are also:
+
+ %chnr%           - channel number
+ %chsh%           - the short channel name (>=vdr-1.3.15)
+ %chlng%          - the 'normal' channel name
+ %chdata%         - VDR's internal channel representation (e.g. 'S19.2E-1-1101-28106')
+ %progr%          - graphical progress bar (not for menu 'Search results')
+ %progrT2S%       - progress bar in text2skin style (not for menu 'Search results')
+
+some indepent variables:
+
+ %colon%          - the sign ':'
+ %datenow%        - current date in format TT.MM.YY
+ %dateshnow%      - current date in format TT.MM.
+ %timenow%        - current time in format HH:MM
+ %videodir%       - VDR video directory (e.g. /video)
+ %plugconfdir%    - VDR plugin config directory (e.g. /etc/vdr/plugins)
+ %epgsearchdir%   - epgsearchs config directory (e.g. /etc/vdr/plugins/epgsearch)
+
+The variables are not case sensitive. You can also use variables for extended
+EPG categories defined in F<epgsearchcats.conf> or use your own user defined
+variables defined in F<epgsearchuservars.conf>
+
+An entry consists of up to 6 tables separated with '|'. The last entry of
+each table should declare the table width in chars, separated with ':'.
+
+If you use a separator like '~', '-' or '#' to separate items like title or
+subtitle, e.g. %title% ~ %subtitle%, and the subtitle is empty, then epgsearch
+will try to fix this automatically to avoid a trailing separator.
+
+You should vary the tab width values to fit your needs, since the look often
+depends on the selected skin. epgsearchmenu.conf is not reloaded with every
+plugin call, since this is only useful when testing the conf file. To activate
+the permanent reload for testing your conf, pass the new start parameter '-r'
+or '--reloadmenuconf' in your runvdr.
+
+There's a sample F<epgsearchmenu.conf> in the subdirectory "conf". For a quick try
+copy it to your plugins config directory (e.g. /etc/vdr/plugins).
+
+To enable icons from WarEagleIcon-Patch simply put the line
+
+ WarEagleIcons=1
+
+to F<epgsearchmenu.conf>.
+
+NOTE: As long as there is a file epgsearchmenu.conf with an entry for a special
+menu, all setup settings regarding the look of this menu are ignored.
+
+See also C<epgsearchmenu.con(5)>.
+
+=head1 11. Working with the timer conflict menu
+
+If a conflict is detected within the periodic conflict background check you get
+an OSD message which informs you about it. Pressing 'Ok' you will get a menu
+that displays all relevant conflicts. You can manually call this menu in
+epgsearch in the menu 'Search/Actions'.
+
+Besides the relevant conflicts (relevance is controlled via the setup options
+of epgsearch) there may also be conflicts which are not classified as
+important. If so, you can press 'Show all' to get the complete list. The menu
+title always displays the number of relevant conflicts and the total number.
+
+The list displays first the time when a conflict appears and then all timers
+that will fail here. A timer entry consists of the channel number and its name
+followed by the timer priority and the percentage value that shows how much of
+the timer will be recorded. Finally the timer's file entry is displayed. 
+
+When you select a timer entry and press 'Ok' or 'Details' you get a new menu
+which displays all concurrent timers. This menu allows you to resolve the
+conflict by
+
+ - searching a repeat for an event
+ - disabling a timer
+ - deleting a timer
+ - changing the timers start- or stop-time or its priority
+ - executing any other commands on this timer
+
+An entry of this menu consists of the sign '>' to indicate an active timer,
+the channel number, the start and stop time, the priority, the number of the
+device that will do the recording (or 'C' for conflict) and the timer's file
+entry. Pressing 'Ok' on a timer entry will show you its event description if
+present. 
+
+If one returns from this menu to the conflict overview menu there will be an
+automatic update to see if a conflict was really resolved. Some changes to a
+timer (like modifying start/stop or deleting a timer) in the conflict details
+menu also cause an immediate return to the overview menu and produce an
+update. 
+
+=head1 12. User defined variables
+
+You can create your own variables to be used in any place that supports
+variables, like the default recording directory for manually created timers,
+the recording directory of a search timer or in your customized EPG menus.
+Put them in the file F<epgsearchuservars.conf>.
+
+Variables looks like %Variablename%.
+
+"Variablename" can be consist of any alphanumerical character. Space
+and special characters are not allowed.
+
+The variable names are case-insensitive.
+
+Examples for possible names:
+
+ %Series% %DocuVar1% %ThemesSubtitleDate1%
+
+=head2 Assignment
+
+ %Series%=New series~Thriller
+
+The variable %Series% will be assigned with the string "New series~Thriller".
+
+Assignments are always strings. Spaces stay spaces.
+
+ %Path%=%Series%
+
+The variable %Path% gets the content of the variable %Series%.
+
+You can do nearly everything:
+
+ %Path%=%Serie%~Lost
+
+The variable %Path% contains now the string "New series~Thriller~Lost".
+
+=head2 Control structures
+
+You can use simple "if then else" constructions.
+
+These constructions cannot contain strings, only variables.
+Spaces are ignored.
+
+ %Foo%=Other
+
+ %Variable%=%Path% ? %Path% : %Foo%
+
+If %Path% is not empty, assign the content of %Path% to %Variable%,
+otherwise the content of %Foo%.
+
+"%Path% ?" means "not empty?". You can use other checks.
+
+ %Variable%=%Path%!=5 ? %Path% : %Foo%
+
+"%Path%!=5 ?" means "is %Path% equal 5?"
+
+You can also compare variables.
