Add plugin manager

cmd/micro/micro.go

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ var (
 	flagConfigDir = flag.String("config-dir", "", "Specify a custom location for the configuration directory")
 	flagOptions   = flag.Bool("options", false, "Show all option help")
 	flagDebug     = flag.Bool("debug", false, "Enable debug mode (prints debug info to ./log.txt)")
+	flagPlugin    = flag.String("plugin", "", "Plugin command")
 	optionFlags   map[string]*string
 )
 
@@ -40,7 +41,6 @@ func InitFlags() {
 		fmt.Println("    \tSpecify a custom location for the configuration directory")
 		fmt.Println("[FILE]:LINE:COL")
 		fmt.Println("    \tSpecify a line and column to start the cursor at when opening a buffer")
-		fmt.Println("    \tThis can also be done by opening file:LINE:COL")
 		fmt.Println("-options")
 		fmt.Println("    \tShow all option help")
 		fmt.Println("-debug")
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ func InitFlags() {
 		fmt.Println("-version")
 		fmt.Println("    \tShow the version number and information")
 
+		fmt.Print("\nMicro's plugin's can be managed at the command line with the following commands.\n")
+		fmt.Println("-plugin install [PLUGIN]...")
+		fmt.Println("    \tInstall plugin(s)")
+		fmt.Println("-plugin remove [PLUGIN]...")
+		fmt.Println("    \tRemove plugin(s)")
+		fmt.Println("-plugin update [PLUGIN]...")
+		fmt.Println("    \tUpdate plugin(s) (if no argument is given, updates all plugins)")
+
 		fmt.Print("\nMicro's options can also be set via command line arguments for quick\nadjustments. For real configuration, please use the settings.json\nfile (see 'help options').\n\n")
 		fmt.Println("-option value")
 		fmt.Println("    \tSet `option` to `value` for this session")
@@ -92,6 +100,87 @@ func InitFlags() {
 	}
 }
 
+// DoPluginFlags parses and executes any -plugin flags
+func DoPluginFlags() {
+	if *flagPlugin != "" {
+		config.LoadAllPlugins()
+
+		args := flag.Args()
+
+		switch *flagPlugin {
+		case "install":
+			installedVersions := config.GetInstalledVersions(false)
+			for _, plugin := range args {
+				pp := config.GetAllPluginPackages().Get(plugin)
+				if pp == nil {
+					fmt.Println("Unknown plugin \"" + plugin + "\"")
+				} else if err := pp.IsInstallable(); err != nil {
+					fmt.Println("Error installing ", plugin, ": ", err)
+				} else {
+					for _, installed := range installedVersions {
+						if pp.Name == installed.Pack().Name {
+							if pp.Versions[0].Version.Compare(installed.Version) == 1 {
+								fmt.Println(pp.Name, " is already installed but out-of-date: use 'plugin update ", pp.Name, "' to update")
+							} else {
+								fmt.Println(pp.Name, " is already installed")
+							}
+						}
+					}
+					pp.Install()
+				}
+			}
+
+		case "remove":
+			removed := ""
+			for _, plugin := range args {
+				// check if the plugin exists.
+				for _, p := range config.Plugins {
+					if p.Name == plugin && p.Default {
+						fmt.Println("Default plugins cannot be removed, but can be disabled via settings.")
+						continue
+					}
+					if p.Name == plugin {
+						config.UninstallPlugin(plugin)
+						removed += plugin + " "
+						continue
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			if removed != "" {
+				fmt.Println("Removed ", removed)
+			} else {
+				fmt.Println("No plugins removed")
+			}
+		case "update":
+			config.UpdatePlugins(args)
+		case "list":
+			plugins := config.GetInstalledVersions(false)
+			fmt.Println("The following plugins are currently installed:")
+			for _, p := range plugins {
+				fmt.Printf("%s (%s)\n", p.Pack().Name, p.Version)
+			}
+		case "search":
+			plugins := config.SearchPlugin(args)
+			fmt.Println(len(plugins), " plugins found")
+			for _, p := range plugins {
+				fmt.Println("----------------")
+				fmt.Println(p.String())
+			}
+			fmt.Println("----------------")
+		case "available":
+			packages := config.GetAllPluginPackages()
+			fmt.Println("Available Plugins:")
+			for _, pkg := range packages {
+				fmt.Println(pkg.Name)
+			}
+		default:
+			fmt.Println("Invalid plugin command")
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+}
+
 // LoadInput determines which files should be loaded into buffers
 // based on the input stored in flag.Args()
 func LoadInput() []*buffer.Buffer {
@@ -180,6 +269,8 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}
 
