/* load prefs system; even when user not logged in, should be OK to do this here */
require(SM_PATH . 'functions/prefs.php');
-// FIXME: config/plugin_hooks.php has not yet been loaded (see a few lines below); so this hook call should I think not be working -- has anyone actually tested it? Is there any reason we cannot move this prefs code block down below "MAIN PLUGIN LOADING CODE HERE" (see below)? Reading the code, I *think* it should be OK, but....
+// FIXME: config/plugin_hooks.php has not yet been loaded (see a few lines below); so this hook call should I think not be working -- has anyone actually tested it? Is there any reason we cannot move this prefs code block down below "MAIN PLUGIN LOADING CODE HERE" (see below)? Reading the code, I *think* it should be OK, but.... Also, note that this code would then be placed immediately next to the config_override hook, and since it makes little sense to execute two hooks in a row, I will propose removing config_override (although sadly, it is less clear to plugin authors that they should use the prefs_backend hook to do any configuration override work in their plugin)
$prefs_backend = do_hook('prefs_backend', $null);
if (isset($prefs_backend) && !empty($prefs_backend) && file_exists(SM_PATH . $prefs_backend)) {
require(SM_PATH . $prefs_backend);