ca185cf5a1 doc: Document differences in bitcoind and bitcoin-qt locale handling (practicalswift)
Pull request description:
Document differences in `bitcoind` and `bitcoin-qt` locale handling.
Since this seems to be the root cause to the locale dependency issues we've seen over the years I thought it was worth documenting :)
Note that 1.) `QLocale` (used by Qt), 2.) C locale (used by locale-sensitive C standard library functions/POSIX functions and some parts of the C++ standard library such as `std::to_string`) and 3.) C++ locale (used by the C++ input/output library) are three separate things. This comment is about the perhaps surprising interference with the C locale (2) that takes place as part of the Qt initialization.
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This is needed to allow bitcoin-gui to connect to existing node process with
-ipcconnect instead of spawning a new process. It's possible to spawn a new
bitcoin-node process without knowing the current data dir or network, but
connecting to an existing bitcoin-node requires knowing the datadir and network
first.
No change in behavior. Replacing references with pointers allows Node interface
creation to be delayed until later during gui startup next commit to support
implementing -ipcconnect option
Change gui code to use gArgs, Params() functions directly instead of going
through interfaces::Node.
Remotely accessing bitcoin-node ArgsManager from bitcoin-gui works fine in
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/10102, when bitcoin-gui spawns a new
bitcoin-node process and controls its startup, but for bitcoin-gui to support
-ipcconnect option in https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/19461 and connect
to an existing bitcoin-node process, it needs ability to parse arguments itself
before connecting out.
This change also simplifies https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/10102 a
bit, by making the bitcoin-gui -> bitcoin-node startup sequence more similar to
the bitcoin-node -> bitcoin-wallet startup sequence where the parent process
parses arguments and passes them to the child process instead of the parent
process using the child process to parse arguments.
edc316020e test: Remove duplicate NodeContext hacks (Russell Yanofsky)
Pull request description:
Qt tests currently are currently using two NodeContext structs at the same time, one in interfaces::NodeImpl::m_context, and the other in BasicTestingSetup::m_node, and the tests have hacks transferring state between them.
Fix this by getting rid of the NodeImpl::m_context struct and making it a pointer. This way a common BitcoinApplication object can be used for all qt tests, but they can still have their own testing setups.
Non-test code is changing but non-test behavior is still the same as before.
Motivation for this PR is to be able to remove the "std::move(test.m_node.connman)" and mempool hacks for swapping individual NodeContext members in Qt tests, because followup PR #19099 adds yet another member (wallet_client) that needs to be swapped. After this change, the whole NodeContext struct can be swapped instead of individual members, so the workarounds are less fragile and invasive.
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9c69cfe4c5 Add <datadir>/settings.json persistent settings storage. (Russell Yanofsky)
eb682c5700 util: Add ReadSettings and WriteSettings functions (Russell Yanofsky)
Pull request description:
Persistent settings are used in followup PRs #15936 to unify gui settings between bitcoin-qt and bitcoind, and #15937 to add a load_on_startup flag to the loadwallet RPC and maintain a dynamic list of wallets that should be loaded on startup that also can be shared between bitcoind and bitcoin-qt.
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bd315eb5e2 qt: Get rid of cursor in out-of-focus labels (Hennadii Stepanov)
Pull request description:
After clicking on `QLabel` with selectable text the cursor remains forever:
This PR fixes this visual bug.
Earlier attempts to fix this issue:
- #14577
- #14810 (combined with other UX feature)
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Qt tests currently are currently using two NodeContext structs at the same
time, one in interfaces::NodeImpl::m_context, and the other in
BasicTestingSetup::m_node, and the tests have hacks transferring state between
them.
Fix this by getting rid of the NodeImpl::m_context struct and making it a
pointer. This way a common BitcoinApplication object can be used for all qt
tests, but they can still have their own testing setups.
Non-test code is changing but non-test behavior is still the same as before.
Motivation for this PR is to be able to remove the
"std::move(test.m_node.connman)" and mempool hacks for swapping individual
NodeContext members in Qt tests, because followup PR #19099 adds yet another
member (wallet_client) that needs to be swapped. After this change, the whole
NodeContext struct can be swapped instead of individual members, so the
workarounds are less fragile and invasive.
Persistent settings are used in followup PRs #15936 to unify gui settings
between bitcoin-qt and bitcoind, and #15937 to add a load_on_startup flag to
the loadwallet RPC and maintain a dynamic list of wallets that should be loaded
on startup that also can be shared between bitcoind and bitcoin-qt.
After #19176, building the gui on Bionic is failing with:
```bash
CXX qt/qt_libbitcoinqt_a-guiutil.o
qt/bitcoin.cpp: In function 'int GuiMain(int, char**)':
qt/bitcoin.cpp:460:35: error: 'Untranslated' was not declared in this scope
node->initError(strprintf(Untranslated("Error parsing command line arguments: %s\n"), error));
```
The merge commit also failed to compile with the same error:
https://travis-ci.org/github/bitcoin/bitcoin/jobs/696627543
4f49d5222e gui, refactor: Register Qt meta types in application constructor (João Barbosa)
Pull request description:
Removes a warning when running `QT_QPA_PLATFORM=cocoa src/qt/test/test_bitcoin-qt`.