+	DoPluginFlags()
+
 	screen.Init()
 
 	// If we have an error, we can exit cleanly and not completely
@@ -254,7 +345,7 @@ func main() {
 	select {
 	case event = <-events:
 		action.Tabs.HandleEvent(event)
-	case <-time.After(20 * time.Millisecond):
+	case <-time.After(10 * time.Millisecond):
 		// time out after 10ms
 	}
 

go.sum

@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ github.com/zyedidia/poller v1.0.1 h1:Tt9S3AxAjXwWGNiC2TUdRJkQDZSzCBNVQ4xXiQ7440s
 github.com/zyedidia/poller v1.0.1/go.mod h1:vZXJOHGDcuK08GXhF6IAY0ZFd2WcgOR5DOTp84Uk5eE=
 github.com/zyedidia/pty v2.0.0+incompatible h1:Ou5vXL6tvjst+RV8sUFISbuKDnUJPhnpygApMFGweqw=
 github.com/zyedidia/pty v2.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:4y9l9yJZNxRa7GB/fB+mmDmGkG3CqmzLf4vUxGGotEA=
-github.com/zyedidia/tcell v1.4.0 h1:uhAz+bdB3HHlVP2hff3WURkI+pERNwgVfy27oi1Gb2A=
-github.com/zyedidia/tcell v1.4.0/go.mod h1:HhlbMSCcGX15rFDB+Q1Lk3pKEOocsCUAQC3zhZ9sadA=
-github.com/zyedidia/tcell v1.4.1 h1:zLci8cg1SLINjwSePZ1yUWnYOnZXMyr4h+zaOvhu5K8=
-github.com/zyedidia/tcell v1.4.1/go.mod h1:HhlbMSCcGX15rFDB+Q1Lk3pKEOocsCUAQC3zhZ9sadA=
 github.com/zyedidia/tcell v1.4.2 h1:JWMDs6O1saINPIR5M3kNqlWJwkfnBZeZDZszEJi3BW8=
 github.com/zyedidia/tcell v1.4.2/go.mod h1:HhlbMSCcGX15rFDB+Q1Lk3pKEOocsCUAQC3zhZ9sadA=
 github.com/zyedidia/terminal v0.0.0-20180726154117-533c623e2415 h1:752dTQ5OatJ9M5ULK2+9lor+nzyZz+LYDo3WGngg3Rc=

internal/action/command.go

@@ -124,102 +124,7 @@ var PluginCmds = []string{"list", "info", "version"}
 
 // PluginCmd installs, removes, updates, lists, or searches for given plugins
 func (h *BufPane) PluginCmd(args []string) {
-	if len(args) <= 0 {
+	InfoBar.Error("Plugin command disabled")
-		InfoBar.Error("Not enough arguments, see 'help commands'")
-		return
-	}
-
-	valid := true
-	switch args[0] {
-	case "list":
-		for _, pl := range config.Plugins {
-			var en string
-			if pl.IsEnabled() {
-				en = "enabled"
-			} else {
-				en = "disabled"
-			}
-			WriteLog(fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", pl.Name, en))
-			if pl.Default {
-				WriteLog(" (default)\n")
-			} else {
-				WriteLog("\n")
-			}
-		}
-		WriteLog("Default plugins come pre-installed with micro.")
-	case "version":
-		if len(args) <= 1 {
-			InfoBar.Error("No plugin provided to give info for")
-			return
-		}
-		found := false
-		for _, pl := range config.Plugins {
-			if pl.Name == args[1] {
-				found = true
-				if pl.Info == nil {
-					InfoBar.Message("Sorry no version for", pl.Name)
-					return
-				}
-
-				WriteLog("Version: " + pl.Info.Vstr + "\n")
-			}
-		}
-		if !found {
-			InfoBar.Message(args[1], "is not installed")
-		}
-	case "info":
-		if len(args) <= 1 {
-			InfoBar.Error("No plugin provided to give info for")
-			return
-		}
-		found := false
-		for _, pl := range config.Plugins {
-			if pl.Name == args[1] {
-				found = true
-				if pl.Info == nil {
-					InfoBar.Message("Sorry no info for ", pl.Name)
-					return
-				}
-
-				var buffer bytes.Buffer
-				buffer.WriteString("Name: ")
-				buffer.WriteString(pl.Info.Name)
-				buffer.WriteString("\n")
-				buffer.WriteString("Description: ")
-				buffer.WriteString(pl.Info.Desc)
-				buffer.WriteString("\n")
-				buffer.WriteString("Website: ")
-				buffer.WriteString(pl.Info.Site)
-				buffer.WriteString("\n")
-				buffer.WriteString("Installation link: ")
-				buffer.WriteString(pl.Info.Install)
-				buffer.WriteString("\n")
-				buffer.WriteString("Version: ")
-				buffer.WriteString(pl.Info.Vstr)
-				buffer.WriteString("\n")
-				buffer.WriteString("Requirements:")
-				buffer.WriteString("\n")
-				for _, r := range pl.Info.Require {
-					buffer.WriteString("    - ")
-					buffer.WriteString(r)
-					buffer.WriteString("\n")
-				}
-
-				WriteLog(buffer.String())
-			}
-		}
-		if !found {
-			InfoBar.Message(args[1], "is not installed")
-			return
-		}
-	default:
-		InfoBar.Error("Not a valid plugin command")
-		return
-	}
-
-	if valid && h.Buf.Type != buffer.BTLog {
-		OpenLogBuf(h)
-	}
 }
 
