Configuring Plug-ins

IDA provides a limited ability to configure plug-ins via settings in <IDADIR>/plugins/plugins.cfg. Settings in plugins.cfg can be used to specify the following information about a plug-in:

  • An alternate menu description for the plug-in. This value overrides the plug-in’s wanted_name data member.

  • A nonstandard location or file extension for the plug-in. By default IDA searches for plug-ins in <IDADIR>/plugins and expects plug-ins to have a default, platform-specific file extension.

  • An alternate or additional hotkey used to activate the plug-in. This value overrides the plug-in’s wanted_hotkey data member.

  • An integer value to be passed to the plug-in’s PLUGIN.run function each time the plug-in is activated.

  • An optional DEBUG flag ...

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