+
+ %Five%=5
+
+ %Variable%=%Path%!=%Five% ? %Path% : %Foo%
+
+Other possible checks:
+
+ ==   equal
+ !=   not equal
+
+=head2 Calling a system command
+
+You can call external commands. The returned string will be assigned
+to a variable
+
+ %uservar%=system(scriptname[, parameters]) 
+
+Calls the script "scriptname" with the parameters defined in the optional list
+of 'parameters'. This can be an arbitrary expression containing other user
+variables, but not again a system call or a conditional expression.
+
+Sample: 
+
+ %myVar%=system(/usr/local/bin/myscript.sh, -t %title% -s %subtitle% -u %myOtherVar%) 
+ 
+The script must return a string B<without> line break!
+
+If the script returns nothing, an empty string will be assigned to the
+Variable %Result%.
+
+=head2 Possible variables
+
+for a list of already builtin variables refer to the section "Customizing the EPG menus"
+Furthermore you can use every variable defined in F<epgsearchcats.conf>.
+
+See C<epgsearchcats.conf(5)>.
+
+=head2 EXAMPLES
+
+ # Weekday, Date, Time   
+ %DateStr%=%time_w% %date% %time%
+
+ # Themes or Subtitle or Date
+ %ThemesSubtitleDate1%=%Subtitle% ? %Subtitle% : %DateStr%
+ %ThemesSubtitleDate%=%Themes% ? %Themes% : %ThemesSubtitleDate1%
+
+ # Calls this script to get a recording path
+ %DocuScript%=system(doku.pl, -t %Title% -s %Subtitle% -e %Episode% -th %Themes% -c %Category% -g %Genre%)
+ %Docu%=%DocuScript%
+
+=head1 13. Email notification
+
+If you want to get email notifications about timers added/modified/removed by
+the search timer thread or about timer conflicts, first copy the script
+'sendEmail.pl' to the place where your executables are (e.g. /usr/local/bin)
+and then configure your email account in the setup. Press 'Test' to check if
+it works. There should be something like 'Email successfully sent' at the end
+of the output.
+The content of the mails is defined by the files
+
+  - epgsearchupdmail.templ (for search timer update notifications)
+  - epgsearchconflmail.templ (for timer conflict notifications)
+
+You can find sample files in the 'conf' directory. Copy them to epgsearchs
+config directory (e.g. /etc/vdr/plugins/epgsearch).
+
+=head2 Customizing the notifications mails
+
+The content of the mails can be customized in many ways. You can use plain
+text or HTML (see the sample conf/epgsearchupdmail-html.templ). For an update
+mail you have to define the following sections:
+
+  - "subject" to be used as mail subject
+  - "mailbody" the body of the mail:
+    put '%update.newtimers%' in the place where the list of new timers should
+    appear. The same for %update.modtimers% and %update.deltimers% for the
+    list of changed or deleted timers.
+  - "timer" the description of one timer. This section is used to display one
+    timer within a timer list, e.g. in %update.newtimers%
+
+each section is enclosed in a pseudo XML tag.
+
+The following variables can be used in the section <mailbody>:
+
+  - %update.newtimers%      - will be replaced with the list of new timers
+                              created with this update. The timers are
+                              displayed as defined in the section '<timer>'
+  - %update.countnewtimers% - the number of new timers
+  - %update.modtimers%      - same as %update.newtimers% but for modified
+                              timers. 
+  - %update.countmodtimers% - the number of modified timers
+  - %update.deltimers%      - same as %update.newtimers% but for deleted
+                              timers. (Note: a deleted timer has eventually
+                              no event assigned to it. So all event variables
+                              within the timer section will be substituted to
+                              an empty string.)
+  - %update.countdeltimers% - the number of deleted timers
+  - %colon%                 - the sign ':'
+  - %datenow%               - current date in format TT.MM.YY
+  - %dateshnow%             - current date in format TT.MM.
+  - %timenow%               - current time in format HH:MM
+
+The following variables can be used in the section <timer>:
+
+  - %timer.date%            - date of the timer
+  - %timer.start%           - start time of the timer
+  - %timer.stop%            - stop time of the timer
+  - %timer.file%            - recording directory of the timer
+  - %timer.chnr%            - channel number 
+  - %timer.chsh%            - short channel name
+  - %timer.chlng%           - channel name
+  - %timer.search%          - name of the search timer, that created the timer
+  - %timer.searchid%        - id of the search timer, that created the timer
+  - any event variable (as in '10. Customizing the EPG menus')
+  - any extended EPG variable as defined in epgsearchcats.conf
+  - any user variable (as in '12. User defined variables')
+
+For a conflict notification mail the following sections exist:
+
+  - "subject" to be used as mail subject
+  - "mailbody" the body of the mail. Put %conflict.conflicts% in the place
+    where the list of conflict times should appear (Note: there can be more
+    than one timer conflict at the same time!). A conflict time uses the
+    section 'conflictsat' to display its content.
+  - "conflictsat" the description of one time where one or more conflicts
+    exists. Put %conflict.confltimers% in the place where the list of conflict
+    timers should appear.
+  - "confltimer" the description of one conflicting timer
+
+The following variables can be used in the section <mailbody>:
+
+  - %conflict.count%        - complete number of timer conflicts
+  - %conflict.conflicts%    - list of times with conflicting timers
+
+The following variables can be used in the section <conflictsat>:
+
+  - %conflict.date%         - date of the conflict
+  - %conflict.time%         - time of the conflict
+  - %conflict.confltimers%  - list of conflicting timers for this time
+
+The section <conflicttimer> can use the same variables as the section <timer>
+in an update mail (see above).
