Populate plugins structures and start marked plugins (nw)

plugins/boot.lua

@@ -16,10 +16,14 @@ for file in lfs.dir("plugins") do
 	if (file~="." and file~=".." and lfs.attributes("plugins/" .. file,"mode")=="directory") then
 		local filename = "plugins/" .. file .. "/plugin.json"
 		local meta = json.parse(readAll(filename))
-		if (meta["plugin"]["type"]=="plugin") and (meta["plugin"]["start"]=="true") then
+		if (meta["plugin"]["type"]=="plugin") and (manager:plugins().entries[meta["plugin"]["name"]]~=nil) then
-			server = require(meta["plugin"]["name"])
+			local entry = manager:plugins().entries[meta["plugin"]["name"]]	
-			if server.set_folder~=nil then server.set_folder("plugins/" .. file) end
+			if (entry:value()==true) then
-			server.startplugin();
+				print("Starting plugin " .. meta["plugin"]["name"] .. "...")
+				plugin = require(meta["plugin"]["name"])
+				if plugin.set_folder~=nil then plugin.set_folder("plugins/" .. file) end
+				plugin.startplugin();
+			end
 		end
 	end
 end

src/emu/clifront.cpp

@@ -1630,6 +1630,21 @@ void cli_frontend::execute_commands(const char *exename)
 
 		// generate the updated INI
 		file_ui.puts(ui_opts.output_ini().c_str());
+
+		plugin_options plugin_opts;
+		path_iterator iter(m_options.plugins_path());
+		std::string pluginpath;
+		while (iter.next(pluginpath))
+		{
+			plugin_opts.parse_json(pluginpath);
+		}
+		emu_file file_plugin(OPEN_FLAG_WRITE | OPEN_FLAG_CREATE | OPEN_FLAG_CREATE_PATHS);
+		if (file_plugin.open("plugin.ini") != osd_file::error::NONE)
+			throw emu_fatalerror("Unable to create file plugin.ini\n");
+		
+		// generate the updated INI
+		file_plugin.puts(plugin_opts.output_ini().c_str());
+
 		return;
 	}
 

src/emu/luaengine.cpp

@@ -1436,6 +1436,7 @@ void lua_engine::initialize()
 			.beginClass <machine_manager> ("manager")
 				.addFunction ("machine", &machine_manager::machine)
 				.addFunction ("options", &machine_manager::options)
+				.addFunction ("plugins", &machine_manager::plugins)
 			.endClass ()
 			.beginClass <lua_machine> ("lua_machine")
 				.addCFunction ("popmessage", &lua_machine::l_popmessage)
@@ -1564,6 +1565,8 @@ void lua_engine::initialize()
 			.endClass()
 			.deriveClass <ui_options, core_options> ("ui_options")
 			.endClass()
+			.deriveClass <plugin_options, core_options> ("plugin_options")
+			.endClass()
 			.beginClass <parameters_manager> ("parameters")
 				.addFunction ("add", &parameters_manager::add)
 				.addFunction ("lookup", &parameters_manager::lookup)

src/emu/mame.cpp

@@ -155,15 +155,29 @@ void machine_manager::update_machine()
 
 
 void machine_manager::start_luaengine()
-{
-	m_lua->initialize();
 {
 	path_iterator iter(options().plugins_path());
 	std::string pluginpath;
-		while (iter.next(pluginpath, ""))
+	while (iter.next(pluginpath))
 	{
 		m_plugins->parse_json(pluginpath);
 	}
+
+	{
+		// parse the file
+		std::string error;
+		// attempt to open the output file
+		emu_file file(options().ini_path(), OPEN_FLAG_READ);
+		if (file.open("plugin.ini") == osd_file::error::NONE)
+		{
+			bool result = m_plugins->parse_ini_file((util::core_file&)file, OPTION_PRIORITY_MAME_INI, OPTION_PRIORITY_DRIVER_INI, error);
+			if (!result)
+				osd_printf_error("**Error loading plugin.ini**");
+		}
+	}
+	m_lua->initialize();
+	
+	{
 		emu_file file(options().plugins_path(), OPEN_FLAG_READ);
 		osd_file::error filerr = file.open("boot.lua");
 		if (filerr == osd_file::error::NONE)