KiCad - the KiCad Bridge

@@ -139,6 +139,55 @@ except Exception: """  +_PLUGIN_DIR_LOADER = """\+\"\"\"adom_bridge_plugin - Adom KiCad bridge loader, KiCad plugin-dir entry.++THE 10.0.5 FIX (issue #31, root-caused 2026-08-18). The bridge used to be loaded+by usercustomize.py, which only runs if the interpreter performs site's+execusercustomize() step. KiCad 10.0.5's GUI stopped doing that, so the reverse+bridge never started and kicad_bridge_status read 0 alive while KiCad sat there+running.++KiCad DOES still import every .py in its scripting/plugins directory at startup -+verified live on 10.0.5: a probe placed here fired inside kicad.exe and reported+site.USER_SITE already pointing at the bridge's deploy directory. So this file is+the reliable entry point, and the payload it loads is unchanged.+\"\"\"+try:+    import os+    import sys++    if not os.environ.get("ADOM_KICAD_BRIDGE_LOADED"):+        os.environ["ADOM_KICAD_BRIDGE_LOADED"] = "1"+        import usercustomize  # noqa: F401 - importing it IS the bootstrap+except Exception:+    try:+        import tempfile+        import traceback+        with open(os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(),+                               "adom-kicad-plugin-loader.error.log"), "a") as fh:+            fh.write(traceback.format_exc() + chr(10))+    except Exception:+        pass+"""+++def _kicad_plugin_dirs(version: str):+    """KiCad's own scripting-plugin directories (it imports every .py here at+    startup). %APPDATA%/kicad/<version>/scripting/plugins on Windows."""+    import os as _os+    from pathlib import Path as _P+    appdata = _os.environ.get("APPDATA")+    if not appdata:+        return []+    out = []+    base = _P(appdata) / "kicad"+    for v in ({version} | {d.name for d in base.glob("*") if d.is_dir()}):+        if v:+            out.append(base / v / "scripting" / "plugins")+    return out++ def _std_user_site():     """The interpreter's DEFAULT user-site for KiCad's Python 3.11 on Windows:     %APPDATA%\\Python\\Python311\\site-packages. KiCad 10.0.5 reports this as@@ -346,6 +395,24 @@ def _install_one_version(version: str, version_info: dict) -> dict:     # everything deployed to the Documents user-site is invisible. Deploying the     # same payload to the interpreter's real user-site makes the loader fire     # again; the boot guard keeps it inert in every non-KiCad Python.+    # THE loader that actually fires on 10.0.5: KiCad imports scripting/plugins.+    try:+        pdirs = _kicad_plugin_dirs(str(version or "10.0"))+        wrote = []+        for pdir in pdirs:+            try:+                pdir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)+                (pdir / "adom_bridge_plugin.py").write_text(_PLUGIN_DIR_LOADER,+                                                            encoding="utf-8")+                wrote.append(str(pdir))+            except Exception:+                pass+        if wrote:+            report["pluginDirLoaders"] = wrote+            written.append({"name": "adom_bridge_plugin.py", "dest": "; ".join(wrote)})+    except Exception as e:+        report["pluginDirError"] = str(e)+     try:         std_site = _std_user_site()         if std_site and std_site != user_site: