[API 7.0.0 compatibility] Made changes to take advantage of the latest API changes

including the ability to start and stop most scripts.

contrib/photils.lua

@@ -39,13 +39,20 @@
 local dt = require "darktable"
 local du = require "lib/dtutils"
 local df = require "lib/dtutils.file"
-
 local dtsys = require "lib/dtutils.system"
 
 local MODULE_NAME = "photils"
-du.check_min_api_version("5.0.0", MODULE_NAME)
+du.check_min_api_version("7.0.0", MODULE_NAME) 
+
+-- return data structure for script_manager
+
+local script_data = {}
+
+script_data.destroy = nil -- function to destory the script
+script_data.destroy_method = nil -- set to hide for libs since we can't destroy them commpletely yet, otherwise leave as nil
+script_data.restart = nil -- how to restart the (lib) script after it's been hidden - i.e. make it visible again
+
 
-local CURR_API_STRING = dt.configuration.api_version_string
 local PS = dt.configuration.running_os == "windows" and "\\" or "/"
 local gettext = dt.gettext
 gettext.bindtextdomain(MODULE_NAME,
@@ -391,6 +398,22 @@ local function install_module()
   end
 end
 
+local function destroy()
+    dt.gui.libs[MODULE_NAME].visible = false
+    dt.destroy_event("photils", "mouse-over-image-changed")
+end
+
+local function restart()
+    dt.gui.libs[MODULE_NAME].visible = true
+    dt.register_event("photils", "mouse-over-image-changed",
+        PHOTILS.image_changed)
+end
+
+local function show()
+    dt.gui.libs[MODULE_NAME].visible = true
+end
+
+
 -- add a fix number of buttons
 for _ = 1, PHOTILS.per_page, 1 do
     local btn_tag = dt.new_widget("check_button") {
@@ -454,7 +477,7 @@ dt.preferences.register(MODULE_NAME,
                           "The embedded thumbnail could speedup the tag suggestion but can fail if the RAW file is not supported."),
                         true)
 
-dt.register_event("mouse-over-image-changed",
+dt.register_event("photils", "mouse-over-image-changed",
     PHOTILS.image_changed)
 
 if dt.gui.current_view().id == "lighttable" then
@@ -462,7 +485,7 @@ if dt.gui.current_view().id == "lighttable" then
 else
   if not PHOTILS.event_registered then
     dt.register_event(
-      "view-changed",
+      "photils", "view-changed",
       function(event, old_view, new_view)
         if new_view.name == "lighttable" and old_view.name == "darkroom" then
           install_module()
@@ -473,3 +496,9 @@ else
   end
 end
 
+script_data.destroy = destroy
+script_data.restart = restart
+script_data.destroy_method = "hide"
+script_data.show = show
+
+return script_data