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This commit implements the plugin architecture described in docs/plugins.md, allowing users to extend Hyperion with Lua scripts loaded at startup. Changes include: - `LuaEngine` Backend: Added internal structures (`PluginEntry`, `PluginMenuItem`) and implemented `load_plugins(dir)` to automatically scan and parse `.lua` scripts from the `plugins/` directory. - Lua C API Registration: Implemented and registered four new Lua API functions (`register_plugin`, `register_menu_item`, `register_hotkey`, `register_on_analysis_complete`) that interface directly with the plugin registry. - UI Integration (`App`): Added a "Plugins" menu dynamically populated with flat items (for single-action plugins) and submenus (for multi-action plugins). - Plugin Manager: Added a new `Plugin Manager...` dialog displaying loaded plugins, descriptions, action counts, and error statuses. - Execution & Callbacks: Wired `lua_.check_hotkeys()` into the frame loop and `run_analysis_complete_callbacks()` into the analysis handoff to support custom keyboard shortcuts and post-analysis automation safely on the main thread. - Included `example_plugin.lua` built into the output directory as a working reference.
This commit adds a new open_results API to the Lua engine, allowing plugins to display their output in a persistent, filterable, and clickable ImGui table rather than just printing to the Script Console. Clicking a row automatically navigates the disassembler view to the target address. Changes include: - LuaEngine: Added open_results(title, headers, rows) API. Implemented ResultsRow and ResultsWindow structures to store results. - App: Added render_results_windows() to display active plugin result tables natively within the UI. Includes dynamic filtering across columns and address parsing. - Scripting API: Implemented and registered missing Lua functions (get_comment, get_string, get_image_base, get_arch, get_segments, get_cursor, create_function) that were documented but unwritten. - Plugin Output Forwarding: Fixed invoke_menu_item() output not properly displaying in the Script Console by piping last_output() through ScriptConsole::append_output().
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v0.1.6: implement IDA-style plugins menu and lua API backend
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This commit implements the plugin architecture described in docs/plugins.md, allowing users to extend Hyperion with Lua scripts loaded at startup.
Changes include:
LuaEngineBackend: Added internal structures (PluginEntry,PluginMenuItem) and implementedload_plugins(dir)to automatically scan and parse.luascripts from theplugins/directory.register_plugin,register_menu_item,register_hotkey,register_on_analysis_complete) that interface directly with the plugin registry.App): Added a "Plugins" menu dynamically populated with flat items (for single-action plugins) and submenus (for multi-action plugins).Plugin Manager...dialog displaying loaded plugins, descriptions, action counts, and error statuses.lua_.check_hotkeys()into the frame loop andrun_analysis_complete_callbacks()into the analysis handoff to support custom keyboard shortcuts and post-analysis automation safely on the main thread.example_plugin.luabuilt into the output directory as a working reference.