do not forget previous selections during en-/disable help

use png instead of gif for en-/disable help icons
download of complete log file is possible
prevent the "plugin_manager" from disabling itself

plugins/logs/language.hdf

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Text {
 	ShowAll	= Show all messages
 	AtLeastWarnings	= Show warnings and errors
 	OnlyErrors	= Show errors only
+	DownloadLogFile	= Download complete log
 	AgeOfEvent	= Time passed
 	EventText	= Description
 	TimeUnits {

plugins/logs/logs.py

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ __revision__ = "$Id"
 import cryptobox.plugins.base
 import re
 import datetime
+import cherrypy
 
 LOG_LEVELS = [ 'DEBUG', 'INFO', 'NOTICE', 'WARNING', 'ERROR' ]
 
@@ -68,10 +69,24 @@ class logs(cryptobox.plugins.base.CryptoBoxPlugin):
 				level = None
 		for (index, line) in enumerate(self.__filter_log_content(lines, size, level)):
 			self.__set_line_hdf_data(self.hdf_prefix + "Content.%d" % index, line)
-		self.hdf[self.hdf_prefix + "Destination"] = self.cbox.prefs["Log"]["Destination"].lower()
+		self.hdf[self.hdf_prefix + "Destination"] = \
+				self.cbox.prefs["Log"]["Destination"].lower()
 		return "show_log"
 
 
+	@cherrypy.expose
+	def download(self, **kargs):
+		"""Download the complete log file
+
+		**kargs are necessary - we have to ignore 'weblang' and so on ...
+		"""
+		log_file = self.__get_log_destination_file()
+		if log_file is None:
+			return ""
+		else:
+			return cherrypy.lib.cptools.serveFile(log_file, disposition="attachment", name="cryptobox_logfile.txt")
+
+
 	def get_status(self):
 		"""The current status includes the log configuration details.
 		"""
@@ -79,7 +94,7 @@ class logs(cryptobox.plugins.base.CryptoBoxPlugin):
 			self.cbox.prefs["Log"]["Level"],
 			self.cbox.prefs["Log"]["Destination"],
 			self.cbox.prefs["Log"]["Details"])
-
+	
 
 	def __filter_log_content(self, lines, max_size, level):
 		"""Filter, sort and shorten the log content.
@@ -122,7 +137,7 @@ class logs(cryptobox.plugins.base.CryptoBoxPlugin):
 		if not match:
 			## we could not parse the line - just return the text without meta info
 			return
-		## matching was successfully - we can parse the line for details
+		## matching was successful - we can parse the line for details
 		## calculate time difference of log line (aka: age of event)
 		try:
 			(year, month, day, hour, minute) = match.group(
@@ -159,21 +174,31 @@ class logs(cryptobox.plugins.base.CryptoBoxPlugin):
 			pass
 	
 
+	def __get_log_destination_file(self):
+		"""For non-file log destinations return 'None' and output a warning
+		"""
+		try:
+			if self.cbox.prefs["Log"]["Destination"].upper() == "FILE":
+				import os
+				return os.path.abspath(self.cbox.prefs["Log"]["Details"])
+			else:
+				return None
+		except KeyError:
+			self.cbox.log.error(
+					"could not evaluate one of the following config settings: "
+					+ "[Log]->Destination or [Log]->Details")
+			return None
+
+
 	def __get_log_data(self, lines=None, max_size=None):
 		"""get the most recent log entries of the log file
 
 		the maximum number and size of these entries can be limited by
 		'lines' and 'max_size'
 		"""
-		# return nothing if the currently selected log output is not a file
-		try:
-			if self.cbox.prefs["Log"]["Destination"].upper() != "FILE":
-				return []
-			log_file = self.cbox.prefs["Log"]["Details"]
-		except KeyError:
-			self.cbox.log.error(
-					"could not evaluate one of the following config settings: "
-					+ "[Log]->Destination or [Log]->Details")
+		log_file = self.__get_log_destination_file()
+		## return nothing if the currently selected log output is not a file
+		if log_file is None:
 			return []
 		try:
 			fdesc = open(log_file, "r")

plugins/logs/show_log.cs

@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@
 				/with ?><?cs /loop ?><?cs
 			/if ?>
 		</table>
+	<?cs call:print_form_header("download-log", "downloads/logs") ?>
+		<button type="submit" value="refresh"><?cs
+			var:html_escape(Lang.Plugins.logs.Text.DownloadLogFile) ?></button>
+	</form>
 	<?cs else ?>
 		<?cs call:hint("Plugins.logs.EmptyLog") ?>
 	<?cs /if ?>

plugins/plugin-interface.txt

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ Python code interface:
 	  never get called with an invalid device)
 	- the python module which contains the plugin's class should also contain a class called
 	  'unittests' - it should inherit WebInterfaceTestClass.WebInterfaceTestClass
+	- method "download" is exposed as "downloads/PLUGINNAME"
 
