Index: trunk/scconfig/plugins.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/scconfig/plugins.h	(revision 8884)
+++ trunk/scconfig/plugins.h	(revision 8885)
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
 plugin_def("io_kicad_legacy",  "Kicad's legacy format",           sbuildin, 1)
 plugin_def("io_kicad",         "Kicad's s-expr format",           sbuildin, 1)
 plugin_def("io_lihata",        "lihata board format",             sbuildin, 1)
+plugin_def("io_mentor_cell",   "Mentor Graphics cell footprints", sdisable, 1)
 plugin_def("io_pcb",           "the original pcb format",         sbuildin, 1)
 
 plugin_header("\nHID plugins:\n")
Index: trunk/src_plugins/io_mentor_cell/Makefile
===================================================================
--- trunk/src_plugins/io_mentor_cell/Makefile	(nonexistent)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/io_mentor_cell/Makefile	(revision 8885)
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+all:
+	cd ../../src && $(MAKE) mod_io_mentor_cell
+
+clean:
+	rm *.o *.so 2>/dev/null ; true
Index: trunk/src_plugins/io_mentor_cell/Plug.tmpasm
===================================================================
--- trunk/src_plugins/io_mentor_cell/Plug.tmpasm	(nonexistent)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/io_mentor_cell/Plug.tmpasm	(revision 8885)
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+put /local/pcb/mod {io_mentor_cell}
+put /local/pcb/mod/OBJS [@
+ $(PLUGDIR)/io_mentor_cell/io_mentor_cell.o
+ $(PLUGDIR)/io_mentor_cell/read.o
+@]
+
+switch /local/pcb/io_mentor_cell/controls
+	case {buildin}   include /local/pcb/tmpasm/buildin; end;
+	case {plugin}    include /local/pcb/tmpasm/plugin; end;
+	case {disable}   include /local/pcb/tmpasm/disable; end;
+end
Index: trunk/src_plugins/io_mentor_cell/io_mentor_cell.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src_plugins/io_mentor_cell/io_mentor_cell.c	(nonexistent)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/io_mentor_cell/io_mentor_cell.c	(revision 8885)
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+ *                            COPYRIGHT
+ *
+ *  pcb-rnd, interactive printed circuit board design
+ *  Copyright (C) 2017 Tibor 'Igor2' Palinkas
+ *
+ *  This module, io_mentor_cell, was written and is Copyright (C) 2016 by Tibor Palinkas
+ *  this module is also subject to the GNU GPL as described below
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+#include "plugins.h"
+#include "plug_io.h"
+#include "write.h"
+#include "read.h"
+#include "read_net.h"
+
+static pcb_plug_io_t io_mentor_cell;
+static const char *mentor_cell_cookie = "mentor_cell plugin";
+
+int io_mentor_cell_fmt(pcb_plug_io_t *ctx, pcb_plug_iot_t typ, int wr, const char *fmt)
+{
+	if (strcmp(ctx->description, fmt) == 0)
+		return 200;
+
+	if ((strcmp(fmt, "mentor_cell") != 0) ||
+		((typ & (~(PCB_IOT_FOOTPRINT | PCB_IOT_BUFFER | PCB_IOT_PCB))) != 0))
+		return 0;
+
+	return 100;
+}
+
+int pplg_check_ver_io_mentor_cell(int ver_needed) { return 0; }
+
+void pplg_uninit_io_mentor_cell(void)
+{
+	pcb_hid_remove_actions_by_cookie(mentor_cell_cookie);
+}
+
+#include "dolists.h"
+
+int pplg_init_io_mentor_cell(void)
+{
+
+	/* register the IO hook */
+	io_mentor_cell.plugin_data = NULL;
+	io_mentor_cell.fmt_support_prio = io_mentor_cell_fmt;
+	io_mentor_cell.test_parse_pcb = io_mentor_cell_test_parse_pcb;
+	io_mentor_cell.parse_pcb = io_mentor_cell_read_pcb;
