diff libgui/src/octave-dock-widget.cc @ 31619:ad014fc78bd6

use individual local gui_settings objects Previously, we created a single gui_settings object (derived from QSettings) and accessed it from the resource_manager object. That design is not necessary and is not the way QSettings was designed to be used. Instead of managing a single object, we should be using individual QSettings objects where needed. Each individual QSettings object manages thread-safe access to a single global collection of settings. The Qt docs say that operations on QSettings are not thread safe, but that means that you can't create a QSettings object in one thread and use it in another without some locking. I'm not sure whether we were doing that correctly, but with this change it no longer matters. Each QSettings object does perform locking when reading or writing the underlying global data. * resource-manager.h, resource-manager.cc (resource_manager::m_settings): Delete data member. (resource_manager::get_settings): Delete. * annotation-dialog.cc, QTerminal.cc, QTerminal.h, command-widget.cc, command-widget.h, community-news.cc, dialog.cc, documentation-bookmarks.cc, documentation-bookmarks.h, documentation-dock-widget.cc, documentation-dock-widget.h, documentation.cc, documentation.h, dw-main-window.cc, dw-main-window.h, external-editor-interface.cc, files-dock-widget.cc, files-dock-widget.h, find-files-dialog.cc, history-dock-widget.cc, history-dock-widget.h, file-editor-interface.h, file-editor-tab.cc, file-editor-tab.h, file-editor.cc, file-editor.h, find-dialog.cc, octave-qscintilla.cc, main-window.cc, main-window.h, news-reader.cc, octave-dock-widget.cc, octave-dock-widget.h, qt-interpreter-events.cc, qt-interpreter-events.h, release-notes.cc, resource-manager.cc, resource-manager.h, set-path-dialog.cc, settings-dialog.cc, settings-dialog.h, shortcut-manager.cc, shortcut-manager.h, terminal-dock-widget.cc, terminal-dock-widget.h, variable-editor.cc, variable-editor.h, welcome-wizard.cc, workspace-model.cc, workspace-model.h, workspace-view.cc: Use local gui_settings objects instead of accessing a pointer to a single gui_settings object owned by the resource_manager object.
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Fri, 02 Dec 2022 14:23:53 -0500
parents c11d34f72b3c
children 0645ea65ca6b
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--- a/libgui/src/octave-dock-widget.cc	Fri Dec 02 15:51:44 2022 -0500
+++ b/libgui/src/octave-dock-widget.cc	Fri Dec 02 14:23:53 2022 -0500
@@ -258,8 +258,7 @@
                  | QDockWidget::DockWidgetMovable
                  | QDockWidget::DockWidgetFloatable);
 
-    resource_manager& rmgr = m_octave_qobj.get_resource_manager ();
-    handle_settings (rmgr.get_settings ());
+    handle_settings ();
   }
 
   void
@@ -346,12 +345,12 @@
     bool vis = isVisible ();
 
     // Since floating widget has no parent, we have to read it
-    resource_manager& rmgr = m_octave_qobj.get_resource_manager ();
-    gui_settings *settings = rmgr.get_settings ();
 
     if (m_main_window)
       {
-        settings->setValue (mw_state.key, m_main_window->saveState ());
+        gui_settings settings;
+
+        settings.setValue (mw_state.key, m_main_window->saveState ());
 
         // Stay window, otherwise will bounce back to window by default
         // because there is no layout information for this widget in the
@@ -360,7 +359,7 @@
         m_main_window->addDockWidget (Qt::BottomDockWidgetArea, this);
         m_adopted = false;
         // recover old window states, hide and re-show new added widget
-        m_main_window->restoreState (settings->value (mw_state.key).toByteArray ());
+        m_main_window->restoreState (settings.value (mw_state.key).toByteArray ());
         setFloating (false);
         // restore size using setGeometry instead of restoreGeometry
         // following this post:
@@ -374,6 +373,8 @@
              this, &octave_dock_widget::make_window);
     if (titleBarWidget ())
       {
+        resource_manager& rmgr = m_octave_qobj.get_resource_manager ();
+
         m_dock_action->setIcon (rmgr.icon ("widget-undock" + m_icon_color, true));
         m_dock_action->setToolTip (tr ("Undock widget"));
       }
@@ -472,28 +473,27 @@
   }
 
   void
-  octave_dock_widget::handle_settings (const gui_settings *settings)
+  octave_dock_widget::handle_settings (void)
   {
-    if (! settings)
-      return;
+    gui_settings settings;
 
