started working on getting plugins working

main.py

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ from assets.theme_mappings import theme_mappings
 
 from textual_fspicker import FileOpen, FileSave
 
+from plugin_loader import PluginLoader
+
 import subprocess
 import os
 
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ class Berry(App):
 			#	yield Terminal(command="bash", id="terminal")
 
 		yield Footer()
+		yield PluginLoader()
 
 	def on_input_submitted(self, event: Input.Submitted):
 		if event.input.id != "console-input":

plugin_loader.py

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+from textual_window import Window
+from textual.widgets import RichLog
+
+import os, json
+
+
+class PluginLoader(Window):
+	def __init__(self):
+		super().__init__(
+			id="Plugin Loader",
+			mode="permanent",
+			icon="⚙️",
+			starting_horizontal="centerright",
+			starting_vertical="lowermiddle",
+			start_open=True
+		)
+
+	def on_mount(self):
+		log = self.query_one(RichLog)
+		log.write("[b]Finding plugins...[/]")
+
+		# Find all plugins (they're just in the plugins folder for now)
+		folders = [
+			os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "plugins")
+		]
+		# path to the folder of all correctly formatted plugins
+		plugin_paths = []
+
+		for folder in folders:
+			log.write(f"Searching {folder}...")
+			plugin_folders = os.listdir(folder)
+
+			for plugin_folder in plugin_folders:
+				plugin_folder = os.path.join(folder, plugin_folder)
+
+				if not os.path.isdir(plugin_folder):
+					log.write(f"[d]Ignoring {plugin_folder} because it is not a folder.[/]")
+					continue
+
+				if not os.path.isdir(os.path.join(plugin_folder, "lua")):
+					log.write(f"[d]Ignoring {plugin_folder} because it has no \"lua\" folder.[/]")
+					continue
+
+				if not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(plugin_folder, "plugin.json")):
+					log.write(f"[d]Ignoring {plugin_folder} because it has no plugin.json file.[/]")
+					continue
+
+				with open(os.path.join(plugin_folder, "plugin.json"), "r") as f:
+					try:
+						plugin_json = json.loads(f.read())
+						plugin_json["name"]
+						plugin_json["version"]
+						plugin_json["author"]
+						plugin_json["dependencies"]
+					except UnicodeDecodeError:
+						log.write(f"[d]Ignoring {plugin_folder} because its plugin.json file is unreadable.[/]")
+						continue
+					except json.JSONDecodeError:
+						log.write(f"[d]Ignoring {plugin_folder} because its plugin.json file is malformed.[/]")
+						continue
+					except KeyError as e:
+						log.write(f"[d]Ignoring {plugin_folder} because its plugin.json file is missing the field {e}.")
+						continue
+					except Exception as e:
+						log.write(f"[d]Ignoring {plugin_folder} because of error: {e}.[/]")
+						continue
+
+				
+
+				log.write(f"[b green]FOUND[/] {plugin_json['name']} ({plugin_json['version']})")
+				plugin_paths.append(plugin_folder)
+
+	def compose(self):
+		yield RichLog(markup=True, id="plugins-log")

plugins/test-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+	"version": "0.0.1",
+	"name": "Test Plugin",
+	"author": "SpookyDervish",
+	"dependencies": []
+}