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@@ -60,15 +60,16 @@ Menu file format The menu configuration file, is a simple XML file and has to conform to it's syntax rules. The root node always is <menus>. -There are only three kinds of menu items described by the following XML tags: +There are only four kinds of menu items described by the following XML tags: - <system> : System menu items, like the channels list or the timers - <plugin> : Plug-in menu items - <menu> : A sub menu + <system> : System menu items, like the channels list or the timers + <plugin> : Plug-in menu items + <menu> : A sub menu + <command> : An external command to be excuted, similar to VDR's commands.conf -In the menu hierarchy <system> and <plug-in> are leaf nodes, whereas <menu> is -an internal node. <menu> may contain any number of <system>, <plugin> or <menu> -nodes. +In the menu hierarchy <system>, <plug-in> and <command> are leaf nodes, whereas +<menu> is an internal node. <menu> may contain any number of <system>, <plugin>, +<command> or <menu> nodes. Each node is described by a name attribute. For <system> nodes, the following names are possible: @@ -82,8 +83,16 @@ names are possible: The name of a <plugin> node describes the plug-ins name, not it's main menu text. -With the name attribute in <menu> nodes, the main menu title of this sub menu -will be set. +With the name attribute in <menu> or <command> nodes, the main menu title of this +sub menu or command will be set. + +Besides the name attribute, a <command> also requires the "execute" attribute, +which is the command to be executed and an optional "confirm" attribute. +With confirm="yes", you will be asked to press OK before executing the command +or abort with any other key. + +e.g.: + <command name="Free Disk Space" execute="df -h" confirm="yes" /> <system> items not configured in the menu configuration will not be visible in VDR's OSD. Plug-ins that are not configured in the xml file, will be shown @@ -120,5 +129,6 @@ e.g.: <system name="Commands" /> <plug-in name="sysinfo" /> <plug-in name="femon" /> + <command name="CPU-Info" confirm="yes" execute="cat /proc/cpuinfo" /> </menu> </menus> |