4mcreatecats24m(1)               Epgsearch Version 2.4.4              4mcreatecats24m(1)

1mNAME0m
       createcats - helps you creating your own epgsearchcats.conf

1mSYNOPSIS0m
       1mcreatecats 22m[OPTIONS] 4m/path_to/epg.data0m

1mDESCRIPTION0m
       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

       1mcreatecats 22m/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.

1mOPTIONS0m
       The full set of arguments is:

       usage: 1mcreatecats 22m[OPTIONS] 4m/path_to/epg.data0m

        -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:

       -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.

       -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.

       -l N, --maxlength=N
           if  the  text  length  of a value is more than N, this value is not
           part of the value list.

       1mHint: 22mResults 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.

1mSEE ALSO0m
       epgsearch(1), epgsearch(4), "epgsearchcats.conf(5)"

1mAUTHOR (man pages)0m
       Mike Constabel <epgsearch (at) constabel (dot) net>

1mREPORT BUGS0m
       Bugreports (german):

       <http://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/plg-epgsearch>

       Mailinglist:

       <http://www.vdr-developer.org/mailman/listinfo/epgsearch>

1mCOPYRIGHT and LICENSE0m
       Copyright (C) 2004-2010 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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