 
 Language file structure:

plugins/plugin_manager/plugin_manager.py

@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ class plugin_manager(cryptobox.plugins.base.CryptoBoxPlugin):
 				(vis_type, ) = pattern.match(key).groups()
 				if vis_type:
 					setting["visibility"].append(vis_type)
+		## the plugin_manager _must_ always be visible
+		if (self.get_name() == name) and (not setting["visibility"]):
+			## reset to default
+			setting["visibility"] = self.plugin_visibility[:]
 		if args.has_key("%s_auth" % name):
 			setting["requestAuth"] = True
 		else:

src/cryptobox/plugins/base.py

@@ -147,6 +147,13 @@ class CryptoBoxPlugin:
 		return []
 
 
+	@cherrypy.expose
+	def download(self, **kargs):
+		"""Deliver a downloadable file - by default return nothing
+		"""
+		return ""
+
+
 	@cherrypy.expose
 	def get_icon(self, image=None, **kargs):
 		"""return the image data of the icon of the plugin

src/cryptobox/web/sites.py

@@ -58,6 +58,22 @@ class PluginIconHandler:
 
 
 
+class PluginDownloadHandler:
+	"""deliver downloadable files of available plugins via cherrypy
+	
+	the state (enabled/disabled) and the require-auth setting is ignored
+	"""
+
+	def __init__(self, plugins):
+		for plugin in plugins.get_plugins():
+			if not plugin:
+				continue
+			plname = plugin.get_name()
+			## expose the get_icon function of this plugin
+			setattr(self, plname, plugin.download)
+
+
+
 class WebInterfaceSites:
 	"""handle all http requests and render pages
 
@@ -91,6 +107,9 @@ class WebInterfaceSites:
 		## publish plugin icons
 		self.icons = PluginIconHandler(self.__plugin_manager)
 		self.icons.exposed = True
+		## publish plugin downloads
+		self.downloads = PluginDownloadHandler(self.__plugin_manager)
+		self.downloads.exposed = True
 		## announce that the server started up
 		self.setup()
 
@@ -206,7 +225,7 @@ class WebInterfaceSites:
 					## invalid base64 string
 					pass
 				except AttributeError:
-					## no cherrypy response header defined
+					## no cherrypy request header defined
 					pass
 				auth_dict = self.cbox.prefs.user_db["admins"]
 				if user in auth_dict.keys():
@@ -245,6 +264,7 @@ class WebInterfaceSites:
 		return self.return_plugin_action(
 				self.__plugin_manager.get_plugin("disks"))(**param_dict)
 
+
 	def new_http_error_handler(self, error_code, message):
 		"""handle http errors gracefully
 
@@ -387,7 +407,7 @@ class WebInterfaceSites:
 		else:
 			return lambda **args: handler(self, **args)
 
-				
+	
 	@cherrypy.expose
 	def test(self, weblang="", help="0", device=None):
 		"""test authentication - this function may be safely removed

templates/macros.cs

@@ -175,8 +175,7 @@ def:reload_link(attr, value) ?><?cs
 		?><?cs # do not keep _all_ params - just the necessary ones
 				otherwise it could happen, that a previous action is repeated
 				accidently by reloading - or given passwords can be exposed in the url
-		?><?cs if:(name(attrs) == "weblang") || (name(attrs) == "device") || 
-				(name(attrs) == "help") ?><?cs
+		?><?cs if:(name(attrs) != "action") && (name(attrs) != "store") ?><?cs
 			set:Temp[name(attrs)] = attrs ?><?cs /if
 		?><?cs /each
 	?><?cs if:attr != "" ?><?cs set:Temp[attr] = value ?><?cs /if
@@ -201,12 +200,12 @@ def:help_link() ?><?cs
 			<a href="<?cs call:reload_link("help","0") ?>"
 					title="<?cs var:html_escape(Lang.Button.DisableHelp) ?>">
 				<?cs var:html_escape(Lang.Button.DisableHelp) ?><?cs
-				set:icon_file = "icon_get_help_disable.gif" ?><?cs
+				set:icon_file = "icon_get_help_disable.png" ?><?cs
 		else ?>
 			<a href="<?cs call:reload_link("help","1") ?>"
 					title="<?cs var:html_escape(Lang.Button.EnableHelp) ?>">
 				<?cs var:html_escape(Lang.Button.EnableHelp) ?><?cs
-				set:icon_file = "icon_get_help.gif" ?><?cs
+				set:icon_file = "icon_get_help.png" ?><?cs
 		/if ?>
 			<img class="message_symbol" src="cryptobox-misc/<?cs var:icon_file ?>" alt="icon: help" />
 			</a></div><?cs