more plugin things

roi-builder-pack/__init__.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ License: GPL-3.0
 # Built-in imports
 import os
 import json
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional, Any
 
 # External library imports
@@ -502,12 +503,43 @@ class Plugin:
             self.widget_instance.activateWindow()
 
     def show_about(self) -> None:
-        """Displays plugin information."""
+        """Displays plugin information dynamically from plugin.json if available."""
+        # Fallback default values
+        title = "ROI Channel Builder"
+        version = "Unknown"
+        author = "Unknown"
+        description = (
+            "This plugin loads SNIRF binary files using h5py, extracts source-detector "
+            "channel pairs, and exports custom ROI channel group JSON files."
+        )
+
+        # Look for plugin.json in the same directory as this file
+        json_path = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "plugin.json"
+
+        if json_path.is_file():
+            try:
+                with open(json_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                    data = json.load(f)
+                    if isinstance(data, dict):
+                        title = data.get("name", title)
+                        version = data.get("version", version)
+                        author = data.get("author", author)
+                        description = data.get("description", description)
+            except Exception:
+                # Silently catch file read/parse errors to prevent crashing
+                pass
+
+        # Build formatted display message
+        message = (
+            f"<b>{title}</b><br>"
+            f"<b>Version:</b> {version} &nbsp;|&nbsp; <b>Author:</b> {author}<br><br>"
+            f"{description}"
+        )
+
         QMessageBox.about(
             self.main_window,
-            "About ROI Channel Builder",
-            "This plugin loads SNIRF binary files using h5py, extracts source-detector channel pairs, "
-            "and exports custom ROI channel group JSON files.",
+            f"About {title}",
+            message,
         )
 
 

roi-builder-pack/plugin.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "id": "roi-builder-pack",
     "name": "ROI Channel Builder Pack",
-    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "version": "0.1.0",
     "description": "Extracts channel labels from SNIRF files and generates custom ROI grouping JSON files.",
     "author": "Tyler de Zeeuw",
     "min_app_version": "1.7.0",