feat(render_plugin): add --display-mode so multi-mode plugins can be rendered - #522
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…rendered render_plugin.py always called plugin.display(force_clear=True) with no mode. A plugin that declares one display mode is fine, but the sports scoreboards declare three or more and keep their per-mode state on sub-managers; their no-argument path selects nothing and returns False, so the render came out blank with nothing to say why. Measured on nrl-scoreboard with identical seeded state: live.display() directly True, 1892 lit pixels plugin.display(display_mode="nrl_live") True, 1892 lit pixels plugin.display() False, 0 lit pixels --display-mode passes the requested mode through. It is only passed when asked for, so the many plugins whose display() takes no display_mode keep working untouched, and a plugin that declares modes but does not accept the argument degrades to its default screen with a warning rather than a TypeError. This is what lets the plugin READMEs show a scoreboard at all, and it also unblocks screens like birdnet_stats and the weather plugin's hourly, daily and almanac modes, which could previously only be described in prose. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe plugin renderer adds an optional ChangesPlugin display mode
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Display-mode rendering can retry a plugin after an internal failure, potentially duplicating effects or rendering its default screen instead of reporting the error. The fallback should be limited to unsupported display_mode arguments before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@scripts/render_plugin.py`:
- Line 158: Update the TypeError handling around plugin_instance.display() so
the fallback to display(force_clear=True) occurs only when the exception
indicates an unsupported display_mode argument; re-raise all other TypeError
instances to preserve internal errors and avoid duplicate side effects.
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
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#!/bin/sh
set -eu
python - <<'PY'
calls = []
class Plugin:
def display(self, **kwargs):
calls.append(kwargs)
if "display_mode" in kwargs:
raise TypeError("internal display failure")
plugin = Plugin()
try:
plugin.display(display_mode="mode", force_clear=True)
except TypeError:
plugin.display(force_clear=True)
assert len(calls) == 2
assert calls[1] == {"force_clear": True}
PYRepository: ChuckBuilds/LEDMatrix
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set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- target file ---'
sed -n '125,175p' scripts/render_plugin.py
printf '%s\n' '--- related display definitions and call sites ---'
rg -n -C 3 'def display|\.display\(' scripts
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant diff summary ---'
git diff --stat -- scripts/render_plugin.py
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Limit the fallback to unsupported-argument errors.
When args.display_mode is set and plugin_instance.display() raises an internal TypeError, the fallback calls display(force_clear=True) again. This can duplicate side effects and hide the original error. Re-raise errors that do not indicate an unexpected display_mode keyword.
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In `@scripts/render_plugin.py` at line 158, Update the TypeError handling around
plugin_instance.display() so the fallback to display(force_clear=True) occurs
only when the exception indicates an unsupported display_mode argument; re-raise
all other TypeError instances to preserve internal errors and avoid duplicate
side effects.
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The problem
scripts/render_plugin.pyalways calls:with no mode. That is fine for a plugin declaring one display mode. The sports scoreboards declare three or more and keep their per-mode state on sub-managers (
self._managers["live"]), and their no-argument path selects nothing and returnsFalse— so the render comes out blank with nothing in the output explaining why.Measured on
nrl-scoreboardwith identical seeded state:The change
--display-modepasses the requested mode through. It is only passed when asked for, so the many plugins whosedisplay()takes nodisplay_modekeep working untouched. A plugin that declares modes but does not accept the argument degrades to its default screen with a warning rather than aTypeError.Why it matters beyond the scoreboards
This is what lets the plugin READMEs show a scoreboard at all — six of them are currently the only plugins in the registry with no screenshot, because their content lives entirely behind named modes.
It also unblocks screens I previously had to describe in prose rather than picture:
birdnet_stats(ChuckBuilds/ledmatrix-plugins#413) and the weather plugin's hourly, daily and almanac modes.Verification
pytest test/ -k "render_plugin or plugin_system": 24 passednrl-scoreboardrendered through the documentation pipeline with--display-mode nrl_livenow draws its live card ("2nd Half", PEN 18-24 MEL) where it previously produced an empty paneldisplay_modeare unaffected — the argument is not passed unless requested🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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New Features
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