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8e08d00598 qt: Use parent-child relation to manage lifetime of OptionsModel object (Hennadii Stepanov)
Pull request description:
Both `BitcoinApplication` and `OptionsModel` classes are derived from the `QObject` class, therefore a parent-child relation could be established to manage the lifetime of an `OptionsModel` object:
5236b2e267/src/qt/optionsmodel.cpp (L29-L30)
This PR does not change behavior.
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96cb597325 gui: Avoid redundant tx status updates (Russell Yanofsky)
Pull request description:
This PR is part of the [process separation project](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/projects/10).
In `TransactionTablePriv::index`, avoid calling `interfaces::Wallet::tryGetTxStatus` if the status is up to date as of the most recent `NotifyBlockTip` notification. Store height from the most recent notification in a new `ClientModel::cachedNumBlocks` variable in order to check this.
This avoids floods of IPC traffic from `tryGetTxStatus` with #10102 when there are a lot of transactions. It might also make the GUI a little more efficient even when there is no IPC.
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Both BitcoinApplication and OptionsModel classes are derived from the
QObject class, therefore a parent-child relation could be established to
manage the lifetime of an OptionsModel object.
This commit does not change behavior.
In TransactionTablePriv::index, avoid calling
interfaces::Wallet::tryGetTxStatus if the status is up to date as of the most
recent NotifyBlockTip notification. Store height from the most recent
notification in a new ClientModel::cachedNumBlocks variable in order to check
this.
This avoids floods of IPC traffic from tryGetTxStatus with #10102 when there
are a lot of transactions. It might also make the GUI a little more efficient
even when there is no IPC.
af112ab628 qt: Rename SetPrune() to InitializePruneSetting() (Hennadii Stepanov)
b0bfbe5028 refactor: Drop `bool force' parameter (Hennadii Stepanov)
68c9bbe9bc qt: Force set nPruneSize in QSettings after intro (Hennadii Stepanov)
a82bd8fa57 util: Replace magics with DEFAULT_PRUNE_TARGET_GB (Hennadii Stepanov)
Pull request description:
On master (5622d8f315), having `QSettings` set already
```
$ grep nPruneSize ~/.config/Bitcoin/Bitcoin-Qt-testnet.conf
nPruneSize=6
```
enabling prune option in the intro dialog
```
$ ./src/qt/bitcoin-qt -choosedatadir -testnet
```
has no effect:
```
$ grep Prune ~/.bitcoin/testnet3/debug.log
2019-12-08T10:04:41Z Prune configured to target 5722 MiB on disk for block and undo files.
```
---
With this PR:
```
$ grep Prune ~/.bitcoin/testnet3/debug.log
2019-12-08T10:20:35Z Prune configured to target 1907 MiB on disk for block and undo files.
```
This PR has been split of #17453 (the first two commits) as it fixes an orthogonal bug.
Refs:
- https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/17453#discussion_r345424240
- https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/17453#discussion_r350960201
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9924bce317 [gui] intro: enable pruning by default unless disk is big (Sjors Provoost)
c8de347a9d [gui] intro: add prune preference (Sjors Provoost)
1bbc49d207 [gui] intro: inform caller if intro was shown (Sjors Provoost)
1957103786 [gui] add explicit prune setter (Sjors Provoost)
1bccf6a52d [node] add forceSetArg to interface (Sjors Provoost)
Pull request description:
This adds a checkbox to the intro screen to enable pruning from the get go.
If the user has plenty of space, it's unchecked by default:
<img width="671" alt="big" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10217/63641289-10339000-c6ac-11e9-98d7-caf64dff0da6.png">
If the user has insufficient space it's checked by default:
<img width="897" alt="low" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10217/63641276-d4002f80-c6ab-11e9-9f5b-a53472f814ff.png">
When the user has barely enough space and is likely to need pruning in the near future, this is shown in yellow and we also check the prune box:
<img width="662" alt="medium" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10217/63641294-1c1f5200-c6ac-11e9-8ecb-6b69e42b1ece.png">
The cut-off for this 10 GB above `m_assumed_blockchain_size` (`=240` in `chainparams.cpp`).
If the user launches the first time with `-prune=...` then we disable the check box and display the correct size (rounded to GB):
<img width="658" alt="Schermafbeelding 2019-08-24 om 20 23 14" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10217/63641351-09594d00-c6ad-11e9-94fe-fe5ed562e109.png">
The 2 GB default matches the settings default. The user can't change it in the intro screen, but can change it later. I'm tempted to increase that default to 10 GB, and then have the intro screen reduce it if space is really tight.
Tips for testing:
* move your existing data dir elsewhere
* wipe data dir at every restart (behavior is different if it exists)
* launch with `bitcoin-qt -resetguisettings -lang=en` (there's some space issues in different languages)
* fake your free space by changing `intro.cpp` line 90: `freeBytesAvailable = 5000000000; // 5 GB`
* try both testnet and mainnet, because settings are seperate. In particular note how step 7 in `GuiMain` switches where `QTSettings settings` points to; this had me thoroughly confused on testnet, because I was setting them too early.
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