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start as console, not gui

On Windows, the command line help option (-h) or usage report is not shown since the default for GUI installs is to use pythonw. Switch setup.py to invoke this as a command line program, which will reveal this help. Downside is that command window will linger on Windows. Can we have it both ways?

build a proper About box

standard info
link to display copyright
link to documentation at RTD
link to GH issues (as TODO list)

docs need updating

... for changes in since 921dce3

only one separator line is added, even if multiple are described

bug #18 is back in version 2017.4.0

update the screen shots

remove self.history string from launcher.py

appears this is not used

stdout only received when process ends

receive lines from the subprocess as it executes, don't wait until process is finished

add version number to settings file

in the DEFAULT section

update copyright

capture process output into history window

when a process is run now, its output goes to the console

Capture that and add to history window

docs needs command line instructions

add "reload settings file" item to admin menu

old buttons remain after reload

at least on linux, can see this by growing the window vertically

remake as eclipse project

switch default branch from master to main

Follow the steps from apstools: BCDA-APS/apstools#430 (comment)

consider using a QMainWindow

... and collapsible history pane as main widget

The popup menu buttons would transform into a docked menu bar (make sure this works as planned on Macintosh which has its own ideas about menu bar placement) and a status line would become easy, a la the unimenu.

support "show log window" action

import .ini files

Provide a feature that will allow .ini files to be imported. This will enhance modularity.

add settings file editor to admin menu

collect example configurations

create conda package

can't start some commands

These commands do not start:

14 IOC console = cd /opt/epics/synApps/support/xxx-R5-8-3/iocBoot/iocLinux; mate-terminal -t "XXX IOC console" -e "./xxx.sh console"
50 run AD Sim IOC in console = export EPICS_HOST_ARCH=linux-x86_64; cd /opt/epics/synApps/support/areaDetector-R2-6/ADSimDetector-R2-4/iocs/simDetectorIOC/iocBoot/iocSimDetector; mate-terminal -t "AD Sim IOC console" -e "./start_epics"
51 ImageJ = cd /home/prjemian/Apps/ImageJ; ./ImageJ

Here's the debugging output:

BcdaMenu (2017-04-23 13:48:53.487660), IOC console:  cd /opt/epics/synApps/support/xxx-R5-8-3/iocBoot/iocLinux; mate-terminal -t "XXX IOC console" -e "./xxx.sh console"
label: |IOC console|
command: |cd /opt/epics/synApps/support/xxx-R5-8-3/iocBoot/iocLinux; mate-terminal -t "XXX IOC console" -e "./xxx.sh console"|
state: 1
pid: 1650
error: id_51
state: 0
error string: No such file or directory
last error code: 0
exitCode: 255
exitStatus: 0
BcdaMenu (2017-04-23 13:49:15.416197), ImageJ:  cd /home/prjemian/Apps/ImageJ; ./ImageJ
label: |ImageJ|
command: |cd /home/prjemian/Apps/ImageJ; ./ImageJ|
state: 1
pid: 1653
error: id_52
state: 0
error string: No such file or directory
last error code: 0
exitCode: 255
exitStatus: 0
BcdaMenu (2017-04-23 13:51:27.583090), run AD Sim IOC in console:  export EPICS_HOST_ARCH=linux-x86_64; cd /opt/epics/synApps/support/areaDetector-R2-6/ADSimDetector-R2-4/iocs/simDetectorIOC/iocBoot/iocSimDetector; mate-terminal -t "AD Sim IOC console" -e "./start_epics"
label: |run AD Sim IOC in console|
command: |export EPICS_HOST_ARCH=linux-x86_64; cd /opt/epics/synApps/support/areaDetector-R2-6/ADSimDetector-R2-4/iocs/simDetectorIOC/iocBoot/iocSimDetector; mate-terminal -t "AD Sim IOC console" -e "./start_epics"|
state: 1
pid: 1682
error: id_53
state: 0
error string: No such file or directory
last error code: 0
exitCode: 255
exitStatus: 0

generalize for any beam line

capitalization of menu labels is lost

control over the capitalization of the menu labels needs attention (ends up being lower case now)

need to document the "Help" menu

as noted in #11

compare with features from detector pool menu

support symbolic substitution in config file

With some form of symbolic substitution, this code:

