Add a setting to control pre-reading behavior

Also makes adding new rows to the settings grid a little more dynamic.

ObservatoryCore/LogMonitor.cs

@@ -103,8 +103,9 @@ namespace Observatory
 
         public void PrereadJournals()
         {
-            // TODO: use the configured journal path, not the "default" detected path.
+            if (!Properties.Core.Default.TryPrimeSystemContextOnStartMonitor) return;
-            DirectoryInfo logDirectory = GetJournalFolder(String.Empty);
+
+            DirectoryInfo logDirectory = GetJournalFolder(Properties.Core.Default.JournalFolder);
             var files = logDirectory.GetFiles("Journal.????????????.??.log");
 
             // Read at most the last two files (in case we were launched after the game and the latest

ObservatoryCore/Properties/Core.Designer.cs

@@ -58,5 +58,20 @@ namespace Observatory.Properties {
                 this["NativeNotify"] = value;
             }
         }
+
+        [global::System.Configuration.UserScopedSettingAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Configuration.DefaultSettingValueAttribute("True")]
+        public bool TryPrimeSystemContextOnStartMonitor
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return ((bool)(this["TryPrimeSystemContextOnStartMonitor"]));
+            }
+            set
+            {
+                this["TryPrimeSystemContextOnStartMonitor"] = value;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }

ObservatoryCore/UI/Views/BasicUIView.axaml.cs

@@ -136,15 +136,20 @@ namespace Observatory.UI.Views
 
             RowDefinitions rows = new()
             {
+                new RowDefinition() { Height = new GridLength(0, GridUnitType.Auto) },
                 new RowDefinition() { Height = new GridLength(0, GridUnitType.Auto) },
                 new RowDefinition() { Height = new GridLength(0, GridUnitType.Auto) },
                 new RowDefinition() { Height = new GridLength(0, GridUnitType.Auto) }
             };
             corePanel.RowDefinitions = rows;
 
+            SettingRowTracker rowTracker = new SettingRowTracker(corePanel);
+
             #region Native Settings
 
-            TextBlock nativeNotifyLabel = new() { Text = "Basic Notification" }; ;
+            #region Notification settings
+
+            TextBlock nativeNotifyLabel = new() { Text = "Basic Notification" };
             CheckBox nativeNotifyCheckbox = new() { IsChecked = Properties.Core.Default.NativeNotify, Content = nativeNotifyLabel };
 
             nativeNotifyCheckbox.Checked += (object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) =>
@@ -159,8 +164,30 @@ namespace Observatory.UI.Views
                 Properties.Core.Default.Save();
             };
 
-            corePanel.AddControl(nativeNotifyCheckbox, 1, 0, 2);
+            corePanel.AddControl(nativeNotifyCheckbox, rowTracker.NextIndex(), 0, 2);
-            
+
+            #endregion
+
+            #region System Context Priming setting
+
+            TextBlock primeSystemContextLabel = new() { Text = "Try re-load current system information when starting monitor" };
+            CheckBox primeSystemContexCheckbox = new() { IsChecked = Properties.Core.Default.TryPrimeSystemContextOnStartMonitor, Content = primeSystemContextLabel };
+
+            primeSystemContexCheckbox.Checked += (object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) =>
+            {
+                Properties.Core.Default.TryPrimeSystemContextOnStartMonitor = true;
+                Properties.Core.Default.Save();
+            };
+
+            primeSystemContexCheckbox.Unchecked += (object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) =>
+            {
+                Properties.Core.Default.TryPrimeSystemContextOnStartMonitor = false;
+                Properties.Core.Default.Save();
+            };
+
+            corePanel.AddControl(primeSystemContexCheckbox, rowTracker.NextIndex(), 0, 2);
+
+            #endregion
 
             #endregion
 
@@ -207,9 +234,10 @@ namespace Observatory.UI.Views
                 
             };
 
-            corePanel.AddControl(journalPathLabel, 2, 0);
+            int journalPathRowIndex = rowTracker.NextIndex();
-            corePanel.AddControl(journalPath, 2, 1);
+            corePanel.AddControl(journalPathLabel, journalPathRowIndex, 0);
-            corePanel.AddControl(journalBrowse, 2, 2);
+            corePanel.AddControl(journalPath, journalPathRowIndex, 1);
+            corePanel.AddControl(journalBrowse, journalPathRowIndex, 2);
 
             #endregion
 
@@ -249,7 +277,7 @@ namespace Observatory.UI.Views
             }
 
             pluginList.Items = allPlugins;
-            corePanel.AddControl(pluginList, 0, 0, 2);
+            corePanel.AddControl(pluginList, SettingRowTracker.PLUGIN_LIST_ROW_INDEX, 0, 2);
 
             #endregion
 
@@ -451,4 +479,33 @@ namespace Observatory.UI.Views
             Grid.SetRow(control, row);
         }
     }
+
+    internal class SettingRowTracker
+    {
+        public const int PLUGIN_LIST_ROW_INDEX = 0;
+        private int nextSettingRowIndex;
+
+        private Grid settingPanel;
+
+        public SettingRowTracker(Grid settingPanel)
+        {
+            this.settingPanel = settingPanel;
+            Reset();
+        }
+
+        public int NextIndex()
+        {
+            if (nextSettingRowIndex > settingPanel.RowDefinitions.Count)
+            {
+                throw new IndexOutOfRangeException("Trying to add more settings than rows in the settings grid.");
+            }
+            return nextSettingRowIndex++;
+        }
+
+        private void Reset()
+        {
+            nextSettingRowIndex = PLUGIN_LIST_ROW_INDEX + 1;
+        }
+
+    }
 }