Added module metadata file to CalamaresAddPlugin macro.

Also improved output.

CMakeModules/CMakeColors.cmake

+if(NOT WIN32)
+  string(ASCII 27 Esc)
+  set(ColorReset  "${Esc}[m")
+  set(ColorBold   "${Esc}[1m")
+  set(Red         "${Esc}[31m")
+  set(Green       "${Esc}[32m")
+  set(Yellow      "${Esc}[33m")
+  set(Blue        "${Esc}[34m")
+  set(Magenta     "${Esc}[35m")
+  set(Cyan        "${Esc}[36m")
+  set(White       "${Esc}[37m")
+  set(BoldRed     "${Esc}[1;31m")
+  set(BoldGreen   "${Esc}[1;32m")
+  set(BoldYellow  "${Esc}[1;33m")
+  set(BoldBlue    "${Esc}[1;34m")
+  set(BoldMagenta "${Esc}[1;35m")
+  set(BoldCyan    "${Esc}[1;36m")
+  set(BoldWhite   "${Esc}[1;37m")
+endif()

CalamaresAddPlugin.cmake

@@ -5,18 +5,22 @@ function(calamares_add_plugin)
     # parse arguments (name needs to be saved before passing ARGN into the macro)
     set(NAME ${ARGV0})
     set(options NO_INSTALL SHARED_LIB)
-    set(oneValueArgs NAME TYPE EXPORT_MACRO)
+    set(oneValueArgs NAME TYPE EXPORT_MACRO CONFIG_FILE)
     set(multiValueArgs SOURCES UI LINK_LIBRARIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS)
     cmake_parse_arguments(PLUGIN "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}" ${ARGN})
     set(PLUGIN_NAME ${NAME})
+    set(PLUGIN_DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/calamares/modules/${PLUGIN_NAME})
 
-    message("*** Arguments for ${PLUGIN_NAME}")
-    message("Sources: ${PLUGIN_SOURCES}")
-    message("Link libraries: ${PLUGIN_LINK_LIBRARIES}")
-    message("UI: ${PLUGIN_UI}")
-    message("TYPE: ${PLUGIN_TYPE}")
-    message("EXPORT_MACRO: ${PLUGIN_EXPORT_MACRO}")
-    message("NO_INSTALL: ${PLUGIN_NO_INSTALL}")
+    include(CMakeColors)
+    message("${BoldYellow}*** Found ${CALAMARES_APPLICATION_NAME} module: ${BoldRed}${PLUGIN_NAME}${ColorReset}${BoldYellow} ***${ColorReset}")
+    message("    ${Green}SOURCES:${ColorReset} ${PLUGIN_SOURCES}")
+    message("    ${Green}LINK_LIBRARIES:${ColorReset} ${PLUGIN_LINK_LIBRARIES}")
+    message("    ${Green}UI:${ColorReset} ${PLUGIN_UI}")
+    message("    ${Green}TYPE:${ColorReset} ${PLUGIN_TYPE}")
+    message("    ${Green}EXPORT_MACRO:${ColorReset} ${PLUGIN_EXPORT_MACRO}")
+    message("    ${Green}NO_INSTALL:${ColorReset} ${PLUGIN_NO_INSTALL}")
+    message("    ${Green}CONFIG_FILE:${ColorReset} ${PLUGIN_CONFIG_FILE}")
+    message("    ${Green}PLUGIN_DESTINATION:${ColorReset} ${PLUGIN_DESTINATION}")
 
     # create target name once for convenience
     set(target "calamares_${PLUGIN_TYPE}_${PLUGIN_NAME}")
@@ -49,7 +53,14 @@ function(calamares_add_plugin)
 
     list(APPEND calamares_add_library_args "NO_VERSION")
 
-    list(APPEND calamares_add_library_args "INSTALL_BINDIR" "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
+    list(APPEND calamares_add_library_args "INSTALL_BINDIR" "${PLUGIN_DESTINATION}")
+
+    #message("    ${Green}CalamaresAddLibrary arguments:${ColorReset} ${calamares_add_library_args}")
+    message("")
 
     calamares_add_library(${calamares_add_library_args})
+
+    configure_file(${PLUGIN_CONFIG_FILE} ${PLUGIN_CONFIG_FILE} COPYONLY)
+    install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PLUGIN_CONFIG_FILE}
+            DESTINATION ${PLUGIN_DESTINATION})
 endfunction()

src/modules/greeting/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ include_directories( ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/src/calamares )
 calamares_add_plugin( greeting
     TYPE pageplugin
     EXPORT_MACRO PLUGINDLLEXPORT_PRO
+    CONFIG_FILE module.conf
     SOURCES
         GreetingPagePlugin.cpp
         GreetingPage.cpp

src/modules/greeting/module.conf

+# Module metadata file for dummy plugin
+# Syntax is YAML 1.2
+---
+type:      "view"     #core or view
+name:      "greeting" #the module name. must be unique and same as the parent directory
+interface: "qtplugin" #can be: qtplugin, python, process, ...
+requires:  []         #list of module names that must also be loaded. only applies to
+                      #binary plugins! these are actual link-time dependencies, not
+                      #conceptual dependencies for the setup procedure