Method start

src/oidbridge/oid_bridge.cpp:98–127

        : plot_callback_{std::move(plot_callback)} {}

    bool start() {
        // The user may have closed a previous window: its process is gone and
        // its socket is dead. Drop the stale transport so wait_for_client()
        // below accepts the fresh window's connection; otherwise client_
        // keeps pointing at the dead socket, the new window is never adopted,
        // and every send fails. Checked via the process (not just the socket)
        // because a dead window's socket can still report readable leftover
        // data.
        if (client_ != nullptr &&
            (!ui_proc_.isRunning() || !client_->is_connected())) {
            client_.reset();
        }
        // acceptor_ already listens on an ephemeral port (all interfaces)
        // as part of its construction.
        const auto portStdString = std::to_string(acceptor_.port());

        // The viewer parses only -h/-p. Process::start() takes a non-const
        // reference (it builds a mutable argv from the strings' data()), so
        // command cannot be const here.
        std::vector<std::string> command = {
            oid_path_ + "/oidwindow", "-p", portStdString};

        ui_proc_.start(command);

        ui_proc_.waitForStart();

        wait_for_client();

        return client_ != nullptr;
    }

    void set_path(const std::string_view& oid_path) {
        oid_path_ = oid_path;