Settings editor button at Preferences and backup of settings.cfg

Author: HelioGuilherme66

CHANGELOG.adoc

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ and this project adheres to http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html[Semantic Versioni
 == https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE[Unreleased]
 
 === Added
+- Added Settings Editor button to Preferences dialog, to edit settings.cfg.
+- Created backup of settings.cfg to allow recovering some settings when broken upgrades.
 - Added current executing keyword and other statuses to TestRunner status bar.
 - Added Config Panel button to supported installed Plugins next to their name in Plugin Manager dialog.
 - Added Config Panel button to Plugins, working examples in Text Editor and Test Runner.

README.adoc

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Likewise, the current version of wxPython, is 4.2.2, but RIDE is known to work w
 
 `pip install -U robotframework-ride`
 
-(3.8 <= python <= 3.13) Install current development version (**2.2dev20**) with:
+(3.8 <= python <= 3.13) Install current development version (**2.2dev21**) with:
 
 `pip install -U https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/archive/develop.zip`
 

src/robotide/application/releasenotes.py

@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ def set_content(self, html_win, content):
 </ul>
 <p><strong>New Features and Fixes Highlights</strong></p>
 <ul class="simple">
+<li>Added Settings Editor button to Preferences dialog, to edit settings.cfg.</li>
+<li>Created backup of settings.cfg to allow recovering some settings when broken upgrades.</li>
 <li>Changed some informative dialogs and JSON Editor to use the customized colors.</li>
 <li>Added current executing keyword and other statuses to TestRunner status bar.</li>
 <li>Modified import statements to allow running RIDE without Robot Framework installed or versions older than 6.0.</li>
@@ -232,7 +234,9 @@ def set_content(self, html_win, content):
 <pre class="literal-block">python -m robotide.postinstall -install</pre>
 <p>or</p>
 <pre class="literal-block">ride_postinstall.py -install</pre>
-<p>RIDE {VERSION} was released on 12/April/2025.</p>
+<p>RIDE {VERSION} was released on 13/April/2025.</p>
+<br/>
+<h3>Happy International Kiss Day!</h3>
 <!-- <br/>
 <h3>May The Fourth Be With You!</h3>
 <h3>Celebrate the bank holiday, 10th June, Day of Portugal, Portuguese Communities and Camões!!</h3>

src/robotide/editor/customsourceeditor.py

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import wx.stc as stc
 from robotide.editor.pythoneditor import PythonSTC
 from wx import Colour
+from ..widgets import ImageProvider
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # This is how you pre-establish a file filter so that the dialog
@@ -534,6 +535,10 @@ def main(filepath, frame=None):
     if frame is None:
         frame = wx.Frame(None)
     CodeEditorPanel(frame, None, filepath)
+    image_provider = ImageProvider()
+    frame.SetTitle(filepath)
+    frame.SetIcon(wx.Icon(image_provider.RIDE_ICON))
+    frame.CenterOnScreen()
     frame.Show(True)
     app.MainLoop()
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

src/robotide/preferences/__init__.py

@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ def __init__(self, settings):
         self._preference_panels = []
         self._add_builtin_preferences()
         self.settings_path = self.settings._default_path
-        print(f"DEBUG: preferences/__init__.py Preferences settings_path={self.settings_path}")
 
     @property
     def preference_panels(self):

src/robotide/preferences/editor.py

@@ -31,12 +31,14 @@
 """
 
 import builtins
+import os.path
+
 import wx
 from wx import Colour
 from wx.lib.scrolledpanel import ScrolledPanel
 
 from .settings import RideSettings
-from ..widgets import ButtonWithHandler, HorizontalSizer
+from ..widgets import ButtonWithHandler
 
 _ = wx.GetTranslation  # To keep linter/code analyser happy
 builtins.__dict__['_'] = wx.GetTranslation
@@ -199,23 +201,21 @@ class PanelContainer(wx.Panel):
     Each page has a title area, and an area for a preferences panel
     """
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        from ..editor import customsourceeditor
         super(PanelContainer, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-
+        self.parent = self.GetParent()
         self._current_panel = None
         self._settings = RideSettings()
         self.settings = self._settings['General']
         self.title = wx.StaticText(self, label="Your message here")
-        print(f"DEBUG: preferences/editor.py PanelContainer settings_path={self._settings.user_path}")
-        hsizer = HorizontalSizer()
+        hsizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL)
         config_button = ButtonWithHandler(self, _('Settings'), bitmap='wrench_orange.png',
                                           fsize=self.settings[FONT_SIZE],
-                                          handler=lambda e: customsourceeditor.main(self._settings.user_path))
+                                          handler=lambda e: self.on_edit_settings(self._settings.user_path))
         config_button.SetBackgroundColour(self.settings['background'])
         config_button.SetOwnBackgroundColour(self.settings['background'])
         config_button.SetForegroundColour(self.settings['foreground'])
-        hsizer.Add(self.title, 0, wx.TOP | wx.LEFT | wx.EXPAND, 10)
-        hsizer.add_expanding(config_button, 1, 10)
+        hsizer.Add(config_button, 0, wx.TOP | wx.RIGHT | wx.EXPAND, 4)
+        hsizer.Add(self.title, 0, wx.TOP | wx.LEFT | wx.EXPAND, 4)
         self.panels_container = ScrolledPanel(self, wx.ID_ANY, style=wx.TAB_TRAVERSAL)
         self.panels_container.SetupScrolling()
         sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
@@ -269,3 +269,12 @@ def ShowPanel(self, panel):
     def SetTitle(self, title):
         """Set the title of the panel"""
         self.title.SetLabel(title)
+
+    def on_edit_settings(self, settings_path):
+        """Starts Text Editor for settings file and closes all if changed"""
+        from ..editor import customsourceeditor
+        from ..context import SETTINGS_DIRECTORY
+        main_settings_path = os.path.join(SETTINGS_DIRECTORY, 'settings.cfg')
+        customsourceeditor.main(main_settings_path)
+        # DEBUG close parent test
+        # self.parent.Close()

src/robotide/preferences/settings.py

@@ -376,12 +376,12 @@ def __init__(self, path=None):
                 digest += ord(c)
             new_user_path = self.user_path.replace("settings.cfg", f"settings_{digest}.cfg")
             new_user_path = initialize_settings(self.user_path, new_user_path)
-            self.user_path = new_user_path
             Settings.__init__(self, new_user_path)
             self._settings_dir = os.path.dirname(new_user_path)
             self.set('install root', os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
             self.set('executable', EXECUTABLE)
-            self.set('last_settings_path', self.user_path)
+            self.set('last_settings_path', new_user_path)
+            self.user_path = new_user_path
 
     def get_path(self, *parts):
         """Returns path which combines settings directory and given parts."""

src/robotide/ui/mainframe.py

@@ -337,9 +337,12 @@ def get_selected_datafile_controller(self):
         return self.tree.get_selected_datafile_controller()
 
     def on_close(self, event):
+        from ..preferences import RideSettings
         if self._allowed_to_exit():
             try:
                 perspective = self.aui_mgr.SavePerspective()
+                # Next restore of settings is because we may have edited from Preferences
+                self._application.settings = RideSettings(self._application.settings_path)
                 self._application.settings.set('AUI Perspective', perspective)
                 # deinitialize the frame manager
                 self.aui_mgr.UnInit()

src/robotide/version.py

@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated by `tasks.py`.
 
-VERSION = 'v2.2dev20'
+VERSION = 'v2.2dev21'