Show active config path in window title

[ispielma]

change the title bar of the main window of all labscript apps to read "app name - path to app_config_file" for example "runmanager - ~/labscript-suite/app_saved_configs/example_apparatus/runmanager/runmanager.ini".

This is helpful in verifying that the app is actually accessing the desired configuration file, which has been an ofttimes issue locally.

[dihm]

Could you help me understand the motivation behind this one a little better? I'm hesitant to add that much cruft to the title bars of all the apps for something that feels like a niche problem that has other potential solutions that aren't so top level.

It does appear that File-->Save configuration already lists the path for the currently loaded config file. Is it inaccurate in niche situations? If so, I'd just as soon fix that. I get that it is an extra click, but is this information that is really needed at a glance?

[ispielma]

I guess first with a bit of rebuttal: most software indicates "the active file" (whatever than means) in the title bar, so I don't think that this should be considered as cruff.

The more substantive response is that, yes this currently appears in the File-->Save configuration menu dropdown, but this is very much not OS standard (so should be removed, ideally), so I think that violating OS GUI standards is a worse sin than updating the menu bar into a more standard form.

[dihm]

Hi Ian, sorry for letting this drop so thoroughly. I'm hopeful to wrap up my all-consuming project in the next couple weeks and catch up on labscript stuff. For this,

It's true that programs will include the active file, but isn't that really only common if you are interacting with that file directly? Like a text editor for example? Our GUIs don't let you directly edit the config at all. Personally, I'd consider those files largely implementation details that normally aren't even tracked by the user. I'm loathe to make them front and center.

I agree that the File->Saved Config path things is pretty gross (and apparently only in runmanager anyway). Maybe the most standard approach would be to have a proper "About" window, accessible from the File menu, that includes this info, along with everything else we think is useful (like active environment, core dependency versions, etc). Would that satisfy the underlying need here?