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rqt gui plugin cpp save and restore settings

asked 2016-08-05 17:24:47 -0500

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Hi,

I am in the process of writing a plugin for rqt in C++ (yes, I did read the note that highly recommended writing in python) but I have other reasons for writing this in C++.

I'm using the rqt_image_view plugin as a reference. I noticed a couple of functions saveSettings and restoreSettings. The former saves all current values from the GUI into a qt_gui_cpp::Settings object and the latter sets the GUI with values from a Settings object.

I am not sure why these particular functions would be called? I tracked it back to the plugin_bridge.cpp file in the qt_gui_cpp. I'm still not sure as a plugin developer, for rqt, why would I need these functions - what state am I trying to save and restore?

Thanks.

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answered 2016-09-09 21:47:37 -0500

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I've written a good amount of rqt tutorials but just realized that there's not much info on these 2 methods.

When you run a GUI, close, and re-open, a lot of times you want to resume the configuration from the last run (e.g. value in the pulldown menu, pane size etc.) In these 2 methods you can specify what components restore the config from the last run (in other words, no config gets restored unless defined in these 2 methods, and the GUI always start with default config).

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What do you mean by "the next run"? Where are the parameters stored in between runs. Does the software close and restart between runs? Thanks

2ROS0 ( 2016-09-23 00:18:53 -0500 )edit

This thread may help you.

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