 // RetabCmd changes all spaces to tabs or all tabs to spaces

internal/config/plugin_installer.go

@@ -0,0 +1,630 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"archive/zip"
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/blang/semver"
+	lua "github.com/yuin/gopher-lua"
+	"github.com/zyedidia/json5"
+	ulua "github.com/zyedidia/micro/internal/lua"
+	"github.com/zyedidia/micro/internal/util"
+)
+
+var (
+	allPluginPackages PluginPackages
+)
+
+// CorePluginName is a plugin dependency name for the micro core.
+const CorePluginName = "micro"
+
+// PluginChannel contains an url to a json list of PluginRepository
+type PluginChannel string
+
+// PluginChannels is a slice of PluginChannel
+type PluginChannels []PluginChannel
+
+// PluginRepository contains an url to json file containing PluginPackages
+type PluginRepository string
+
+// PluginPackage contains the meta-data of a plugin and all available versions
+type PluginPackage struct {
+	Name        string
+	Description string
+	Author      string
+	Tags        []string
+	Versions    PluginVersions
+}
+
+// PluginPackages is a list of PluginPackage instances.
+type PluginPackages []*PluginPackage
+
+// PluginVersion descripes a version of a PluginPackage. Containing a version, download url and also dependencies.
+type PluginVersion struct {
+	pack    *PluginPackage
+	Version semver.Version
+	Url     string
+	Require PluginDependencies
+}
+
+func (pv *PluginVersion) Pack() *PluginPackage {
+	return pv.pack
+}
+
+// PluginVersions is a slice of PluginVersion
+type PluginVersions []*PluginVersion
+
+// PluginDependency descripes a dependency to another plugin or micro itself.
+type PluginDependency struct {
+	Name  string
+	Range semver.Range
+}
+
+// PluginDependencies is a slice of PluginDependency
+type PluginDependencies []*PluginDependency
+
+func (pp *PluginPackage) String() string {
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	buf.WriteString("Plugin: ")
+	buf.WriteString(pp.Name)
+	buf.WriteRune('\n')
+	if pp.Author != "" {
+		buf.WriteString("Author: ")
+		buf.WriteString(pp.Author)
+		buf.WriteRune('\n')
+	}
+	if pp.Description != "" {
+		buf.WriteRune('\n')
+		buf.WriteString(pp.Description)
+	}
+	return buf.String()
+}
+
+func fetchAllSources(count int, fetcher func(i int) PluginPackages) PluginPackages {
+	wgQuery := new(sync.WaitGroup)
+	wgQuery.Add(count)
+
+	results := make(chan PluginPackages)
+
+	wgDone := new(sync.WaitGroup)
+	wgDone.Add(1)
+	var packages PluginPackages
+	for i := 0; i < count; i++ {
+		go func(i int) {
+			results <- fetcher(i)
+			wgQuery.Done()
+		}(i)
+	}
+	go func() {
+		packages = make(PluginPackages, 0)
+		for res := range results {
+			packages = append(packages, res...)
+		}
+		wgDone.Done()
+	}()
+	wgQuery.Wait()
+	close(results)
+	wgDone.Wait()
+	return packages
+}
+
+// Fetch retrieves all available PluginPackages from the given channels
+func (pc PluginChannels) Fetch() PluginPackages {
+	return fetchAllSources(len(pc), func(i int) PluginPackages {
+		return pc[i].Fetch()
+	})
+}
+
+// Fetch retrieves all available PluginPackages from the given channel
+func (pc PluginChannel) Fetch() PluginPackages {
+	resp, err := http.Get(string(pc))
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Failed to query plugin channel:\n", err)
+		return PluginPackages{}
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	decoder := json5.NewDecoder(resp.Body)
+
+	var repositories []PluginRepository
+	if err := decoder.Decode(&repositories); err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Failed to decode channel data:\n", err)
+		return PluginPackages{}
+	}
+	return fetchAllSources(len(repositories), func(i int) PluginPackages {
+		return repositories[i].Fetch()
+	})
+}
+
+// Fetch retrieves all available PluginPackages from the given repository
+func (pr PluginRepository) Fetch() PluginPackages {
+	resp, err := http.Get(string(pr))
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Failed to query plugin repository:\n", err)
+		return PluginPackages{}
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	decoder := json5.NewDecoder(resp.Body)
+
+	var plugins PluginPackages
+	if err := decoder.Decode(&plugins); err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Failed to decode repository data:\n", err)
+		return PluginPackages{}
+	}
+	if len(plugins) > 0 {
+		return PluginPackages{plugins[0]}
+	}
+	return nil
+	// return plugins
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON unmarshals raw json to a PluginVersion
+func (pv *PluginVersion) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	var values struct {
+		Version semver.Version
+		Url     string
+		Require map[string]string
+	}
+
+	if err := json5.Unmarshal(data, &values); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	pv.Version = values.Version
+	pv.Url = values.Url
+	pv.Require = make(PluginDependencies, 0)
+
+	for k, v := range values.Require {
+		// don't add the dependency if it's the core and
+		// we have a unknown version number.
+		// in that case just accept that dependency (which equals to not adding it.)
+		if k != CorePluginName || !isUnknownCoreVersion() {
+			if vRange, err := semver.ParseRange(v); err == nil {
+				pv.Require = append(pv.Require, &PluginDependency{k, vRange})
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON unmarshals raw json to a PluginPackage
+func (pp *PluginPackage) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	var values struct {
+		Name        string
+		Description string
+		Author      string
+		Tags        []string
+		Versions    PluginVersions
+	}
+	if err := json5.Unmarshal(data, &values); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	pp.Name = values.Name