+
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+C<epgsearch(1)>, C<epgsearch.conf(5)>, C<epgsearchuservars.con(5)>, C<epgsearchdirs.conf(5)>, C<epgsearchmenu.conf(5)>, C<epgsearchcmds.conf(5)>
+
+=head1 AUTHOR (man pages)
+
+Mike Constabel <epgsearch (at) constabel (dot) net>
+
+=head1 REPORT BUGS
+
+Bug reports (german): 
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mantisbt/>
+
+Mailing list:
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mailman/listinfo/epgsearch>
+
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT and LICENSE
+
+Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Christian Wieninger
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+Or, point your browser to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+
+The author can be reached at cwieninger@gmx.de
+
+The project's page is at http://winni.vdr-developer.org/epgsearch
+
+The MD5 code is derived from the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm.
+
+
+
diff --git a/doc-src/en/epgsearch.conf.5.txt b/doc-src/en/epgsearch.conf.5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4299039
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc-src/en/epgsearch.conf.5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+=head1 NAME
+
+F<epgsearch.conf> - The searchtimers
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This file contains the searchtimers.
+
+Do not edit it manually, you should use SVDRP.
+
+=head1 SYNTAX
+
+Due to some new features there was a change in the format. The format
+is now signed with a comment in the first line. The field delimiter
+is B<':'>:
+
+  1 - unique search timer id
+  2 - the search term
+  3 - use time? 0/1
+  4 - start time in HHMM
+  5 - stop time in HHMM
+  6 - use channel? 0 = no,  1 = Interval, 2 = Channel group, 3 = FTA only
+  7 - if 'use channel' = 1 then channel id[|channel id] in VDR format, 
+      one entry or min/max entry separated with |, if 'use channel' = 2
+      then the channel group name
+  8 - match case? 0/1
+  9 - search mode:
+      0 - the whole term must appear as substring
+      1 - all single terms (delimiters are blank,',', ';', '|' or '~')
+          must exist as substrings.
+      2 - at least one term (delimiters are blank, ',', ';', '|' or '~')
+          must exist as substring.
+      3 - matches exactly   
+      4 - regular expression
+ 10 - use title? 0/1      
+ 11 - use subtitle? 0/1   
+ 12 - use description? 0/1
+ 13 - use duration? 0/1
+ 14 - min duration in minutes 
+ 15 - max duration in minutes 
+ 16 - use as search timer? 0/1
+ 17 - use day of week? 0/1
+ 18 - day of week (0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday...; 
+      -1 Sunday, -2 Monday, -4 Tuesday, ...; -7 Sun, Mon, Tue)
+ 19 - use series recording? 0/1
+ 20 - directory for recording
+ 21 - priority of recording
+ 22 - lifetime of recording
+ 23 - time margin for start in minutes
+ 24 - time margin for stop in minutes
+ 25 - use VPS? 0/1
+ 26 - action:
+      0 = create a timer
+      1 = announce only via OSD (no timer)
+      2 = switch only (no timer)
+ 27 - use extended EPG info? 0/1
+ 28 - extended EPG info values. This entry has the following format
+      (delimiter is '|' for each category, '#' separates id and value):
+      1 - the id of the extended EPG info category as specified in
+          epgsearchcats.conf
+      2 - the value of the extended EPG info category
+          (a ':' will be translated to "!^colon^!", e.g. in "16:9")
+ 29 - avoid repeats? 0/1
+ 30 - allowed repeats
+ 31 - compare title when testing for a repeat? 0/1        
+ 32 - compare subtitle when testing for a repeat? 0/1     
+ 33 - compare description when testing for a repeat? 0/1  
+ 34 - compare extended EPG info when testing for a repeat?
+      This entry is a bit field of the category IDs.
+ 35 - accepts repeats only within x days
+ 36 - delete a recording automatically after x days
+ 37 - but keep this number of recordings anyway
+ 38 - minutes before switch (if action = 2)
+ 39 - pause if x recordings already exist
+ 40 - blacklist usage mode (0 none, 1 selection, 2 all)
+ 41 - selected blacklist IDs separated with '|'
+ 42 - fuzzy tolerance value for fuzzy searching
+ 43 - use this search in favorites menu (0 no, 1 yes)
+ 44 - id of a menu search template
+ 45 - auto deletion mode (0 don't delete search timer, 1 delete after given
+      count of recordings, 2 delete after given days after first recording)
+ 46 - count of recordings after which to delete the search timer
+ 47 - count of days after the first recording after which to delete the search
+      timer
+ 48 - first day where the search timer is active (see parameter 16)
+ 49 - last day where the search timer is active (see parameter 16)
+ 50 - ignore missing EPG categories? 0/1
+ 51 - unmute sound if off when used as switch timer
+
+A ':' in the search term or the directory entry will be translated in a
+'|'. If a '|' exists in the search term, e.g. when using regular
+expressions, it will be translated to "!^pipe^!" (I know it's ugly ;-))
+
+There's no need to fill all fields, only the first 11 fields must exist.
+
+
+=head1 EXAMPLE
+
+ #version 2 - DON'T TOUCH THIS!
+ 1:Kommissar Beck:0:::2:ÖffRecht:0:0:1:0:0:0:::1:0:0:1:%Category%~%Genre%:50:99:10:60:0:0:0::1:0:1:1:0:0:0:0:0
+ 2:* Sägebrecht:0:::2:Hauptsender:0:0:0:0:0:0:::0:0:0:0:%Category%~%Genre%:50:99:10:10:0:0:1:1#|2#|3#|4#|5#|6#Marianne Sägebrecht|7#|8#|9#|10#|11#|12#|13#:1:0:1:0:0:0:0:0:0
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+C<epgsearch(1)>
+
+=head1 AUTHOR (man pages)
+
+Mike Constabel <epgsearch (at) constabel (dot) net>
+
+=head1 REPORT BUGS
+
+Bug reports (german): 
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mantisbt/>
+
+Mailing list:
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mailman/listinfo/epgsearch>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT and LICENSE
+
+Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Christian Wieninger
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+Or, point your browser to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+
+The author can be reached at cwieninger@gmx.de
+
+The project's page is at http://winni.vdr-developer.org/epgsearch
+
+The MD5 code is derived from the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm.
