No longer use the current_profile.ini to share the profile between the backend slicer and the frontend. No longer have simple-mode overwrite the current profile from normal mode.

Cura/cura.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import sys
 import platform
 from optparse import OptionParser
 
+from util import profile
 from util import sliceRun
 
 __author__ = 'Daid'
@@ -43,9 +44,11 @@ Art of Illusion <http://www.artofillusion.org/>"""
 __license__ = 'GNU Affero General Public License http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html'
 
 def main():
-	parser = OptionParser()
+	parser = OptionParser(usage="usage: %prog [options] <filename>.stl")
+	parser.add_option("-p", "--profile", action="store", type="string", dest="profile", help="Use these profile settings instead of loading current_profile.ini")
 	(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
-	sys.argv = [sys.argv[0]] + args
+	if options.profile != None:
+		profile.loadGlobalProfileFromString(options.profile)
 	if len( args ) > 0:
 		sliceRun.runSlice(args)
 	else:

Cura/gui/mainWindow.py

@@ -265,8 +265,6 @@ class mainWindow(configBase.configWindowBase):
 	def OnSlice(self, e):
 		if self.filename == None:
 			return
-		profile.saveGlobalProfile(profile.getDefaultProfilePath())
-		
 		#Create a progress panel and add it to the window. The progress panel will start the Skein operation.
 		spp = sliceProgessPanel.sliceProgessPanel(self, self, self.filename)
 		self.sizer.Add(spp, (len(self.progressPanelList)+2,0), span=(1,4), flag=wx.EXPAND)

Cura/gui/simpleMode.py

@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ class simpleModeWindow(configBase.configWindowBase):
 	def OnSlice(self, e):
 		if self.filename == None:
 			return
+		#save the current profile so we can put it back latter
+		oldProfile = profile.getGlobalProfileString()
+		
 		put = profile.putProfileSetting
 		get = profile.getProfileSetting
 
@@ -247,8 +250,6 @@ class simpleModeWindow(configBase.configWindowBase):
 			put('enable_raft', 'True')
 			put('skirt_line_count', '0')
 		
-		profile.saveGlobalProfile(profile.getDefaultProfilePath())
-		
 		#Create a progress panel and add it to the window. The progress panel will start the Skein operation.
 		spp = sliceProgessPanel.sliceProgessPanel(self, self, self.filename)
 		self.sizer.Add(spp, (len(self.progressPanelList)+2,0), span=(1,4), flag=wx.EXPAND)
@@ -258,6 +259,9 @@ class simpleModeWindow(configBase.configWindowBase):
 		self.SetSize(newSize)
 		self.progressPanelList.append(spp)
 		
+		#Restore the old profile.
+		profile.loadGlobalProfileFromString(oldProfile)
+	
 	def OnPrint(self, e):
 		printWindow.printWindow()
 
@@ -286,5 +290,4 @@ class simpleModeWindow(configBase.configWindowBase):
 		self.Close()
 	
 	def OnClose(self, e):
-		profile.saveGlobalProfile(profile.getDefaultProfilePath())
 		self.Destroy()

Cura/gui/sliceProgessPanel.py

@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ class sliceProgessPanel(wx.Panel):
 		self.prevStep = 'start'
 		self.totalDoneFactor = 0.0
 		self.startTime = time.time()
-		self.thread = WorkerThread(self, filename)
+		p = subprocess.Popen(sliceRun.getSliceCommand(self.filename), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+		self.thread = WorkerThread(self, filename, p)
 	
 	def OnAbort(self, e):
 		if self.abort:
@@ -108,14 +109,15 @@ class sliceProgessPanel(wx.Panel):
 		self.statusText.SetLabel(stepName + " [" + str(layer) + "/" + str(maxLayer) + "]")
 
 class WorkerThread(threading.Thread):
-	def __init__(self, notifyWindow, filename):
+	def __init__(self, notifyWindow, filename, process):
 		threading.Thread.__init__(self)
 		self.filename = filename
 		self.notifyWindow = notifyWindow
+		self.process = process
 		self.start()
 
 	def run(self):
-		p = subprocess.Popen(sliceRun.getSliceCommand(self.filename), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+		p = self.process
 		line = p.stdout.readline()
 		maxValue = 1
 		self.progressLog = []

Cura/util/profile.py

@@ -85,10 +85,23 @@ def saveGlobalProfile(filename):
 	#Save the current profile to an ini file
 	globalProfileParser.write(open(filename, 'w'))
 
-def resetGlobalProfile():
-	#Create an empty profile with no settings, so everything gets default settings.
+def loadGlobalProfileFromString(options):
 	global globalProfileParser
 	globalProfileParser = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
+	globalProfileParser.add_section('profile')
+	for option in options.split('#'):
+		(key, value) = option.split('=', 1)
+		globalProfileParser.set('profile', key, value)
+
+def getGlobalProfileString():
+	global globalProfileParser
+	if not globals().has_key('globalProfileParser'):
+		loadGlobalProfile(getDefaultProfilePath())
+	
+	ret = []
+	for key in globalProfileParser.options('profile'):
+		ret.append(key + "=" + globalProfileParser.get('profile', key))
+	return '#'.join(ret)
 
 def getProfileSetting(name):
 	if name in profileDefaultSettings:

Cura/util/sliceRun.py

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def runSlice(fileNames):
 			print "* Failed to find pypy, so sliced with python!  *"
 			print "************************************************"
 		else:
-			subprocess.call([pypyExe, os.path.join(sys.path[0], sys.argv[0]), fileName])
+			subprocess.call([pypyExe, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "..", os.path.split(sys.argv[0])[1])), '-p', profile.getGlobalProfileString(), fileName])
 
 def getSliceCommand(filename):
 	if profile.getPreference('slicer').startswith('Slic3r'):
@@ -116,5 +116,5 @@ def getSliceCommand(filename):
 		pypyExe = getPyPyExe()
 		if pypyExe == False:
 			pypyExe = sys.executable
-		return [pypyExe, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "..", os.path.split(sys.argv[0])[1])), filename]
+		return [pypyExe, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "..", os.path.split(sys.argv[0])[1])), '-p', profile.getGlobalProfileString(), filename]