[amb-vm]
title = IOC: prj on amb-vm
1 medm prj = /home/mintadmin/bin/start_medm_prj.sh
2 separator =
3 start IOC = cd  /usr/local/epics/ioc/prj/iocBoot/iocLinux; ./prj.sh start
10 separator =
14 IOC console = cd  /usr/local/epics/ioc/prj/iocBoot/iocLinux; mate-terminal -t "XXX IOC console" -e "./prj.sh console"
15 IOC status = cd  /usr/local/epics/ioc/prj/iocBoot/iocLinux; ./prj.sh status
20 separator =
26 stop IOC = cd  /usr/local/epics/ioc/prj/iocBoot/iocLinux; ./prj.sh stop

might become

[amb-vm]
title = IOC: prj on amb-vm
symbol HOME = /home/mintadmin
symbol IOCDIR = /usr/local/epics/ioc/prj/iocBoot/iocLinux
symbol BINDIR = HOME/bin
symbol TERMINAL = mate-terminal
1 medm prj = BINDIR/start_medm_prj.sh
2 separator =
3 start IOC = cd IOCDIR; ./prj.sh start
10 separator =
14 IOC console = cd IOCDIR; TERMINAL -t "XXX IOC console" -e "./prj.sh console"
15 IOC status = cd IOCDIR; ./prj.sh status
20 separator =
26 stop IOC = cd IOCDIR; ./prj.sh stop

Should be scoped within the section of the .ini file

RTD does not build all pages

fails to import PyQt4.QtGui

perhaps can resolve using a virtualenv but need a requirements.txt file

refactor settings file

syntax to allow for more than one user menu (give names in DEFAULT section)
simplify the label/command syntax
allow for cascaded submenus

simplified syntax:

now:

[menu_items]
label 1 = SAXS Imaging tool
command 1 = /APSshare/epd/rh6-x86/bin/python /home/beams/USAXS/Apps/USAXS_dataworker/Main.py

proposed:

[menu_items]
1 SAXS Imaging tool = /APSshare/epd/rh6-x86/bin/python /home/beams/USAXS/Apps/USAXS_dataworker/Main.py

# bcdamenu.ini
#
# settings file for BcdaMenu GUI

[BcdaMenu]
title = BcdaMenu: jemian@gov
version = 2017.3.0
menus = IOC BlueSky linux

[IOC]
## synApps 5.8 IOC has start/stop/status/console features
title = iocgov on gov
1 caQtDM iocgov   = cd /home/oxygen/JEMIAN/sandbox/ioc/gov; ./start_caQtDM.sh
# 2 screen editor = # this is not supported yet
8 start IOC    = cd /home/oxygen/JEMIAN/sandbox/ioc/gov/iocBoot/iocLinux; ./gov.sh start
10 separator   =
14 console iocgov = cd /home/oxygen/JEMIAN/sandbox/ioc/gov/iocBoot/iocLinux; gnome-terminal -e "./gov.sh console"
15 status iocgov  = cd /home/oxygen/JEMIAN/sandbox/ioc/gov/iocBoot/iocLinux; ./gov.sh status
20 separator   =
23 stop iocgov    = cd /home/oxygen/JEMIAN/sandbox/ioc/gov/iocBoot/iocLinux; ./gov.sh stop
42 separator =
## synApps 5.6 IOC : fewer features
#title = iocprj on gov
100 separator    =
101 caQtDM iocprj	= cd /home/oxygen/JEMIAN/sandbox/ioc/prj; ./start_caQtDM
103 start iocprj	= /home/oxygen/JEMIAN/bin/start_ioc_prj.sh
114 console iocprj = cd /home/oxygen/JEMIAN/sandbox/ioc/prj/iocBoot/iocLinux; gnome-terminal  -e "screen -r"

[linux]
1 edit settings file = /bin/nedit-client ~/bin/bcdamenu.ini
44 xload = xload

[BlueSky]
title = BlueSky stuff
14 BlueSky console = cd /home/oxygen/JEMIAN/Documents; gnome-terminal -e "/home/oxygen/JEMIAN/bin/use_bluesky.sh bluesky"
20 separator   =
22 start mViewer server (console) = cd /home/oxygen/JEMIAN/Apps/mViewer; gnome-terminal -e "./start_mviewer.sh 8086"
24 mongodb viewer (console) = /bin/google-chrome http://localhost:8086/index.html
90 separator   =
92 BlueSky documentation = /bin/google-chrome http://nsls-ii.github.io/bluesky
93 NSLS-II Software documentation = /bin/google-chrome http://nsls-ii.github.io

rename settings.ini

make this more recognizable, such as bcdamenu.ini

consider subprocess.Popen() instead of QtCore.QProcess()

The problems identified by #34 were not problems when using subprocess.Popen() although diverting output from all the subprocesses into a history window posed a challenge.

Try to overcome that challenge.

One possibility is the subprocess2 package.

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