+
diff --git a/doc-src/en/epgsearchblacklists.conf.5.txt b/doc-src/en/epgsearchblacklists.conf.5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43a752e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc-src/en/epgsearchblacklists.conf.5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+=head1 NAME
+
+F<epgsearchblacklists.conf> - Blacklist
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+You can create blacklists in epgsearch and use them in searchtimers.
+
+A blacklist entry is like a normal searchtimer which is saved in the file
+F<epgsearchblacklists.conf>.
+
+While editing an searchtimer you can select one ore more blacklist entries.
+
+=head2 USAGE
+
+Searchtimer "Action" use blacklist "Damme".
+
+Blacklist entry "Damme" searches "Damme"
+
+First the searchtimer searches all films with "Action".
+
+Then for each search result epgsearch will test if the result matches
+against "Damme". If so, the result will be dismissed.
+
+=head1 SYNTAX
+
+This file uses the same syntax as F<epgsearch.conf> except that theres no <use as searchtimer> field. 
+So there's a shift by one field from this position. Because that, see C<epgsearch.conf(5)>.
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+C<epgsearch(1)>, C<epgsearch.conf(5)>
+
+=head1 AUTHOR (man pages)
+
+Mike Constabel <epgsearch (at) constabel (dot) net>
+
+=head1 REPORT BUGS
+
+Bug reports (german): 
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mantisbt/>
+
+Mailing list:
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mailman/listinfo/epgsearch>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT and LICENSE
+
+Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Christian Wieninger
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+Or, point your browser to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+
+The author can be reached at cwieninger@gmx.de
+
+The project's page is at http://winni.vdr-developer.org/epgsearch
+
+The MD5 code is derived from the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm.
diff --git a/doc-src/en/epgsearchcats.conf.5.txt b/doc-src/en/epgsearchcats.conf.5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08637b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc-src/en/epgsearchcats.conf.5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+=head1 NAME
+
+F<epgsearchcats.conf> - Configuration of the additional EPG information
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+Some EPG providers deliver additional EPG information like the type of
+event, the video and audio format, cast,...
+
+Using tvm2vdr or epg4vdr you can import this into vdr.  To use this
+information with search timers one has to configure it with the file
+epgsearchcats.conf in your plugins config directory.
+
+Sample files for F<epgsearchcats.conf> are delivered with the plugin in
+the directory 'conf'.
+
+Simply copy the one that fits for you to your plugins config directory with
+filename epgsearchcats.conf and then have a look to the search timers
+edit menu (after a restart of VDR).
+
+Since setting up a new F<epgsearchcats.conf> is a lot of work, I've added
+a small tool 'createcats', that makes the biggest part of the job. It 
+should have been compiled with the plugin and exists in the sources   
+directory.
+
+See C<createcats(1)> for information about how to use it.
+
+B<Internals:> epgsearch scans the summary of an event for the category
+name followed by ': ' for all categories that have a corresponding 
+value set in the search timer. The search is case sensitive regarding
+the category name as also the value.
+
+=head1 SYNTAX
+
+ ID|category name|name in menu|values separated by ','(option)|searchmode(option)
+
+ - 'ID' should be a unique positive integer
+   (changing the id later on will force you to re-edit your search timers!)
+ - 'category name' is the name as delivered by the EPG provider, e.g. 'Genre'
+ - 'name in menu' is the name displayed in epgsearch.
+ - 'values' is an optional list of possible values   
+ - 'searchmode' specifies the search mode:
+   text comparison:
+    0  - the whole term must appear as substring
+    1  - all single terms (delimiters are ',', ';', '|' or '~')
+         must exist as substrings. This is the default search mode.
+    2  - at least one term (delimiters are ',', ';', '|' or '~')   
+         must exist as substring.
+    3  - matches exactly
+    4  - regular expression
+   numerical comparison:
+    10 - less
+    11 - less or equal
+    12 - greater
+    13 - greater or equal
+    14 - equal
+    15 - not equal 
+
+=head1 EXAMPLE
+
+(Lines are shortened for correct displaying)
+
+Example for EPG from Hörzu, downloaded from epgdata.com with tvmovie2vdr.
+
+ 1|Category|Kategorie|Information,Kinder,Musik,Serie,Show,Spielfilm,Sport|2
+
+ 2|Genre|Genre|Abenteuer,Action,Wirtschaft,Wissen,Zeichentrick|2
+
+ 3|Format|Video-Format|16:9,4:3|2
+
+ 4|Audio|Audio|Dolby Surround,Dolby,Hoerfilm,Stereo|2
+
+ 5|Year|Jahr||2
+
+ 6|Cast|Besetzung||2
+
+ 7|Director|Regisseur||2
+
+ 8|Moderator|Moderation||2
+
+ 9|Rating|Bewertung|Großartig besonders wertvoll,Annehmbar,Schwach|2
+
+ 10|FSK|FSK|6,12,16,18|2
+
+ 11|Country|Land||2
+
+ 12|Episode|Episode||4
+
+ 13|Themes|Thema||4
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+C<epgsearch(1)>, C<epgsearchcats.conf(5)>, C<createcats(1)>
+
+=head1 AUTHOR (man pages)
+
+Mike Constabel <epgsearch (at) constabel (dot) net>
+
+=head1 REPORT BUGS
+
+Bug reports (german): 
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mantisbt/>
+
+Mailing list:
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mailman/listinfo/epgsearch>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT and LICENSE
+
+Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Christian Wieninger
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+Or, point your browser to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+
+The author can be reached at cwieninger@gmx.de
+
+The project's page is at http://winni.vdr-developer.org/epgsearch
+
+The MD5 code is derived from the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm.
