Vector35 / Vector35/binaryninja-api
re-organize first-party plugin actions
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Description
Right now, the following plugins put their menus in the top-level "plugin" menu when they belong elsewhere. This issue tracks moving those into more appropriate locations:
- (Jordan) BinExport (move to File / Export)
- (Mason) BNTL (Maybe a new "Types" top level menu?)
- (?) Export as DWARF (move to File / Export)
- (Josh) Ghidra (should be split into Import / Export and moved to the appropriate sub-menu probably?)
- (Mason) Load IDB File (maybe this can be buried much deeper now that the better workflow is using OwO?)
- (Mason) Load SVD File (maybe "import"? Maybe a Types menu?)
- (Brandon) Run EFI resolver (probably should go away entirely once we have the right workflow eligibility?)
- (Mason) TriCore / Debug Current Instruction (should not be a sub-menu but maybe belongs under "Analysis"? Or if it's super rare, just put it in the command-palette only, not a UI menu.
- (Mason) WARP (I like this being under a tyop-level "Types" menu but we can discuss this)
Blocked by #8091
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Research direction
Start by resolving the dependency on #8091, then review the menu registrations for the listed first-party plugins, including BinExport, BNTL, Ghidra, WARP, and the file-loading actions. Done means each item has an agreed destination, removal decision, or command-palette-only treatment, with the top-level Plugin menu no longer holding actions that belong elsewhere.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- reverse-engineering, tooling
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100