Using 'Priority' when checking for timer matches

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 * Programming the Timer
 
   Use the "Timer" menu to maintain your list of timer controlled recordings.
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+  The parameters in the "Edit Timer" menu have the following meanings:
+
+  Active:    Defines whether the timer will be processed (set it to 'no' to
+             temporarily desable a timer).
+  Channel:   The channel to be recorded (as defined in the "Channels" list).
+             Any changes made in the "Channels" list (like renaming or
+             reordering channels) will be automatically reflected in the
+             timers settings.
+  Day:       The day on which this timer shall start. This can be either a
+             "day of month" (1..31), which allows programming a "single shot"
+             timer that hits once and is deleted after it ends. Single shot
+             timers can be programmed up to one month into the future.
+             Another option here are "repeating timers" which are defined
+             by listing the days of the week on which they shall record.
+             For example, a timer that shall record every monday and wednesday
+             would have a Day setting of "M-W----".
+  Start:     The start time of the timer in hh:mm as 24 hour ("military") time.
+  Stop:      The stop time of the timer.
+  Priority:  The Priority (0..99) is used to decide which timer shall be
+             started in case there are two or more timers with the exact same
+             start time. The first timer in the list with the highest Priority
+             will be used. This value is also stored with the recording and is
+             later used to decide which recording to remove from disk in order
+             to free space for a new recording. If the disk is full and a new
+             recording needs more space, an existing recording with the lowest
+             Priority (and which has exceeded its guaranteed Lifetime) will be
+             removed.
+  Lifetime:  The number of days (0..99) a recording made through this timer is
+             guaranteed to remain on disk before it is automatically removed
+             to free up space for a new recording. Note that setting this
+             parameter to very high values for all recordings may soon fill up
+             the entire disk and cause new recordings to fail due to low disk
+             space.
+  File:      The name under which a recording created through this timer will
+             be stored on disk (the actual name will also contain the date and
+             time, so it is possible to have a "repeating timer" store all its
+             recordings under the same name; they will be distinguishable by
+             their date and time).
+             If this field is left blank, the channel name will be used to form
+             the name of the recording.