From fcdeaedef970f8cd47f66f97d755756a0fe0e40a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ralf Jung Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2016 08:55:15 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add a switch to NOT use the DB --- lilass | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/lilass b/lilass index b9283eb..2352e32 100755 --- a/lilass +++ b/lilass @@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__": parser.add_argument("-s", "--silent", dest="silent", action='store_true', help="Prefer to be silent: Opens a UI only if the external screen is not known *and* no default configuration (-r/-e/-i) is given.") + parser.add_argument("--no-db", + dest="use_db", action='store_false', + help="Do not use the database of known screens.") parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", dest="verbose", action='store_true', help="More verbose output on stderr.") @@ -148,8 +151,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__": # There's an external screen connected that we may want to use. # Fetch info about this screen from the database. # NOTE: If it is too slow to open the DB twice (reading and saving), we can keep it open all the time - with database.Database(databaseFilePath) as db: - situation.fetchDBInfo(db) + if cmdArgs.use_db: + with database.Database(databaseFilePath) as db: + situation.fetchDBInfo(db) # what to we do? have_default_conf = bool(cmdArgs.external_only or cmdArgs.internal_only or cmdArgs.rel_position) no_ui = bool(have_default_conf or (situation.previousSetup and cmdArgs.silent)) @@ -157,8 +161,10 @@ if __name__ == "__main__": # ask the user what to do setup = frontend.setup(situation) if setup is None: sys.exit(1) # the user canceled - with database.Database(databaseFilePath) as db: - situation.putDBInfo(db, setup) + if cmdArgs.use_db: + # persists this to disk + with database.Database(databaseFilePath) as db: + situation.putDBInfo(db, setup) elif situation.previousSetup: # apply the old setup again setup = situation.previousSetup -- 2.30.2