Method initInternal

CrashReporter/CallbacksManager.cpp:475–647

}

void
CallbacksManager::initInternal()
{
#ifdef NATRON_USE_BREAKPAD
    bool enableBreakpad = true;
#else
    bool enableBreakpad = false;
#endif

    /*
       Check the value of the "Enable crash reports" parameter of the preferences of Natron
     */
    QSettings settings( QString::fromUtf8(NATRON_ORGANIZATION_NAME), QString::fromUtf8(NATRON_APPLICATION_NAME) );
    if ( settings.contains( QString::fromUtf8("enableCrashReports") ) ) {
        bool userEnableCrashReports = settings.value( QString::fromUtf8("enableCrashReports") ).toBool();
        if (!userEnableCrashReports) {
            enableBreakpad = false;
        }
    }

    // Note it is very important to pass a reference to _argc to QCoreApplication and that this int lives
    // thoughout the lifetime of QCoreApplication because it holds a reference to this int the whole time.
    QCoreApplication* qtApp = new QCoreApplication(_argc, &_argv.front());
    (void)qtApp;


    if (enableBreakpad) {
        //This will throw an exception if it fails to start the crash generation server
        initCrashGenerationServer();
        assert(_crashServer);
    }

    /*
       At this point the crash generation server is created
       qApp has been defined so far
     */
    assert(qApp);

    QString crashReporterBinaryFilePath = qApp->applicationFilePath();
    QString natronBinaryPath = qApp->applicationDirPath();
    natronBinaryPath = getNatronBinaryFilePathFromCrashReporterDirPath(natronBinaryPath);

    if ( !QFile::exists(natronBinaryPath) ) {
        _initErr = true;
        std::stringstream ss;
        ss << natronBinaryPath.toStdString() << ": no such file or directory.";
        throw std::runtime_error( ss.str() );

        return;
    }

#ifndef NATRON_CRASH_REPORTER_USE_FORK

    _natronProcess = new QProcess();
    QObject::connect( _natronProcess, SIGNAL(readyReadStandardOutput()), this, SLOT(onNatronProcessStdOutWrittenTo()) );
    QObject::connect( _natronProcess, SIGNAL(readyReadStandardError()), this, SLOT(onNatronProcessStdErrWrittenTo()) );
    QObject::connect( _natronProcess, SIGNAL(finished(int,QProcess::ExitStatus)), this, SLOT(onSpawnedProcessFinished(int,QProcess::ExitStatus)) );
    QObject::connect( _natronProcess, SIGNAL(error(QProcess::ProcessError)), this, SLOT(onSpawnedProcessError(QProcess::ProcessError)) );