+	pp.Description = values.Description
+	pp.Author = values.Author
+	pp.Tags = values.Tags
+	pp.Versions = values.Versions
+	for _, v := range pp.Versions {
+		v.pack = pp
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// GetAllPluginPackages gets all PluginPackages which may be available.
+func GetAllPluginPackages() PluginPackages {
+	if allPluginPackages == nil {
+		getOption := func(name string) []string {
+			data := GetGlobalOption(name)
+			if strs, ok := data.([]string); ok {
+				return strs
+			}
+			if ifs, ok := data.([]interface{}); ok {
+				result := make([]string, len(ifs))
+				for i, urlIf := range ifs {
+					if url, ok := urlIf.(string); ok {
+						result[i] = url
+					} else {
+						return nil
+					}
+				}
+				return result
+			}
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		channels := PluginChannels{}
+		for _, url := range getOption("pluginchannels") {
+			channels = append(channels, PluginChannel(url))
+		}
+		repos := []PluginRepository{}
+		for _, url := range getOption("pluginrepos") {
+			repos = append(repos, PluginRepository(url))
+		}
+		allPluginPackages = fetchAllSources(len(repos)+1, func(i int) PluginPackages {
+			if i == 0 {
+				return channels.Fetch()
+			}
+			return repos[i-1].Fetch()
+		})
+	}
+	return allPluginPackages
+}
+
+func (pv PluginVersions) find(ppName string) *PluginVersion {
+	for _, v := range pv {
+		if v.pack.Name == ppName {
+			return v
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Len returns the number of pluginversions in this slice
+func (pv PluginVersions) Len() int {
+	return len(pv)
+}
+
+// Swap two entries of the slice
+func (pv PluginVersions) Swap(i, j int) {
+	pv[i], pv[j] = pv[j], pv[i]
+}
+
+// Less returns true if the version at position i is greater then the version at position j (used for sorting)
+func (pv PluginVersions) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	return pv[i].Version.GT(pv[j].Version)
+}
+
+// Match returns true if the package matches a given search text
+func (pp PluginPackage) Match(text string) bool {
+	text = strings.ToLower(text)
+	for _, t := range pp.Tags {
+		if strings.ToLower(t) == text {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(pp.Name), text) {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(pp.Description), text) {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+// IsInstallable returns true if the package can be installed.
+func (pp PluginPackage) IsInstallable() error {
+	_, err := GetAllPluginPackages().Resolve(GetInstalledVersions(true), PluginDependencies{
+		&PluginDependency{
+			Name:  pp.Name,
+			Range: semver.Range(func(v semver.Version) bool { return true }),
+		}})
+	return err
+}
+
+// SearchPlugin retrieves a list of all PluginPackages which match the given search text and
+// could be or are already installed
+func SearchPlugin(texts []string) (plugins PluginPackages) {
+	plugins = make(PluginPackages, 0)
+
+pluginLoop:
+	for _, pp := range GetAllPluginPackages() {
+		for _, text := range texts {
+			if !pp.Match(text) {
+				continue pluginLoop
+			}
+		}
+
+		if err := pp.IsInstallable(); err == nil {
+			plugins = append(plugins, pp)
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func isUnknownCoreVersion() bool {
+	_, err := semver.ParseTolerant(util.Version)
+	return err != nil
+}
+
+func newStaticPluginVersion(name, version string) *PluginVersion {
+	vers, err := semver.ParseTolerant(version)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		if vers, err = semver.ParseTolerant("0.0.0-" + version); err != nil {
+			vers = semver.MustParse("0.0.0-unknown")
+		}
+	}
+	pl := &PluginPackage{
+		Name: name,
+	}
+	pv := &PluginVersion{
+		pack:    pl,
+		Version: vers,
+	}
+	pl.Versions = PluginVersions{pv}
+	return pv
+}
+
+// GetInstalledVersions returns a list of all currently installed plugins including an entry for
+// micro itself. This can be used to resolve dependencies.
+func GetInstalledVersions(withCore bool) PluginVersions {
+	result := PluginVersions{}
+	if withCore {
+		result = append(result, newStaticPluginVersion(CorePluginName, util.Version))
+	}
+
+	for _, p := range Plugins {
+		version := GetInstalledPluginVersion(p.Name)
+		if pv := newStaticPluginVersion(p.Name, version); pv != nil {
+			result = append(result, pv)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
+
+// GetInstalledPluginVersion returns the string of the exported VERSION variable of a loaded plugin
+func GetInstalledPluginVersion(name string) string {
+	plugin := ulua.L.GetGlobal(name)
+	if plugin != lua.LNil {
+		version := ulua.L.GetField(plugin, "VERSION")
+		if str, ok := version.(lua.LString); ok {
+			return string(str)
+
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+// DownloadAndInstall downloads and installs the given plugin and version
+func (pv *PluginVersion) DownloadAndInstall() error {
+	fmt.Printf("Downloading %q (%s) from %q\n", pv.pack.Name, pv.Version, pv.Url)
+	resp, err := http.Get(pv.Url)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	zipbuf := bytes.NewReader(data)
+	z, err := zip.NewReader(zipbuf, zipbuf.Size())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	targetDir := filepath.Join(ConfigDir, "plug", pv.pack.Name)
+	dirPerm := os.FileMode(0755)
+	if err = os.MkdirAll(targetDir, dirPerm); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Check if all files in zip are in the same directory.
+	// this might be the case if the plugin zip contains the whole plugin dir
+	// instead of its content.
+	var prefix string
+	allPrefixed := false
+	for i, f := range z.File {
