From f4281020b091772210eee55e8a65e659aacb752c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Hooge <thomas@hoogi.de>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:59:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Some fixes for ymsgui

---
 INSTALL   |  9 +++++----
 ymsgui.py | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 462719d..5970480 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ Rename sample configfile config.inc-sample:
   mv config.inc-sample config.inc
 
 Open config.inc in a text editor and fill in your database details.
+If you want to use local unix socket connection set host = socket.
 
 5.3. Check file access rights for security
 
@@ -106,14 +107,14 @@ Configfile should be readable by webserver but not writeable.
 6. Setup local GUI
 
 Create a local database user with same name as your computer user and allow
-database acces with current unix credentials:
+database access with current unix credentials. E.g if your current unix user
+is "ymsgui":
    mysql> CREATE USER 'ymsgui'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED VIA unix_socket;
    mysql> GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON yms.* TO 'ymsgui'@'localhost';
 
-Copy ymsgui.py to /usr/local/bin
-Copy directory yms to /usr/local/share
+Execute "install.sh" to install the software to your local operating system.
 
-Start ymsgui.py, default configuration file is automatically created
+Start "yms", default configuration file is automatically created
 
 7. Start using YMS
 
diff --git a/ymsgui.py b/ymsgui.py
index ddf80d7..56e2de4 100755
--- a/ymsgui.py
+++ b/ymsgui.py
@@ -42,11 +42,23 @@ cfg = {
     'shapedir': 'webgui/shapes'
 }
 
+def get_share_dir():
+    program_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+    source_ui = os.path.join(program_dir, "yms", "ui", "main.ui")
+    if os.path.isfile(source_ui):
+        return program_dir
+    return os.path.join(
+        os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(program_dir)),
+        "share",
+        "yms"
+    )
+
 class Frontend():
 
     def __init__(self):
+        self.uipath = os.path.join(get_share_dir(), "yms", "ui")
         builder = Gtk.Builder()
-        builder.add_from_file("yms/ui/main.ui")
+        builder.add_from_file(os.path.join(self.uipath, "main.ui"))
         builder.connect_signals(self)
         self.window = builder.get_object("wnd_main")
         gtkutils.init_named_controls(self, builder)
@@ -230,21 +242,6 @@ def create_config(cfgfile):
     os.chmod(cfgfile, 0o600)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    
-    dialog = Gtk.MessageDialog(
-    message_type=Gtk.MessageType.QUESTION,
-    buttons=Gtk.ButtonsType.YES_NO,
-    text="Are you sure?"
-    )
-    image = Gtk.Image.new_from_stock(
-        Gtk.STOCK_DIALOG_QUESTION,
-        Gtk.IconSize.DIALOG
-    )
-    dialog.set_image(image)
-    dialog.show_all()
-    response = dialog.run()
-    dialog.destroy()
-    
     locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
     gettext.bindtextdomain('ymsgui', 'locale')
     gettext.textdomain('ymsgui')
@@ -262,10 +259,15 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     else:
         cfg['host'] = config.get('DB', 'host')
         cfg['db'] = config.get('DB', 'db')
-        cfg['user'] = config.get('DB', 'user')
-        cfg['pass'] = config.get('DB', 'pass')
         db = database.Database(cfg['host'], cfg['db'])
-        if db.connect(cfg['user'], cfg['pass']):
+        connected = False
+        if cfg['host'] == 'socket':
+            connected = db.connect_local()
+        else:
+            cfg['user'] = config.get('DB', 'user')
+            cfg['pass'] = config.get('DB', 'pass')
+            connected = db.connect(cfg['user'], cfg['pass'])
+        if connected:
             app = Frontend()
             app.run()
             db.disconnect()