# Misc shared functions.
# Copyright (C) 2010 Francis Markham
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it 
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import plugins, sys, os

VERSION = "0.1"

def print_err(msg):
    sys.stderr.write("ERROR -- " + msg + "\n")
    sys.exit(1)

def init_plugin_system():
    #  Detect plugins
    path = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])) + os.path.sep
    plugins_path = path + "plugins/"
    
    if not (os.path.exists(plugins_path) and os.path.isdir(plugins_path)):
        print_err("Could not find plugins, expected at: " + plugins_path)
        
    # Try and load plugins
    plugins.load_plugins(plugins_path)
        
