From 10d4942e6c1815634ce54150d8882db122beebf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 07:56:23 -0600
Subject: add options to debug plugin load failures

---
 argv.go   |  1 +
 init.go   |  3 +++
 plugin.go | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/argv.go b/argv.go
index e5514de..b7e75df 100644
--- a/argv.go
+++ b/argv.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ type ArgsGui struct {
 	NoGui      bool   `arg:"--no-gui"         help:"ignore all these gui problems"`
 	GuiPlugin  string `arg:"--gui"            help:"Use this gui toolkit [andlabs,gocui,nocui,stdin]"`
 	GuiFile    string `arg:"--gui-file"       help:"Use a specific plugin.so file"`
+	GuiTest    string `arg:"--gui-test"       help:"test a specific plugin.so will load"`
 	GuiVerbose bool   `arg:"--gui-verbose"    help:"enable all logging"`
 }
 
diff --git a/init.go b/init.go
index f56fa15..d6e1678 100644
--- a/init.go
+++ b/init.go
@@ -281,6 +281,9 @@ func New() *Node {
 			// trapStdout()
 		}
 	*/
+	if argGui.GuiTest != "" {
+		testPlugin()
+	}
 
 	initNew()
 	return me.rootNode
diff --git a/plugin.go b/plugin.go
index 0a8f993..396829d 100644
--- a/plugin.go
+++ b/plugin.go
@@ -149,6 +149,15 @@ func searchPaths(name string) *aplug {
 	var pfile []byte
 	var err error
 
+	// try the filename from the command line first
+	if argGui.GuiFile != "" {
+		p := initToolkit(name, argGui.GuiFile)
+		if p != nil {
+			log.Log(NOW, "gui.Init() loaded ok!", argGui.GuiFile)
+			return p
+		}
+	}
+
 	// first try to load the embedded plugin file
 	// always try this first as it should have been
 	// tested by whomever compiled your binary
@@ -219,6 +228,17 @@ func searchPaths(name string) *aplug {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// tests the plugin file will load
+func testPlugin() {
+	_, err := plugin.Open(argGui.GuiTest)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Log(PLUG, "plugin.Open() FAILED =", argGui.GuiTest, err)
+		os.Exit(-1)
+	}
+	log.Log(PLUG, "plugin.Open() SUCCESS loading plugin =", argGui.GuiTest)
+	os.Exit(0)
+}
+
 // load module
 // 1. open the shared object file to load the symbols
 func initToolkit(name string, filename string) *aplug {
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