E-book viewer: Add an option to always start the viewer in full screen mode

src/calibre/gui2/viewer/config.py

@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ def config(defaults=None):
             help=_('Show reading position in fullscreen mode.'))
     c.add_opt('fullscreen_scrollbar', default=True, action='store_false',
             help=_('Show the scrollbar in fullscreen mode.'))
+    c.add_opt('start_in_fullscreen', default=False, action='store_true',
+              help=_('Start viewer in full screen mode'))
     c.add_opt('cols_per_screen', default=1)
     c.add_opt('use_book_margins', default=False, action='store_true')
     c.add_opt('top_margin', default=20)
@@ -206,6 +208,7 @@ class ConfigDialog(QDialog, Ui_Dialog):
         self.opt_fit_images.setChecked(opts.fit_images)
         self.opt_fullscreen_clock.setChecked(opts.fullscreen_clock)
         self.opt_fullscreen_scrollbar.setChecked(opts.fullscreen_scrollbar)
+        self.opt_start_in_fullscreen.setChecked(opts.start_in_fullscreen)
         self.opt_fullscreen_pos.setChecked(opts.fullscreen_pos)
         self.opt_cols_per_screen.setValue(opts.cols_per_screen)
         self.opt_override_book_margins.setChecked(not opts.use_book_margins)
@@ -279,6 +282,7 @@ class ConfigDialog(QDialog, Ui_Dialog):
         c.set('fullscreen_clock', self.opt_fullscreen_clock.isChecked())
         c.set('fullscreen_pos', self.opt_fullscreen_pos.isChecked())
         c.set('fullscreen_scrollbar', self.opt_fullscreen_scrollbar.isChecked())
+        c.set('start_in_fullscreen', self.opt_start_in_fullscreen.isChecked())
         c.set('cols_per_screen', int(self.opt_cols_per_screen.value()))
         c.set('use_book_margins', not
                 self.opt_override_book_margins.isChecked())

src/calibre/gui2/viewer/config.ui

@@ -388,20 +388,27 @@ QToolBox::tab:hover {
              </property>
             </widget>
            </item>
-           <item row="3" column="0" colspan="2">
+           <item row="4" column="0" colspan="2">
             <widget class="QCheckBox" name="opt_fullscreen_pos">
              <property name="text">
               <string>Show reading &amp;position in full screen mode</string>
              </property>
             </widget>
            </item>
-           <item row="2" column="0" colspan="2">
+           <item row="3" column="0" colspan="2">
             <widget class="QCheckBox" name="opt_fullscreen_scrollbar">
              <property name="text">
               <string>Show &amp;scrollbar in full screen mode</string>
              </property>
             </widget>
            </item>
+           <item row="2" column="0" colspan="2">
+            <widget class="QCheckBox" name="opt_start_in_fullscreen">
+             <property name="text">
+              <string>&amp;Start viewer in full screen mode</string>
+             </property>
+            </widget>
+           </item>
           </layout>
          </widget>
          <widget class="QWidget" name="page_6">

src/calibre/gui2/viewer/documentview.py

@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ class Document(QWebPage): # {{{
         self.fullscreen_clock = opts.fullscreen_clock
         self.fullscreen_scrollbar = opts.fullscreen_scrollbar
         self.fullscreen_pos = opts.fullscreen_pos
+        self.start_in_fullscreen = opts.start_in_fullscreen
         self.use_book_margins = opts.use_book_margins
         self.cols_per_screen = opts.cols_per_screen
         self.side_margin = opts.side_margin

src/calibre/gui2/viewer/main.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from calibre.gui2 import (Application, ORG_NAME, APP_UID, choose_files,
     info_dialog, error_dialog, open_url, available_height)
 from calibre.ebooks.oeb.iterator.book import EbookIterator
 from calibre.ebooks import DRMError
-from calibre.constants import islinux, isbsd, filesystem_encoding
+from calibre.constants import islinux, filesystem_encoding
 from calibre.utils.config import Config, StringConfig, JSONConfig
 from calibre.gui2.search_box import SearchBox2
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata import MetaInformation
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ class EbookViewer(MainWindow, Ui_EbookViewer):
     PAGED_MODE_TT = _('Switch to flow mode - where the text is not broken up '
             'into pages')
 
-    def __init__(self, pathtoebook=None, debug_javascript=False, open_at=None):
+    def __init__(self, pathtoebook=None, debug_javascript=False, open_at=None,
+                 start_in_fullscreen=False):
         MainWindow.__init__(self, None)
         self.setupUi(self)
         self.view.initialize_view(debug_javascript)
@@ -360,6 +361,8 @@ class EbookViewer(MainWindow, Ui_EbookViewer):
 
         self.restore_state()
         self.action_toggle_paged_mode.toggled[bool].connect(self.toggle_paged_mode)
+        if (start_in_fullscreen or self.view.document.start_in_fullscreen):
+            self.action_full_screen.trigger()
 
     def toggle_paged_mode(self, checked, at_start=False):
         in_paged_mode = not self.action_toggle_paged_mode.isChecked()
@@ -399,7 +402,7 @@ class EbookViewer(MainWindow, Ui_EbookViewer):
                 count += 1
 
     def shutdown(self):
-        if self.isFullScreen():
+        if self.isFullScreen() and not self.view.document.start_in_fullscreen:
             self.action_full_screen.trigger()
             return False
         self.save_state()
@@ -1134,32 +1137,29 @@ def main(args=sys.argv):
 
     parser = option_parser()
     opts, args = parser.parse_args(args)
-    pid = os.fork() if False and (islinux or isbsd) else -1
     try:
         open_at = float(opts.open_at)
     except:
         open_at = None
-    if pid <= 0:
+    override = 'calibre-ebook-viewer' if islinux else None
-        override = 'calibre-ebook-viewer' if islinux else None
+    app = Application(args, override_program_name=override)
-        app = Application(args, override_program_name=override)
+    app.load_builtin_fonts()
-        app.load_builtin_fonts()
+    app.setWindowIcon(QIcon(I('viewer.png')))
-        app.setWindowIcon(QIcon(I('viewer.png')))
+    QApplication.setOrganizationName(ORG_NAME)
-        QApplication.setOrganizationName(ORG_NAME)
+    QApplication.setApplicationName(APP_UID)
-        QApplication.setApplicationName(APP_UID)
+    main = EbookViewer(args[1] if len(args) > 1 else None,
-        main = EbookViewer(args[1] if len(args) > 1 else None,
+            debug_javascript=opts.debug_javascript, open_at=open_at,
-                debug_javascript=opts.debug_javascript, open_at=open_at)
+                       start_in_fullscreen=opts.full_screen)
-        # This is needed for paged mode. Without it, the first document that is
+    # This is needed for paged mode. Without it, the first document that is
-        # loaded will have extra blank space at the bottom, as
+    # loaded will have extra blank space at the bottom, as
-        # turn_off_internal_scrollbars does not take effect for the first
+    # turn_off_internal_scrollbars does not take effect for the first
-        # rendered document
+    # rendered document
-        main.view.load_path(P('viewer/blank.html', allow_user_override=False))
+    main.view.load_path(P('viewer/blank.html', allow_user_override=False))
 
-        sys.excepthook = main.unhandled_exception
+    sys.excepthook = main.unhandled_exception
-        main.show()
+    main.show()
-        if opts.raise_window:
+    if opts.raise_window:
-            main.raise_()
+        main.raise_()
-    if opts.full_screen:
-        main.action_full_screen.trigger()
     with main:
         return app.exec_()
     return 0