+		parts := strings.Split(f.Name, "/")
+		if i == 0 {
+			prefix = parts[0]
+		} else if parts[0] != prefix {
+			allPrefixed = false
+			break
+		} else {
+			// switch to true since we have at least a second file
+			allPrefixed = true
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Install files and directory's
+	for _, f := range z.File {
+		parts := strings.Split(f.Name, "/")
+		if allPrefixed {
+			parts = parts[1:]
+		}
+
+		targetName := filepath.Join(targetDir, filepath.Join(parts...))
+		if f.FileInfo().IsDir() {
+			if err := os.MkdirAll(targetName, dirPerm); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		} else {
+			basepath := filepath.Dir(targetName)
+
+			if err := os.MkdirAll(basepath, dirPerm); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			content, err := f.Open()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			defer content.Close()
+			target, err := os.Create(targetName)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			defer target.Close()
+			if _, err = io.Copy(target, content); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (pl PluginPackages) Get(name string) *PluginPackage {
+	for _, p := range pl {
+		if p.Name == name {
+			return p
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (pl PluginPackages) GetAllVersions(name string) PluginVersions {
+	result := make(PluginVersions, 0)
+	p := pl.Get(name)
+	if p != nil {
+		for _, v := range p.Versions {
+			result = append(result, v)
+		}
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
+func (req PluginDependencies) Join(other PluginDependencies) PluginDependencies {
+	m := make(map[string]*PluginDependency)
+	for _, r := range req {
+		m[r.Name] = r
+	}
+	for _, o := range other {
+		cur, ok := m[o.Name]
+		if ok {
+			m[o.Name] = &PluginDependency{
+				o.Name,
+				o.Range.AND(cur.Range),
+			}
+		} else {
+			m[o.Name] = o
+		}
+	}
+	result := make(PluginDependencies, 0, len(m))
+	for _, v := range m {
+		result = append(result, v)
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
+// Resolve resolves dependencies between different plugins
+func (all PluginPackages) Resolve(selectedVersions PluginVersions, open PluginDependencies) (PluginVersions, error) {
+	if len(open) == 0 {
+		return selectedVersions, nil
+	}
+	currentRequirement, stillOpen := open[0], open[1:]
+	if currentRequirement != nil {
+		if selVersion := selectedVersions.find(currentRequirement.Name); selVersion != nil {
+			if currentRequirement.Range(selVersion.Version) {
+				return all.Resolve(selectedVersions, stillOpen)
+			}
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to find a matching version for \"%s\"", currentRequirement.Name)
+		}
+		availableVersions := all.GetAllVersions(currentRequirement.Name)
+		sort.Sort(availableVersions)
+
+		for _, version := range availableVersions {
+			if currentRequirement.Range(version.Version) {
+				resolved, err := all.Resolve(append(selectedVersions, version), stillOpen.Join(version.Require))
+
+				if err == nil {
+					return resolved, nil
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to find a matching version for \"%s\"", currentRequirement.Name)
+	}
+	return selectedVersions, nil
+}
+
+func (pv PluginVersions) install() {
+	anyInstalled := false
+	currentlyInstalled := GetInstalledVersions(true)
+
+	for _, sel := range pv {
+		if sel.pack.Name != CorePluginName {
+			shouldInstall := true
+			if pv := currentlyInstalled.find(sel.pack.Name); pv != nil {
+				if pv.Version.NE(sel.Version) {
+					fmt.Println("Uninstalling", sel.pack.Name)
+					UninstallPlugin(sel.pack.Name)
+				} else {
+					shouldInstall = false
+				}
+			}
+
+			if shouldInstall {
+				if err := sel.DownloadAndInstall(); err != nil {
+					fmt.Println(err)
+					return
+				}
+				anyInstalled = true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if anyInstalled {
+		fmt.Println("One or more plugins installed.")
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println("Nothing to install / update")
+	}
+}
+
+// UninstallPlugin deletes the plugin folder of the given plugin
+func UninstallPlugin(name string) {
+	for _, p := range Plugins {
+		if p.Name == name {
+			p.Loaded = false
+			if err := os.RemoveAll(filepath.Join(ConfigDir, "plug", p.DirName)); err != nil {
+				fmt.Println(err)
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Install installs the plugin
+func (pl PluginPackage) Install() {
+	selected, err := GetAllPluginPackages().Resolve(GetInstalledVersions(true), PluginDependencies{
+		&PluginDependency{
+			Name:  pl.Name,
+			Range: semver.Range(func(v semver.Version) bool { return true }),
+		}})
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		return
+	}
+	selected.install()
+}
+
+// UpdatePlugins updates the given plugins
+func UpdatePlugins(plugins []string) {
+	// if no plugins are specified, update all installed plugins.
+	if len(plugins) == 0 {
+		for _, p := range Plugins {
+			plugins = append(plugins, p.Name)
+		}
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println("Checking for plugin updates")
+	microVersion := PluginVersions{
+		newStaticPluginVersion(CorePluginName, util.Version),
+	}
+
+	var updates = make(PluginDependencies, 0)
+	for _, name := range plugins {
+		pv := GetInstalledPluginVersion(name)
+		r, err := semver.ParseRange(">=" + pv) // Try to get newer versions.
+		if err == nil {
+			updates = append(updates, &PluginDependency{
+				Name:  name,
+				Range: r,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	selected, err := GetAllPluginPackages().Resolve(microVersion, updates)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		return
+	}
+	selected.install()
+}

internal/config/plugin_installer_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/blang/semver"
+
+	"github.com/zyedidia/json5"
+)
+
+func TestDependencyResolving(t *testing.T) {
+	js := `
+[{
+  "Name": "Foo",
+  "Versions": [{ "Version": "1.0.0" }, { "Version": "1.5.0" },{ "Version": "2.0.0" }]
+}, {
+  "Name": "Bar",
+  "Versions": [{ "Version": "1.0.0", "Require": {"Foo": ">1.0.0 <2.0.0"} }]
+}, {
+  "Name": "Unresolvable",
+  "Versions": [{ "Version": "1.0.0", "Require": {"Foo": "<=1.0.0", "Bar": ">0.0.0"} }]
+	}]
+`
+	var all PluginPackages
+	err := json5.Unmarshal([]byte(js), &all)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	selected, err := all.Resolve(PluginVersions{}, PluginDependencies{
+		&PluginDependency{"Bar", semver.MustParseRange(">=1.0.0")},
+	})
+
+	check := func(name, version string) {
+		v := selected.find(name)
+		expected := semver.MustParse(version)
+		if v == nil {
+			t.Errorf("Failed to resolve %s", name)
+		} else if expected.NE(v.Version) {
+			t.Errorf("%s resolved in wrong version %v", name, v)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else {
+		check("Foo", "1.5.0")
+		check("Bar", "1.0.0")
+	}
+
+	selected, err = all.Resolve(PluginVersions{}, PluginDependencies{
+		&PluginDependency{"Unresolvable", semver.MustParseRange(">0.0.0")},
+	})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("Unresolvable package resolved:", selected)
+	}
+}