+	io_mentor_cell.parse_element = NULL;
+	io_mentor_cell.parse_font = NULL;
+	io_mentor_cell.write_buffer = NULL;
+	io_mentor_cell.write_element = NULL;
+	io_mentor_cell.write_pcb = NULL;
+	io_mentor_cell.default_fmt = "mentor_cell";
+	io_mentor_cell.description = "Mentor graphics cell footprint lib";
+	io_mentor_cell.save_preference_prio = 60;
+	io_mentor_cell.default_extension = ".hkp";
+	io_mentor_cell.fp_extension = ".hkp";
+	io_mentor_cell.mime_type = "application/x-mentor_cell";
+
+
+	PCB_HOOK_REGISTER(pcb_plug_io_t, pcb_plug_io_chain, &io_mentor_cell);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
Index: trunk/src_plugins/io_mentor_cell/io_mentor_cell.pup
===================================================================
--- trunk/src_plugins/io_mentor_cell/io_mentor_cell.pup	(nonexistent)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/io_mentor_cell/io_mentor_cell.pup	(revision 8885)
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+$class io
+$short Mentor Graphics cell footprints
+$long Load Mentor Graphics cell footprint library and make footprints available (e.g. for fp_board)
+$state works
+default disable
+
+autoload 1
Index: trunk/src_plugins/io_mentor_cell/read.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src_plugins/io_mentor_cell/read.c	(nonexistent)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/io_mentor_cell/read.c	(revision 8885)
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ *                            COPYRIGHT
+ *
+ *  pcb-rnd, interactive printed circuit board design
+ *  Copyright (C) 2017 Tibor 'Igor2' Palinkas
+ *
+ *  This module, io_mentor_cell, was written and is Copyright (C) 2016 by Tibor Palinkas
+ *  this module is also subject to the GNU GPL as described below
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+typedef struct {
+	FILE *f;
+	pcb_board_t *pcb
+} hkp_ctx_t;
+
+int io_mentor_cell_read_pcb(pcb_plug_io_t *ctx, pcb_board_t *pcb, const char *fn, conf_role_t settings_dest)
+{
+	hkp_ctx_t ctx;
+
+	ctx.pcb = pcb;
+	ctx.f = fopen(fn, "r");
+	if (ctx.f == NULL)
+		goto err;
+
+
+	err:;
+	fclose(ctx.f);
+	return -1;
+}
+
+int io_mentor_cell_test_parse_pcb(pcb_plug_io_t *ctx, pcb_board_t *Ptr, const char *Filename, FILE *f)
+{
+	char line[1024], *s;
+
+	while(!(feof(f))) {
+		if (fgets(line, sizeof(line), f) != NULL) {
+			s = line;
+			while(isspace(*s)) s++; /* strip leading whitespace */
+			if (strncmp(s, ".FILETYPE CELL_LIBRARY", 22) == 0) /* valid root */
+				return 1;
+			if ((*s == '\r') || (*s == '\n') || (*s == '\0')) /* ignore empty lines and comments */
+				continue;
+			/* non-comment, non-empty line - and we don't have our root -> it's not an s-expression */
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* hit eof before seeing a valid root -> bad */
+	return 0;
+}
Index: trunk/src_plugins/plugins_ALL.tmpasm
===================================================================
--- trunk/src_plugins/plugins_ALL.tmpasm	(revision 8884)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/plugins_ALL.tmpasm	(revision 8885)
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 include {../src_plugins/io_kicad/Plug.tmpasm}
 include {../src_plugins/io_kicad_legacy/Plug.tmpasm}
 include {../src_plugins/io_lihata/Plug.tmpasm}
+include {../src_plugins/io_mentor_cell/Plug.tmpasm}
 include {../src_plugins/io_pcb/Plug.tmpasm}
 include {../src_plugins/io_tedax/Plug.tmpasm}
 include {../src_plugins/jostle/Plug.tmpasm}