Added a note about the config files of plugins to INSTALL

3 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 4d7819db..c9022154 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -749,6 +749,7 @@ Thomas Keil <tk@commedia-group.com>
  that a channel only qualifies as "previous" if it has been selected for at least
  3 seconds
  for reporting a bug in handling the color buttons in the "Edit channel" menu
+ for adding a note about the config files of plugins to INSTALL
 
 Kenneth Aafløy <ke-aa@frisurf.no>
  for fixing checking CA capabilities with the dvb-kernel driver
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 1d4344cd..b28b4121 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -2321,3 +2321,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Completed the Finnish OSD texts (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg).
 - Empty values in setup.conf are no longer treated as an error (thanks to Andreas
   Kool for reporting this one).
+- Added a note about the config files of plugins to INSTALL (thanks to Thomas
+  Keil).
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 2bae8e81..3143723f 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -302,8 +302,11 @@ Configuration files:
 There are several configuration files that hold information about
 channels, remote control keys, timers etc. By default these files are
 assumed to be located in the video directory, but a different directory
-can be used with the '-c' option. For starters just copy all *.conf files from
-the VDR directory into your video directory.
+can be used with the '-c' option. Plugins assume their configuration files
+in a subdirectory called "plugins" of this directory.
+
+For starters just copy all *.conf files from the VDR directory into your
+video directory.
 
 The configuration files can be edited with any text editor, or will be written
 by the 'vdr' program if any changes are made inside the on-screen menus.