[GTKUI] Restart application when switching modes

deluge/ui/gtkui/gtkui.py

@@ -257,12 +257,17 @@ class GtkUI(object):
         # Shut down components
         yield self.shutdown()
 
-        # Modal dialogs can prevent the application exiting so destroy mainwindow
+        # The gtk modal dialogs (e.g. Preferences) can prevent the application
-        # Must do this here to avoid hang when closing with SIGINT (CTRL-C)
+        # quitting, so force exiting by destroying MainWindow. Must be done here
+        # to avoid hanging when quitting with SIGINT (CTRL-C).
         self.mainwindow.window.destroy()
 
         reactor.stop()
 
+        # Restart the application after closing if MainWindow attribute set.
+        if component.get('MainWindow').restart:
+            os.execv(sys.argv[0], sys.argv)
+
     def print_rpc_stats(self):
         if not client.connected():
             return

deluge/ui/gtkui/mainwindow.py

@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ class MainWindow(component.Component):
         # Keep track of window's minimization state so that we don't update the
         # UI when it is minimized.
         self.is_minimized = False
+        self.restart = False
 
         self.window.drag_dest_set(gtk.DEST_DEFAULT_ALL, [('text/uri-list', 0, 80)], gtk.gdk.ACTION_COPY)
 
@@ -200,15 +201,18 @@ class MainWindow(component.Component):
         """Returns a reference to the main window GTK builder object."""
         return self.main_builder
 
-    def quit(self, shutdown=False):
+    def quit(self, shutdown=False, restart=False):
-        """
+        """Quits the GtkUI application.
-        Quits the GtkUI
+
+        Args:
+            shutdown (bool): Whether or not to shutdown the daemon as well.
+            restart (bool): Whether or not to restart the application after closing.
 
-        :param shutdown: whether or not to shutdown the daemon as well
-        :type shutdown: boolean
         """
+
         def quit_gtkui():
             def stop_gtk_reactor(result=None):
+                self.restart = restart
                 try:
                     reactor.callLater(0, reactor.fireSystemEvent, 'gtkui_close')
                 except ReactorNotRunning:

deluge/ui/gtkui/preferences.py

@@ -701,16 +701,17 @@ class Preferences(component.Component):
                     shutdown_daemon = (not client.is_standalone() and
                                        client.connected() and
                                        client.is_localhost())
-                    component.get('MainWindow').quit(shutdown=shutdown_daemon)
+                    component.get('MainWindow').quit(shutdown=shutdown_daemon, restart=True)
                 else:
                     self.gtkui_config['standalone'] = not new_gtkui_standalone
                     self.builder.get_object('radio_standalone').set_active(
                         self.gtkui_config['standalone'])
                     self.builder.get_object('radio_thinclient').set_active(
                         not self.gtkui_config['standalone'])
+            mode = 'Thinclient' if was_standalone else 'Standalone'
             dialog = YesNoDialog(
-                _('Switching client mode...'),
+                _('Switching Deluge Client Mode...'),
-                _('Your current session will be stopped. Do you wish to continue?')
+                _('Do you want to restart to use %s mode?' % mode)
             )
             dialog.run().addCallback(on_response)