Instructions for making menu items for plugins

[zeeyado]

Hello

I am writing a plugin for KOReader but I'm struggling to figure out

1. how to add settings for the plugin in the tools menu at the top of the KOReader UI

2. how to add an item in the long press menu in the file picker

I tried to have a look at the dev docs but the pages for apps.filemanager.filemanagerutil and ui.widget.touchmenu seem empty?

Thanks

[zeeyado]

To be clear, I am writing a user plugin.

Does this mean I have to use a user patch to edit KOReader's main menu items?

[pazos]

Yup, dev documents are autogenerated from comments via luadoc. There're a bunch of undocumented functions.

At this time the best way to learn to write plugins and to hook into things is to have a look at upstream examples.

To add a sort hint have a look at https://github.com/koreader/koreader...in.lua#L33-L36

> how to add an item in the long press menu in the file picker

Not sure if we have a "shortcut" to address this, like we have to hook on the highlights menu. What's your plan?

There's `DocumentRegistry:addAuxProvider` that lets you handle filetypes in your own ways, but that just adds your implementation to the "Open with" in FM long press menu.

[hius07]

2. https://github.com/koreader/koreader...ent-2517996584

[zeeyado]

Thanks to you both.

I managed to add a menu item to the tools menu (though in the second section along with "More tools" rather than in the main menu with Calibre, Wallabag, etc, but still).

But I still have a lot to figure out with how settings are managed.

My plugin uses a configuration.lua file for the main user configurable stuff. So I'm looking at how koreader handles settings (I guess G_reader_settings?) and how to make my settings work the right way.

[Frenzie]

That's an instance of http://koreader.rocks/doc/modules/luasettings.html

LuaSettings:open(DataStorage:getSettingsDir() .. "/autostandby.lua")

[zeeyado]

Thank you for your help and pointers.

I have managed to add my menu item to the Tools menu with sorting_hint = "tools" but I am struggling to figure out how to place it higher in the list. I'm only managing to place it last, after "More tools".

Any tips?