internal/config/plugin_manager.go

@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ var (
 	ErrMissingName = errors.New("Missing or empty name field")
 	ErrMissingDesc = errors.New("Missing or empty description field")
 	ErrMissingSite = errors.New("Missing or empty website field")
-	ErrMissingInstall = errors.New("Missing or empty install field")
-	ErrMissingVstr    = errors.New("Missing or empty versions field")
-	ErrMissingRequire = errors.New("Missing or empty require field")
 )
 
 // PluginInfo contains all the needed info about a plugin
@@ -27,19 +24,16 @@ var (
 // Vstr: version
 // Require: list of dependencies and requirements
 type PluginInfo struct {
-	Name    string   `json:"name"`
+	Name string `json:"Name"`
-	Desc    string   `json:"description"`
+	Desc string `json:"Description"`
-	Site    string   `json:"website"`
+	Site string `json:"Website"`
-	Install string   `json:"install"`
-	Vstr    string   `json:"version"`
-	Require []string `json:"require"`
 }
 
 // NewPluginInfo parses a JSON input into a valid PluginInfo struct
 // Returns an error if there are any missing fields or any invalid fields
 // There are no optional fields in a plugin info json file
 func NewPluginInfo(data []byte) (*PluginInfo, error) {
-	var info PluginInfo
+	var info []PluginInfo
 
 	dec := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(data))
 	// dec.DisallowUnknownFields() // Force errors
@@ -48,19 +42,5 @@ func NewPluginInfo(data []byte) (*PluginInfo, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// if len(info.Name) == 0 {
+	return &info[0], nil
-	// 	return nil, ErrMissingName
-	// } else if len(info.Desc) == 0 {
-	// 	return nil, ErrMissingDesc
-	// } else if len(info.Site) == 0 {
-	// 	return nil, ErrMissingSite
-	// } else if len(info.Install) == 0 {
-	// 	return nil, ErrMissingInstall
-	// } else if len(info.Vstr) == 0 {
-	// 	return nil, ErrMissingVstr
-	// } else if len(info.Require) == 0 {
-	// 	return nil, ErrMissingRequire
-	// }
-
-	return &info, nil
 }

internal/config/rtfiles.go

@@ -191,12 +191,16 @@ func InitRuntimeFiles() {
 			for _, f := range srcs {
 				if strings.HasSuffix(f.Name(), ".lua") {
 					p.Srcs = append(p.Srcs, realFile(filepath.Join(plugdir, d.Name(), f.Name())))
-				} else if f.Name() == "info.json" {
+				} else if strings.HasSuffix(f.Name(), ".json") {
-					data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(plugdir, d.Name(), "info.json"))
+					data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(plugdir, d.Name(), f.Name()))
 					if err != nil {
 						continue
 					}
-					p.Info, _ = NewPluginInfo(data)
+					p.Info, err = NewPluginInfo(data)
+					if err != nil {
+						log.Println(err)
+						continue
+					}
 					p.Name = p.Info.Name
 				}
 			}
@@ -220,12 +224,16 @@ func InitRuntimeFiles() {
 				for _, f := range srcs {
 					if strings.HasSuffix(f, ".lua") {
 						p.Srcs = append(p.Srcs, assetFile(filepath.Join(plugdir, d, f)))
-					} else if f == "info.json" {
+					} else if strings.HasSuffix(f, ".json") {
-						data, err := Asset(filepath.Join(plugdir, d, "info.json"))
+						data, err := Asset(filepath.Join(plugdir, d, f))
 						if err != nil {
 							continue
 						}
-						p.Info, _ = NewPluginInfo(data)
+						p.Info, err = NewPluginInfo(data)
+						if err != nil {
+							log.Println(err)
+							continue
+						}
 						p.Name = p.Info.Name
 					}
 				}

