Explicitly setting timer's 'active' field to '1' after user changes

FORMATS

@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ Video Disk Recorder File Formats
   The fields in a timer definition have the following meaning (from left
   to right):
 
-  - Timer active (0 = inaactive, 1 = active)
+  - Timer active (0 = inactive, 1 = active)
+    Values larger than '1' can be used by external programs to mark active timers
+    and recognize if the user has modified them. When a user modifes an active
+    timer the 'active' field will be explicitly set to '1'.
   - Program number of the channel to record
   - Day of recording, either one or more of
       M------ = Monday

HISTORY

@@ -407,3 +407,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - New setup parameter "PrimaryLimit" that allows to prevent timers from using the
   primary DVB interface in multi card systems. Default value is 0, which means
   that every timer may use the primary interface.
+- The 'active' field of a timer will now be explicitly set to '1' if the user
+  modifies an active timer (see FORMATS for details).

menu.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: menu.c 1.67 2001/02/24 14:03:39 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: menu.c 1.68 2001/02/24 14:53:40 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "menu.h"
@@ -925,6 +925,8 @@ eOSState cMenuEditTimer::ProcessKey(eKeys Key)
                         strcpy(data.file, Channels.GetChannelNameByNumber(data.channel));
                      if (timer && memcmp(timer, &data, sizeof(data)) != 0) {
                         *timer = data;
+                        if (timer->active)
+                           timer->active = 1; // allows external programs to mark active timers with values > 1 and recognize if the user has modified them
                         Timers.Save();
                         isyslog(LOG_INFO, "timer %d modified (%s)", timer->Index() + 1, timer->active ? "active" : "inactive");
                         }