+
diff --git a/doc-src/en/epgsearchchangrps.conf.5.txt b/doc-src/en/epgsearchchangrps.conf.5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc55c87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc-src/en/epgsearchchangrps.conf.5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+=head1 NAME
+
+F<epgsearchchangrps.conf> - Channel groups
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+You can define channel groups in epgsearch which can be used in searchtimers.
+
+In this file the groups will be saved.
+
+=head1 SYNTAX
+
+Each line contains one channel group. The line begins with the group name, after the name,
+split by '|', the list of channels.
+
+=head1 EXAMPLE
+
+(Lines are shortened for clean displaying)
+
+ Private|S19.2E-133-33-46|S19.2E-133-33-51
+ ProsiebenSat.1|S19.2E-133-33-46|S19.2E-133-33-47
+ RTL World|S19.2E-1-1089-12003||S19.2E-1-1089-12090
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+C<epgsearch(1)>
+
+=head1 AUTHOR (man pages)
+
+Mike Constabel <epgsearch (at) constabel (dot) net>
+
+=head1 REPORT BUGS
+
+Bug reports (german): 
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mantisbt/>
+
+Mailing list:
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mailman/listinfo/epgsearch>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT and LICENSE
+
+Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Christian Wieninger
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+Or, point your browser to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+
+The author can be reached at cwieninger@gmx.de
+
+The project's page is at http://winni.vdr-developer.org/epgsearch
+
+The MD5 code is derived from the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm.
diff --git a/doc-src/en/epgsearchcmds.conf.5.txt b/doc-src/en/epgsearchcmds.conf.5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fadf8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc-src/en/epgsearchcmds.conf.5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+=head1 NAME
+
+F<epgsearchcmds.conf> - EPG Commands
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This file contains, like the file commands.conf or reccmds.conf, commands, which
+can be applied to the in the program menu selected event.
+
+Internal epgsearch has 8 not changeable commands.
+
+If there is a F<epgsearchcmds.conf>, the commands in it will be appended to
+the list of the internal commands, starting with 9.
+
+=head2 Language
+
+You can use different files for each language. For example F<epgsearchcmds-eng.conf>
+will be loaded if the, in VDR selected, language is english.
+
+If there is no file for the selected language, epgsearch tries to load
+F<epgsearchcmds.conf>.
+
+=head1 SYNTAX
+
+Description   : Command
+
+=head1 EXAMPLE
+
+epg2taste (de): /usr/local/vdr/epg2taste.sh
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+C<epgsearch(1)>
+
+=head1 AUTHOR (man pages)
+
+Mike Constabel <epgsearch (at) constabel (dot) net>
+
+=head1 REPORT BUGS
+
+Bug reports (german):
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mantisbt/>
+
+Mailing list:
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mailman/listinfo/epgsearch>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT and LICENSE
+
+Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Christian Wieninger
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+Or, point your browser to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+
+The author can be reached at cwieninger@gmx.de
+
+The project's page is at http://winni.vdr-developer.org/epgsearch
+
+The MD5 code is derived from the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm.
+
diff --git a/doc-src/en/epgsearchdirs.conf.5.txt b/doc-src/en/epgsearchdirs.conf.5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9aa7cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc-src/en/epgsearchdirs.conf.5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+=head1 NAME
+
+F<epgsearchdirs.conf> - List of directories for selecting in epgsearch
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This is one source of the 'Select directory' menu.
+
+This file contain directories which can be used for search timers or
+ordinary timers.
+
+The items displayed are read from the following sources:
+
+   * current recording directories
+   * current timer directories
+   * directories used in search timers
+   * directories specified in F<epgsearchdirs.conf>
+
+The menu merges theses directories and displays only distinct
+directories. With key 'yellow' one can change the depth of the
+directories shown. If there are items, that contain category variables
+like '%genre%', these entries are always shown before any other
+directories. They are also not level dependent, but are always shown
+with their full directory.
+
+If this menu is called from the timer edit menu and an item is 
+selected that contains the variables "%title%" or "%subtitle" then the
+'file' item of the timer gets cleared, since title or subtitle already
+exist in the 'directory' item.
+
+=head1 SYNTAX
+
+Each line contains a directory. You can use every variable, internal ones
+those defined in F<epgsearchuservars.conf> and the variables of the
+extended EPG.
+
+See C<epgsearchcats.conf(5)> and C<epgsearchuservars.conf(5)>.
+
+Internal ones:
+
+ %time%           - start time in format HH:MM
+ %date%           - start date in format TT.MM.YY
+ %datesh%         - start date in format TT.MM.
