v0.36c, dont show systray until menu items added, fix a Gnome bug

Author: davidbannon

package/version

@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.36b
+0.36c

source/mainunit.lfm

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ object MainForm: TMainForm
   OnKeyDown = FormKeyDown
   OnResize = FormResize
   OnShow = FormShow
-  LCLVersion = '2.2.0.2'
+  LCLVersion = '2.3.0.0'
   object ImageNotesDirTick: TImage
     AnchorSideTop.Control = LabelNotesFound
     Left = 24

source/mainunit.pas

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
     2022/10/20  To Avoid calling IndexNotes() from Import, now function, IndexNewNote()
     2022/11/14  ShowNotifications() now cross platform.
     2023/03/17  Provide better support for dark theme, particularly for Qt5 in qt5ct mode
+    2023/04/30  Another Gnome (for 44.0) fix, apparently it does not like an empty menu in the trayicon at show.
 
     CommandLine Switches
 
@@ -320,7 +321,7 @@ procedure TMainForm.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
     if UseTrayMenu then begin
         PopupMenuTray := TPopupMenu.Create(Self);
         TrayIcon.PopUpMenu := PopupMenuTray;        // SearchForm will populate it when ready
-        TrayIcon.Show;
+//        TrayIcon.Show;                              // Gnome does not like showing it before menu is populated, so, call from SearchForm.create
     end;
     LabelBadNoteAdvice.Caption := '';
 end;

source/searchunit.pas

@@ -1267,6 +1267,8 @@ procedure TSearchForm.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
     EditSearch.SelStart := 1;
     EditSearch.SelLength := length(EditSearch.Text);
     RefreshMenus(mkAllMenu);    // IndexNotes->UseList has already called RefreshMenus(mkRecentMenu) and Qt5 does not like it.
+    if Mainform.UseTrayMenu then
+        MainForm.TrayIcon.Show;                          // Gnome does not like showing it before menu is populated
     MenuItemCaseSensitive.checked := Sett.SearchCaseSensitive;
     MenuItemSWYT.checked := Sett.AutoSearchUpdate;
     MenuItemImportNote.Hint := rsHelpImportFile;         // ToDo : OK, where is ShowHint ?

source/uqt_colors.pas

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
     History :
     2023-03-13 Initial release.
+    2023-05-01 Handle the possiblity of no qt5ct conf file.
 }
 {$mode ObjFPC}{$H+}
 
@@ -74,8 +75,8 @@ function TQt_Colors.GetActiveColors: string;
         finally
             ConfigFile.free;
         end;
-    end;
-    if Result = '' then exit;
+    end else Result := '';
+    if Result = '' then exit;             // either no qt5ct.conf file or no color_scheme file found.
     if FileExists(Result) then begin
         ConfigFile :=  TINIFile.Create(Result);
         try

whatsnew

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 Remove dangling anchors believed to cause a rare layout bug.
 Faster note loading for large notes.
+Qt5 can handle a request to use an unconfigured qt5ct.
+Dont show SysTray until menu items added.