[Qgis-user] Have QGIS prompt for profile to use everytime ?

[Fernando M. Roxo da Motta]

On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 17:18:05 +0200, Raymond Nijssen
<r.nijssen at terglobo.nl> wrote:


> This script works for me. But I'm not all sure about the way I start
> a new process for QGIS and quit the python script. I think ending the 
> command with an "&" only works on unix kind of systems..

  Perhaps the 'run()' method of subprocess module can be a more
suitable answer:

  https://docs.python.org/3/library/subprocess.html

  HTH.

> 
> ---
> 
> import sys
> import os
> from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QWidget, QVBoxLayout, 
> QComboBox, QPushButton
> 
> # adjust these to your setup:
> qgis_bin = '/home/raymond/git/QGIS/build-master/output/bin/qgis'
> profile_path = '/home/raymond/.local/share/QGIS/QGIS3/profiles'
> 
> 
> def run_qgis():
>      profile_name = cb.currentText()
>      cmd = f'{qgis_bin} --profile {profile_name} &'
>      #print(cmd)
>      w.close()
>      os.system(cmd)
> 
> 
> app = QApplication(sys.argv)
> 
> w = QWidget()
> w.setWindowTitle('Choose QGIS profile')
> 
> l = QVBoxLayout()
> 
> cb = QComboBox()
> for fn in os.scandir(profile_path):
>      if fn.is_dir():
>          cb.addItem(fn.name)
> l.addWidget(cb)
> 
> btn = QPushButton('Run QGIS')
> btn.clicked.connect(run_qgis)
> l.addWidget(btn)
> 
> w.setLayout(l)
> 
> w.show()
> 
> sys.exit(app.exec_())
> 
> ---
> 
> On 21-10-2020 14:00, Raymond Nijssen wrote:
> > Hi Lars,
> > 
> > I don't think you can. You can make a startup.py script that runs
> > every time you start QGIS, but it sits in your profile folder. So
> > when QGIS runs it, QGIS must already be aware of the profile that
> > is being used. Also, changing the profile needs a QGIS restart, so
> > it seems QGIS cannot change profile anymore while running.
> > 
> > Maybe you can make a small python (pyqt?) script that displays a
> > dialog with profile name picker and does a "qgis --profile NAME"
> > for you?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Raymond
> > 
> > 
> > On 21-10-2020 13:21, Lars I. Nielsen, LIFA A/S wrote:  
> >> Hi list.
> >>
> >> If I have multiple profiles defined, is it possible to have QGIS 
> >> prompt me everytime for which profile to use ?
> >>
> >> I know that I can add “--profile NAME” to the command line, but is 
> >> looking for a way to avoid having multiple start icons.
> >>
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