--- a/sat.tac	Fri Jun 18 17:14:14 2010 +0800
+++ b/sat.tac	Sat Jun 19 17:15:30 2010 +0800
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@
         self.__private_data = {}  #used for internal callbacks (key = id)
         self.profiles = {}
         self.plugins = {}
+        self.menus = {} #used to know which new menus are wanted by plugins
         
         self.memory=Memory(self)
         self.server_features=[]  #XXX: temp dic, need to be transfered into self.memory in the future
@@ -357,6 +358,9 @@
         self.bridge.register("launchAction", self.launchAction)
         self.bridge.register("confirmationAnswer", self.confirmationAnswer)
         self.bridge.register("getProgress", self.getProgress)
+        self.bridge.register("getMenus", self.getMenus)
+        self.bridge.register("getMenuHelp", self.getMenuHelp)
+        self.bridge.register("callMenu", self.callMenu)
 
         self._import_plugins()
 
@@ -689,7 +693,7 @@
 
     def confirmationAnswer(self, id, accepted, data):
         """Called by frontends to answer confirmation requests"""
-        debug (_("Received confirmation answer for id [%(id)s]: %(success)s") % {'id': id, 'success':u("accepted") if accepted else _("refused")})
+        debug (_("Received confirmation answer for id [%(id)s]: %(success)s") % {'id': id, 'success':_("accepted") if accepted else _("refused")})
         if not self.__waiting_conf.has_key(id):
             error (_("Received an unknown confirmation"))
         else:
@@ -740,6 +744,46 @@
             error(_("Trying to call unknown function"))
             return None
 
+    #Menus management
+
+    def importMenu(self, category, name, callback, help_string = "", type = "NORMAL"):
+        """register a new menu for frontends
+        @param category: category of the menu
+        @param name: menu item entry
+        @param callback: method to be called when menuitem is selected"""
+        if self.menus.has_key((category,name)):
+            error ("Want to register a menu which already existe")
+            return
+        self.menus[(category,name,type)] = {'callback':callback, 'help_string':help_string, 'type':type}
+
+    def getMenus(self):
+        """Return all menus registered"""
+        return self.menus.keys()
+
+    def getMenuHelp(self, category, name, type="NORMAL"):
+        """return the help string of the menu"""
+        try:
+            return self.menus[(category,name,type)]['help_string']
+        except KeyError:
+            error (_("Trying to access an unknown menu"))
+            return ""
+
+    def callMenu(self, category, name, type="NORMAL", profile_key='@DEFAULT@'):
+        """return the help string of the menu"""
+        profile = self.memory.getProfileName(profile_key)
+        if not profile_key:
+            error (_('Non-exsitant profile'))
+            return ""
+        try:
+            id = self.get_next_id()
+            self.menus[(category,name,type)]['callback'](id, profile)
+            return id
+        except KeyError:
+            error (_("Trying to access an unknown menu"))
+            return ""
+
+
+
 application = service.Application('SàT')
 service = SAT()
 service.setServiceParent(application)