From 44c3ebe88764f6b8ea69bd30ebcf10620780424e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SpookyDervish <nchand05@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 16:56:29 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] plugins can now listen for events!

---
 plugin_loader.py                       | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++----
 plugins/Git/lua/main.lua               | 14 +++++++++++
 plugins/{my plugin => Git}/plugin.json |  2 +-
 plugins/my plugin/lua/main.lua         |  7 ------
 4 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 plugins/Git/lua/main.lua
 rename plugins/{my plugin => Git}/plugin.json (76%)
 delete mode 100644 plugins/my plugin/lua/main.lua

diff --git a/plugin_loader.py b/plugin_loader.py
index d9cf0df..e6c57c6 100644
--- a/plugin_loader.py
+++ b/plugin_loader.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from textual_window import Window
 from textual.widgets import RichLog, Button
-from textual import work
+from textual import work, on
+from textual.message import Message
 import textual.widgets
 from typing import Any
 from traceback import format_exception
@@ -10,6 +11,24 @@ from lupa import lua51
 import os, json, asyncio
 
 
+class PluginEventHandler:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.listeners = {}
+        
+    def subscribe(self, widget, event_name, plugin_fn):
+        self.listeners.setdefault(widget, {}).setdefault(event_name, []).append(plugin_fn)
+        
+    async def message_handler(self, widget, e: Message):
+        
+        event_name = str(e)[:str(e).find('(')]
+        await self.emit(widget, event_name, e)
+        
+    async def emit(self, widget, event_name, payload):
+        for widget_event, functions in self.listeners.get(widget, {}).items():
+            if event_name == widget_event:
+                for fn in functions:
+                    fn(payload)
+
 class PluginLoader(Window):
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__(
@@ -21,6 +40,8 @@ class PluginLoader(Window):
             start_open=True,
             allow_maximize=True
         )
+        
+        self.event_handler = PluginEventHandler()
 
     # region Lua functions
 
@@ -52,8 +73,9 @@ class PluginLoader(Window):
     def create_widget(self, widget_type: str, *args):
         return getattr(textual.widgets, widget_type)(*args)
     
-    def run_on_message(self, event, function):
-        raise NotImplementedError("onMessage is not implemented yet.")
+    def run_on_message(self, widget, event, function):
+        self.event_handler.subscribe(widget, event, function)
+        widget.message_signal.subscribe(self, lambda e: self.event_handler.message_handler(widget, e))
 
     def create_window(self, title: str, icon: str = "", show_title: bool = True, can_close: bool = True, can_maximize: bool = True, can_resize: bool = True, start_horizontal: str = "center", start_vertical: str = "middle"):
         new_window = Window(
@@ -93,7 +115,7 @@ class PluginLoader(Window):
                 "createWindow": self.create_window,
                 "createWidget": self.create_widget,
                 "app": self.app,
-                "onMessage": self.run_on_message
+                "onMessage": self.run_on_message,
             },
             "config": {
                 "get": self.app.config_handler.get,
@@ -166,7 +188,7 @@ class PluginLoader(Window):
                         sandbox = self.lua_runtime.eval("{}")
                         setfenv = self.lua_runtime.eval("setfenv")
 
-                        sandbox.print = self.log #self.lua_runtime.globals().print
+                        sandbox.print = log.write #self.lua_runtime.globals().print
                         sandbox.math = self.lua_runtime.globals().math
                         sandbox.string = self.lua_runtime.globals().string
                         sandbox.tostring = self.lua_runtime.globals().tostring
diff --git a/plugins/Git/lua/main.lua b/plugins/Git/lua/main.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbf92be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/Git/lua/main.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+ local plugin = {}
+
+function plugin.run()
+    --berry.config.defineSetting("my plugin", "test setting", "description", "boolean", "1")
+
+    button = berry.ui.button("Click me!", "success")
+    berry.ui.mount(button)
+
+    berry.ui.onMessage(button, "Pressed", function()
+        print("hi")
+    end)
+end
+
+return plugin
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/my plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/Git/plugin.json
similarity index 76%
rename from plugins/my plugin/plugin.json
rename to plugins/Git/plugin.json
index 6bdf85c..dd6f6e8 100644
--- a/plugins/my plugin/plugin.json	
+++ b/plugins/Git/plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-    "name": "my plugin",
+    "name": "Git",
     "author": "SpookyDervish",
     "version": "1.0.0",
     "dependencies": []
diff --git a/plugins/my plugin/lua/main.lua b/plugins/my plugin/lua/main.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 86211cf..0000000
--- a/plugins/my plugin/lua/main.lua	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
- local plugin = {}
-
-function plugin.run()
-    berry.config.defineSetting("my plugin", "test setting", "description", "boolean", "1")
-end
-
-return plugin
\ No newline at end of file