Register napari plugin and document setup for Curtis

Addresses Curtis's questions about making the napari plugin available:

- Add napari.manifest entry point to pyproject.toml so napari discovers
  the plugin (napari-curvealign = napari_curvealign:napari.yaml)
- Include napari.yaml in package data for non-editable installs
- Add SETUP_GUIDE section 'Making the napari plugin available' explaining
  napari.yaml + pyproject entry point, and 'Running for testing'
- Add troubleshooting for 'Plugin not showing in napari'
- Update install script and QUICK_START plugin menu text

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

Author: Phil-Dua

bin/install.sh

@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ main() {
   echo ""
   echo "  uv run napari"
   echo ""
-  echo "Plugins → napari-curvealign → CurveAlign Widget"
+  echo "Plugins → napari-curvealign (or CurveAlign for Napari)"
   echo ""
 }
 

doc/installation/QUICK_START.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
    cd tme-quant
    ```
 
-2. **Install uv** (https://docs.astral.sh/uv/)
+2. **Install uv** (recommended: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/)
    ```bash
    curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
    ```
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ The script will:
 uv run napari
 ```
 
-The CurveAlign widget appears in: **Plugins → napari-curvealign → CurveAlign Widget**
+The CurveAlign widget appears in: **Plugins → napari-curvealign** (or **CurveAlign for Napari**)
 
 ## Directory Layout
 

doc/installation/SETUP_GUIDE.md

@@ -162,6 +162,12 @@ Requires FFTW and CurveLab with `FFTW` and `FDCT` (or `CPPFLAGS`/`LDFLAGS`) set.
 - Ensure `FFTW` and `FDCT` (or `CPPFLAGS`/`LDFLAGS`) point to your install roots
 - Verify FFTW 2D/3D libraries were built
 
+### Plugin not showing in napari
+
+- Ensure the package is installed: `uv pip install -e .` (the install script does this)
+- Restart napari after installing
+- Check the plugin is registered: `uv run python -c "from importlib.metadata import entry_points; print([ep.name for ep in entry_points(group='napari.manifest') if 'curvealign' in ep.name])"`
+
 ## Activation
 
 After installation:
@@ -170,4 +176,33 @@ After installation:
 uv run napari
 ```
 
-The CurveAlign widget appears in: **Plugins → napari-curvealign → CurveAlign Widget**
+The CurveAlign widget appears in: **Plugins → napari-curvealign** (or **CurveAlign for Napari**) → **CurveAlignPy**
+
+## Making the napari plugin available (for developers)
+
+The plugin is registered via two pieces:
+
+1. **`src/napari_curvealign/napari.yaml`** – Declares the plugin (commands, widgets, display names).
+2. **`pyproject.toml`** – Entry point that tells napari where to find the manifest:
+   ```toml
+   [project.entry-points."napari.manifest"]
+   napari-curvealign = "napari_curvealign:napari.yaml"
+   ```
+
+To make it available in your environment:
+
+```bash
+# Install the package (editable, so changes take effect immediately)
+uv pip install -e .
+# or: uv sync  (installs the project from pyproject.toml)
+
+# Run napari
+uv run napari
+```
+
+Then open **Plugins** in the napari menu and select the CurveAlign widget.
+
+## Running for testing
+
+- **Interactive:** `uv run napari` → Plugins → napari-curvealign
+- **Headless tests:** `QT_QPA_PLATFORM=offscreen make test` (or `uv run pytest`)

pyproject.toml

@@ -33,14 +33,20 @@ curvelops = [
   "curvelops @ git+https://github.com/PyLops/curvelops@0.23.4",
 ]
 
+[project.entry-points."napari.manifest"]
+napari-curvealign = "napari_curvealign:napari.yaml"
+
 [tool.setuptools]
 package-dir = { "" = "src" }
-include-package-data = false
+include-package-data = true
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["src"]
 namespaces = false
 
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+napari_curvealign = ["napari.yaml"]
+
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 testpaths = [
   "tests",