-    m_focus_follows_mouse = settings->value (dw_focus_follows_mouse).toBool ();
+    m_focus_follows_mouse = settings.value (dw_focus_follows_mouse).toBool ();
 
     m_custom_style
-      = settings->value (dw_title_custom_style).toBool ();
+      = settings.value (dw_title_custom_style).toBool ();
 
-    m_title_3d = settings->value (dw_title_3d.key, dw_title_3d.def).toInt ();
+    m_title_3d = settings.value (dw_title_3d.key, dw_title_3d.def).toInt ();
 
     m_fg_color
-      = settings->value (dw_title_fg_color).value<QColor> ();
+      = settings.value (dw_title_fg_color).value<QColor> ();
 
     m_fg_color_active
-      = settings->value (dw_title_fg_color_active).value<QColor> ();
+      = settings.value (dw_title_fg_color_active).value<QColor> ();
 
-    m_bg_color = settings->value (dw_title_bg_color).value<QColor> ();
+    m_bg_color = settings.value (dw_title_bg_color).value<QColor> ();
 
     m_bg_color_active
-      = settings->value (dw_title_bg_color_active).value<QColor> ();
+      = settings.value (dw_title_bg_color_active).value<QColor> ();
 
     QColor bcol (m_bg_color);
     QColor bcola (m_bg_color_active);
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@
       }
 
     m_recent_float_geom
-      = settings->value (dw_float_geometry.key.arg (objectName ()),
+      = settings.value (dw_float_geometry.key.arg (objectName ()),
                          default_floating_size).toRect ();
 
     adjust_to_screen (m_recent_float_geom, default_floating_size);
@@ -545,14 +545,14 @@
     // saveGeomety to new QRect setting (see comment for restoring size
     // of docked widgets)
     QVariant dock_geom
-      = settings->value (dw_dock_geometry.key.arg (objectName ()),
-                         default_dock_size);
+      = settings.value (dw_dock_geometry.key.arg (objectName ()),
+                        default_dock_size);
     if (dock_geom.canConvert (QMetaType::QRect))
       m_recent_dock_geom = dock_geom.toRect ();
     else
       m_recent_dock_geom = dw_dock_geometry.def.toRect ();
 
-    notice_settings (settings);  // call individual handler
+    notice_settings ();  // call individual handler
 
     set_style (false);
 
@@ -589,25 +589,22 @@
   {
     // save state of this dock-widget
     QString name = objectName ();
-    resource_manager& rmgr = m_octave_qobj.get_resource_manager ();
-    gui_settings *settings = rmgr.get_settings ();
 
-    if (! settings)
-      return;
+    gui_settings settings;
 
     store_geometry ();
 
     // conditional needed?
     if (! m_recent_float_geom.isNull ())
-      settings->setValue (dw_float_geometry.key.arg (name), m_recent_float_geom);
+      settings.setValue (dw_float_geometry.key.arg (name), m_recent_float_geom);
 
     if (! m_recent_dock_geom.isEmpty ())
-      settings->setValue (dw_dock_geometry.key.arg (name), m_recent_dock_geom);
-    settings->setValue (dw_is_visible.key.arg (name), isVisible ()); // store visibility
-    settings->setValue (dw_is_floating.key.arg (name), isFloating ()); // store floating
-    settings->setValue (dw_is_minimized.key.arg (name), isMinimized ()); // store minimized
+      settings.setValue (dw_dock_geometry.key.arg (name), m_recent_dock_geom);
+    settings.setValue (dw_is_visible.key.arg (name), isVisible ()); // store visibility
+    settings.setValue (dw_is_floating.key.arg (name), isFloating ()); // store floating
+    settings.setValue (dw_is_minimized.key.arg (name), isMinimized ()); // store minimized
 
-    settings->sync ();
+    settings.sync ();
   }
 
   bool octave_dock_widget::eventFilter (QObject *obj, QEvent *e)