internal/config/settings.go

@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ var defaultGlobalSettings = map[string]interface{}{
 	"paste":          false,
 	"savehistory":    true,
 	"sucmd":          "sudo",
+	"pluginchannels": []string{"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/micro-editor/plugin-channel/master/channel.json"},
+	"pluginrepos":    []string{},
 }
 
 // a list of settings that should never be globally modified

runtime/plugins/autoclose/autoclose.lua

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+VERSION = "1.0.0"
+
 local uutil = import("micro/util")
 local utf8 = import("utf8")
 local autoclosePairs = {"\"\"", "''", "``", "()", "{}", "[]"}

runtime/plugins/autoclose/info.json

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "name": "autoclose",
-    "description": "Automatically places closing characters for quotes, parentheses, brackets, etc...",
-    "website": "https://github.com/zyedidia/micro",
-    "install": "https://github.com/zyedidia/micro",
-    "version": "1.0.0",
-    "require": [
-        "micro >= 2.0.0"
-    ]
-}

runtime/plugins/comment/comment.lua

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+VERSION = "1.0.0"
+
 local util = import("micro/util")
 local config = import("micro/config")
 local buffer = import("micro/buffer")
@@ -102,5 +104,7 @@ function string.starts(String,Start)
     return string.sub(String,1,string.len(Start))==Start
 end
 
-config.MakeCommand("comment", "comment.comment", config.NoComplete)
+function init()
-config.TryBindKey("Alt-/", "lua:comment.comment", false)
+    config.MakeCommand("comment", "comment.comment", config.NoComplete)
+    config.TryBindKey("Alt-/", "lua:comment.comment", false)
+end

runtime/plugins/comment/info.json

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "name": "comment",
-    "description": "Support for automatically commenting blocks of code. Extensible and multiple languages supported.",
-    "website": "https://github.com/zyedidia/micro",
-    "install": "https://github.com/zyedidia/micro",
-    "version": "1.0.0",
-    "require": [
-        "micro >= 2.0.0"
-    ]
-}

runtime/plugins/ftoptions/ftoptions.lua

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+VERSION = "1.0.0"
+
 function onBufferOpen(b)
     local ft = b:FileType()
 

runtime/plugins/ftoptions/info.json

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "name": "ftoptions",
-    "description": "Sets basic options based on the filetype (for example Makefiles require tabs).",
-    "website": "https://github.com/zyedidia/micro",
-    "install": "https://github.com/zyedidia/micro",
-    "version": "1.0.0",
-    "require": [
-        "micro >= 2.0.0"
-    ]
-}

runtime/plugins/linter/info.json

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "name": "linter",
-    "description": "Automatic code linting for a variety of languages.",
-    "website": "https://github.com/zyedidia/micro",
-    "install": "https://github.com/zyedidia/micro",
-    "version": "1.0.0",
-    "require": [
-        "micro >= 2.0.0"
-    ]
-}

runtime/plugins/linter/linter.lua

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+VERSION = "1.0.0"
+
 local micro = import("micro")
 local runtime = import("runtime")
 local filepath = import("path/filepath")

runtime/plugins/literate/info.json

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "name": "literate",
-    "description": "Highlighting and language support for the Literate programming tool.",
-    "website": "https://github.com/zyedidia/Literate",
-    "install": "https://github.com/zyedidia/micro",
-    "version": "1.0.0",
-    "require": [
-        "micro >= 2.0.0"
-    ]
-}

runtime/plugins/literate/literate.lua

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+VERSION = "1.0.0"
+
 local config = import("micro/config")
 
 function startswith(str, start)

runtime/plugins/status/status.lua

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-micro = import("micro")
+VERSION = "1.0.0"
-buffer = import("micro/buffer")
+
-config = import("micro/config")
+local micro = import("micro")
+local buffer = import("micro/buffer")
+local config = import("micro/config")
 
 function init()
     micro.SetStatusInfoFn("status.branch")