+ %time_w%         - weekday name
+ %time_d%         - start day in format TT
+ %time_lng%       - start time in seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00
+ %title%          - title
+ %subtitle%       - subtitle
+
+=head1 EXAMPLE
+
+ %Category%~%Genre%
+ %Category%~%Genre%~%Title%~%Episode%: %Subtitle%
+ Information~Nature~%Title%~%Episode%: %Subtitle%
+ %Series%
+ Movie~Action
+ Movie~Docu
+ Movie~Thriller
+ Music
+ Sports
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+C<epgsearch(1)>, C<epgsearchcats.conf(5)>, C<epgsearchuservars.conf(5)>
+
+=head1 AUTHOR (man pages)
+
+Mike Constabel <epgsearch (at) constabel (dot) net>
+
+=head1 REPORT BUGS
+
+Bug reports (german): 
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mantisbt/>
+
+Mailing list:
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mailman/listinfo/epgsearch>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT and LICENSE
+
+Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Christian Wieninger
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+Or, point your browser to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+
+The author can be reached at cwieninger@gmx.de
+
+The project's page is at http://winni.vdr-developer.org/epgsearch
+
+The MD5 code is derived from the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm.
diff --git a/doc-src/en/epgsearchmenu.conf.5.txt b/doc-src/en/epgsearchmenu.conf.5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0dfde69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc-src/en/epgsearchmenu.conf.5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+=head1 NAME
+
+F<epgsearchmenu.conf> - Customizing the EPG menus
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+The file F<epgsearchmenu.conf> in your plugins config directory is used to store
+the entries for customizing the EPG menus. You specify the look of each menu
+(What's on now, What's on next, What's on at ..., Schedule, Search results,
+Favorites) with a separate line.
+
+=head1 EXAMPLE
+
+ MenuWhatsOnNow=%chnr%:3|%progrt2s%:5| %time% %t_status%:8|%category%:6| %title% ~ %subtitle%:35
+ MenuWhatsOnNext=%chnr%:3|%time% %t_status%:8|%category%:8| %title% ~ %subtitle%:35
+ MenuWhatsOnElse=%chnr%:3|%time% %t_status%:8|%category%:8| %title% ~ %subtitle%:35
+ MenuSchedule=%time% %t_status%:8|%genre%:14| %title% ~ %subtitle%:35
+ MenuSearchResults=%chnr%:3|%datesh% %time% %t_status%:14|%genre%:8| %title%%colon% %subtitle%:35
+ MenuFavorites=%chnr%:3|%datesh% %time% %t_status%:14|%genre%:8| %title%%colon%%subtitle%:35
+
+=head1 SYNTAX
+
+E.g. the entry 'MenuWhatsOnNow' tells epgsearch how you would like to build a 
+line for the menu 'What's on now'. This would create a menu line starting with
+the channel number, followed by a progress bar in text2skin style, a space of
+one char, the start time, the timer status, the EPG category (like "movie")
+and finally the title and subtitle.
+
+The values for MenuWhatsOnNext, MenuWhatsOnElse, MenuSchedule,
+MenuSearchResults, MenuFavorites specify the menu 'What's on next', 'What's on
+at ...', 'Schedule', 'Search results' and 'Favorites' respectively. If you do
+not specify one entry, epgsearch uses it's default menu look.
+
+'MenuSearchResults' has something special: If you want to have different
+layouts for your search results depending on the search, you can use more then
+one menu template. Simply define e.g. an additional
+
+ MenuSearchResultsTip of the Day=%chnr%:3|%time_w%:4|%t_status%:3|%genre%:10|%title%%colon% %subtitle%:35
+
+This will produce an additional menu item "Result menu layout" in the edit
+menu of a search where you can choose between the default menu template and your
+own templates. In the example above you will get "Tip of the Day" as selection
+entry, since epgsearch simply cuts the leading "MenuSearchResults". When you
+display the search results the chosen template will be used instead of the
+default one.
+
+The following variables exist:
+
+ %time%           - start time in format HH:MM   
+ %date%           - start date in format TT.MM.YY
+ %datesh%         - start date in format TT.MM.
+ %time_w%         - weekday name
+ %time_d%         - start day in format TT
+ %time_lng%       - start time in seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00
+ %title%          - title   
+ %subtitle%       - subtitle
+ %t_status%       - timer status ('T', 't', 'R')
+ %v_status%       - VPS status
+ %r_status%       - running status
+ %status%         - complete status, the same as
+                    '%t_status%%v_status%%r_status%'
+ %colon%          - the sign ':'
+ %<epg-category>% - a value from the extended EPG categories, specified in
+                    epgsearchcats.conf, like %genre% or %category%
+
+for the 'Whats on...' and 'Search results' menu there is also:
+
+ %chnr%           - channel number
+ %chsh%           - the short channel name (>=vdr-1.3.15)
+ %chlng%          - the 'normal' channel name
+ %chdata%         - VDR's internal channel representation (e.g. 'S19.2E-1-1101-28106')
+ %progr%          - graphical progress bar (not for menu 'Search results')
+ %progrT2S%       - progress bar in text2skin style (not for menu 'Search results')
+
+the variables are not case sensitive.
+
+An entry consists of up to 6 tables separated with '|'. The last entry of
+each table should declare the table width in chars, separated with ':'.
+
+If you use a separator like '~', '-' or '#' to separate items like title or   
+subtitle, e.g. %title% ~ %subtitle%, and the subtitle is empty, then epgsearch 
+will try to fix this automatically to avoid a trailing separator.
+
+You should vary the tab width values to fit your needs, since the look often
+depends on the selected skin. epgsearchmenu.conf is not reloaded with every
+plugin call, since this is only useful when testing the conf file. To activate
+the permanent reload for testing your conf, pass the new start parameter '-r'
+or '--reloadmenuconf' in your runvdr.
+
+There's a sample F<epgsearchmenu.conf> in the subdirectory "conf". For a quick try
+copy it to your plugins config directory (e.g. /etc/vdr/plugins).
+
+To enable icons from WarEagleIcon-Patch simply put the line
+
+ WarEagleIcons=1
+
+to F<epgsearchmenu.conf>.
+
+NOTE: As long as there is a file epgsearchmenu.conf with an entry for a special
+menu, all setup settings regarding the look of this menu are ignored.
