From 9c53adfbb9c13870d9ff9634c59991a0ed07fd3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:08:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add an --ignore-plugins option to calibre.exe

---
 src/calibre/gui2/main.py | 3 +++
 src/calibre/gui2/ui.py   | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/main.py b/src/calibre/gui2/main.py
index c8b5cb001e..aaca398e44 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/main.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/main.py
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ path_to_ebook to the database.
                       help=_('Log debugging information to console'))
     parser.add_option('--no-update-check', default=False, action='store_true',
             help=_('Do not check for updates'))
+    parser.add_option('--ignore-plugins', default=False, action='store_true',
+            help=_('Ignore custom plugins, useful if you installed a plugin'
+                ' that is preventing calibre from starting'))
     return parser
 
 def init_qt(args):
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py b/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
index 79bd1decc5..9eb202d761 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ class Main(MainWindow, MainWindowMixin, DeviceMixin, EmailMixin, # {{{
         self.gui_debug = gui_debug
         acmap = OrderedDict()
         for action in interface_actions():
+            if opts.ignore_plugins and action.plugin_path is not None:
+                continue
             try:
                 ac = action.load_actual_plugin(self)
             except: