> But this is all background. What I'd like to know is, are the rather
> complex $options and $arguments structures which are defined in most
> plugins used?

These structures are used by the GLI front end and the pluginfo.pl
script to let the user know which options/arguments are available for
that plugin. Also, the strings "{...}" are looked up for language
translation (eg in perllib/strings*).

John McPherson