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+C<epgsearch(1)>
+
+=head1 AUTHOR (man pages)
+
+Mike Constabel <epgsearch (at) constabel (dot) net>
+
+=head1 REPORT BUGS
+
+Bug reports (german): 
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mantisbt/>
+
+Mailing list:
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mailman/listinfo/epgsearch>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT and LICENSE
+
+Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Christian Wieninger
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+Or, point your browser to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+
+The author can be reached at cwieninger@gmx.de
+
+The project's page is at http://winni.vdr-developer.org/epgsearch
+
+The MD5 code is derived from the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm.
+
diff --git a/doc-src/en/epgsearchswitchtimers.conf.5.txt b/doc-src/en/epgsearchswitchtimers.conf.5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb0e615
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc-src/en/epgsearchswitchtimers.conf.5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+=head1 NAME
+
+F<epgsearchswitchtimer.conf> - The list of switchtimer
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+In epgsearch switchtimer can be created via the program menu
+or the searchtimers. These switchtimer can switch the channel
+at the beginning of the event or only inform you about the
+start via OSD.
+
+The switchtimers are saved in this file.
+
+=head1 SYNTAX
+
+The delimiter is ':'.
+
+This fields are possible:
+
+ 1 - Channel
+ 2 - Event ID
+ 3 - Start time
+ 4 - Minutes to switch before event
+ 5 - Only inform via OSD
+ 6 - unmute sound if off
+
+=head1 EXAMPLE
+
+ S19.2E-1-1089-12060:52221:1153322700:1:0
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+C<epgsearch(1)>
+
+=head1 AUTHOR (man pages)
+
+Mike Constabel <epgsearch (at) constabel (dot) net>
+
+=head1 REPORT BUGS
+
+Bug reports (german): 
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mantisbt/>
+
+Mailing list:
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mailman/listinfo/epgsearch>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT and LICENSE
+
+Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Christian Wieninger
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+Or, point your browser to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+
+The author can be reached at cwieninger@gmx.de
+
+The project's page is at http://winni.vdr-developer.org/epgsearch
+
+The MD5 code is derived from the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm.
+
diff --git a/doc-src/en/epgsearchtemplates.conf.5.txt b/doc-src/en/epgsearchtemplates.conf.5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b19f74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc-src/en/epgsearchtemplates.conf.5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+=head1 NAME
+
+F<epgsearchtemplates.conf> - Searchtimer templates
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+In epgsearch searchtimer templates can be created for easy
+creating new searchtimers.
+
+These templates are saved in this file.
+
+=head1 SYNTAX
+
+This file has the same syntax as the epgsearch.conf.
+
+So please refer to F<epgsearch.conf>, see C<epgsearch.conf(5)>.
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+C<epgsearch(1)>, C<epgsearch.conf(5)>
+
+=head1 AUTHOR (man pages)
+
+Mike Constabel <epgsearch (at) constabel (dot) net>
+
+=head1 REPORT BUGS
+
+Bug reports (german): 
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mantisbt/>
+
+Mailing list:
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mailman/listinfo/epgsearch>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT and LICENSE
+
+Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Christian Wieninger
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+Or, point your browser to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+
+The author can be reached at cwieninger@gmx.de
+
+The project's page is at http://winni.vdr-developer.org/epgsearch
+
+The MD5 code is derived from the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm.
diff --git a/doc-src/en/epgsearchuservars.conf.5.txt b/doc-src/en/epgsearchuservars.conf.5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59ef7a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc-src/en/epgsearchuservars.conf.5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+=head1 NAME
+
+F<epgsearchuservars.conf> - User defined variables
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+In this file you can defines variables which then can be used
+in epgsearch in any play where variables are possible.
+
+=head1 SYNTAX
+
+Variables looks like %Variablename%.
+
+"Variablename" can be consist of any alphanumerical character. Space
+and special characters are not allowed.
+
+The variable names are case-insensitive.
+
+Examples for possible names:
+
+ %Series% %DocuVar1% %ThemesSubtitleDate1%
+
+=head2 Assignment
+
+ %Series%=New series~Thriller
+
+The variable %Series% will be assigned with the string "New series~Thriller".
+
+Assignments are always strings. Spaces stay spaces.
+
+ %Path%=%Series%
+
+The variable %Path% gets the content of the variable %Series%.
+
+You can do nearly everything:
+
+ %Path%=%Serie%~Lost
+
+The variable %Path% contains now the string "New series~Thriller~Lost".
+
+=head2 Control structures
+
+You can use simple "if then else" constructions.
+
+These constructions cannot contain strings, only variables.
+Spaces are ignored.
+
+ %Foo%=Other
+
+ %Variable%=%Path% ? %Path% : %Foo%
+
+If %Path% is not empty, assign the content of %Path% to %Variable%,
+otherwise the content of %Foo%.
+
+"%Path% ?" means "not empty?". You can use other checks.
+
+ %Variable%=%Path%!=5 ? %Path% : %Foo%
+
+"%Path%!=5 ?" means "is %Path% equal 5?"
+
+You can also compare variables.
+
+ %Five%=5
+
+ %Variable%=%Path%!=%Five% ? %Path% : %Foo%
+
+Other possible checks:
+
+ ==   equal
+ !=   not equal
+
+=head2 Calling a system command
+
+You can call external commands. The returned string will be assigned
+to a variable
+
+ %Result%=system(scriptname,%Variable1% %Variable2% -f %Variable3% --dir=%Variable4% --dummy)
+
+Calls the script "scriptname" with the parameters "%Variable1%",
+"%Variable2%", etc. The result will be stored in %Result%.
+
+You can use as many variables as you want.
+
+If needed, epgsearch will quote the variable.
+
+The script must return a string B<without> line break!
+
+If the script returns nothing, an empty string will be assigned to the
+Variable %Result%.
+
+=head2 Possible variables
+
+The following variables exist:
+
+ %time%           - start time in format HH:MM
+ %timeend%        - end time in format HH:MM
+ %date%           - start date in format TT.MM.YY
+ %datesh%         - start date in format TT.MM.   
+ %time_w%         - weekday name
+ %time_d%         - start day in format TT
+ %time_lng%       - start time in seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00
+ %title%          - title
+ %subtitle%       - subtitle
+ %summary%        - summary
+ %htmlsummary%    - summary, where all CR are replaced with '<br />'
+ %eventid%        - numeric event ID
+
+ %<epg-category>% - a value from the extended EPG categories, specified in
+                    F<epgsearchcats.conf>, like %genre% or %category%
+
+ %chnr%           - channel number
+ %chsh%           - the short channel name (>=vdr-1.3.15)
+ %chlng%          - the 'normal' channel name
+ %chdata%         - VDR's internal channel representation (e.g. 'S19.2E-1-1101-28106')
+
+ %colon%          - the sign ':'
+ %datenow%        - current date in format TT.MM.YY
+ %dateshnow%      - current date in format TT.MM.
+ %timenow%        - current time in format HH:MM
+ %videodir%       - VDR video directory (e.g. /video)
+ %plugconfdir%    - VDR plugin config directory (e.g. /etc/vdr/plugins)
+ %epgsearchdir%   - epgsearchs config directory (e.g. /etc/vdr/plugins/epgsearch)
+
+
+See also C<epgsearchcats.conf(5)>.
+
+=head1 EXAMPLES
+
+ # Weekday, Date, Time   
+ %DateStr%=%time_w% %date% %time%
+
+ # Themes or Subtitle or Date
+ %ThemesSubtitleDate1%=%Subtitle% ? %Subtitle% : %DateStr%
+ %ThemesSubtitleDate%=%Themes% ? %Themes% : %ThemesSubtitleDate1%
+
+ # Calls this script to get a recording path
+ %DocuScript%=system(doku.pl,%Title%,%Subtitle%,%Episode%,%Themes%,%Category%,%Genre%)
+ %Docu%=%DocuScript%
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+C<epgsearch(1)>, C<epgsearchcats.conf(5)>
+
+=head1 AUTHOR (man pages)
+
+Mike Constabel <epgsearch (at) constabel (dot) net>
+
+=head1 REPORT BUGS
+
+Bug reports (german): 
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mantisbt/>
+
+Mailing list:
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mailman/listinfo/epgsearch>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT and LICENSE
+
+Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Christian Wieninger
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+Or, point your browser to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+
+The author can be reached at cwieninger@gmx.de
+
+The project's page is at http://winni.vdr-developer.org/epgsearch
+
+The MD5 code is derived from the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm.
+
diff --git a/doc-src/en/noannounce.conf.5.txt b/doc-src/en/noannounce.conf.5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d57475d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc-src/en/noannounce.conf.5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+=head1 NAME
+
+F<noannounce.conf> - list of events that have been marked to not be announced
+via OSD
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This file contains a list of events that have been marked to not be announced
+via OSD by the search timer background thread.
+
+If the user presses one of the keys 'Ok', '0', ... '9' while the announcement
+of an event is displayed, he will be asked if further announcements of this
+event should be disabled for ever (user hit '0' or 'Ok') or for the next 'x'
+days (user hit '1' to '9'). After pressing 'Ok' again, this setting will be
+stored. 
+
+=head1 FORMAT
+
+Events are stored one per line, where the fields are separated with ':'.
+
+The following fields exists:
+
+  1 - title
+  2 - short text
+  3 - channel ID
+  4 - start time
+  5 - next announce time
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+C<epgsearch(1)>
+
+=head1 AUTHOR (man pages)
+
+Mike Constabel <epgsearch (at) constabel (dot) net>
+
+=head1 REPORT BUGS
+
+Bug reports (german):
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mantisbt/>
+
+Mailing list:
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mailman/listinfo/epgsearch>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT and LICENSE
+
+Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Christian Wieninger
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+Or, point your browser to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+
+The author can be reached at cwieninger@gmx.de
+
+The project's page is at http://winni.vdr-developer.org/epgsearch
+
+The MD5 code is derived from the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm.
+
diff --git a/doc-src/en/timersdone.conf.5.txt b/doc-src/en/timersdone.conf.5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ee305e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc-src/en/timersdone.conf.5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+=head1 NAME
+
+F<timersdone.conf> - list of current timers created by search timers
+
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This file contains the current timers that were created by search timers. If
+the setup option 'Recreate timers after deletion' is set to 'no', epgsearch
+uses this list to determine if a timer was already created and cancels
+further timer creations. If a corresponding recording was made for any timer
+in this list, the timer is automatically removed from it.
+
+=head1 FORMAT
+
+Timers are stored one per line, where the fields are separated with ':'.
+
+The following fields exists:
+
+  1 - channel-ID
+  2 - start time
+  3 - stop time
+  4 - search timer ID
+  5 - event title
+  6 - event episode
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+C<epgsearch(1)>
+
+=head1 AUTHOR (man pages)
+
+Mike Constabel <epgsearch (at) constabel (dot) net>
+
+=head1 REPORT BUGS
+
+Bug reports (german):
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mantisbt/>
+
+Mailing list:
+
+L<http://www.vdr-developer.org/mailman/listinfo/epgsearch>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT and LICENSE
+
+Copyright (c) 2005-2006 Christian Wieninger
+
+L<http://www.cwieninger.de.vu/>
+
+This  is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
+There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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