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1// Copyright (c) 2011-present The Bitcoin Core developers
2// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
3// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
4
5#include <bitcoin-build-config.h> // IWYU pragma: keep
6
7#include <qt/utilitydialog.h>
8
9#include <qt/forms/ui_helpmessagedialog.h>
10
11#include <qt/guiutil.h>
12
13#include <clientversion.h>
14#include <common/args.h>
15#include <common/license_info.h>
16#include <init.h>
17#include <util/strencodings.h>
18
19#include <cstdio>
20
21#include <QCloseEvent>
22#include <QLabel>
23#include <QMainWindow>
24#include <QRegularExpression>
25#include <QString>
26#include <QTextCursor>
27#include <QTextTable>
28#include <QVBoxLayout>
29
30/** "Help message" or "About" dialog box */
31HelpMessageDialog::HelpMessageDialog(QWidget *parent, bool about) :
32    QDialog(parent, GUIUtil::dialog_flags),
33    ui(new Ui::HelpMessageDialog)
34{
35    ui->setupUi(this);
36
37    QString version = QString{CLIENT_NAME} + " " + tr("version") + " " + QString::fromStdString(FormatFullVersion());
38
39    if (about)
40    {
41        setWindowTitle(tr("About %1").arg(CLIENT_NAME));
42
43        std::string licenseInfo = LicenseInfo();
44        /// HTML-format the license message from the core
45        QString licenseInfoHTML = QString::fromStdString(LicenseInfo());
46        // Make URLs clickable
47        QRegularExpression uri(QStringLiteral("<(.*)>"), QRegularExpression::InvertedGreedinessOption);
48        licenseInfoHTML.replace(uri, QStringLiteral("<a href=\"\\1\">\\1</a>"));
49        // Replace newlines with HTML breaks
50        licenseInfoHTML.replace("\n", "<br>");
51
52        ui->aboutMessage->setTextFormat(Qt::RichText);
53        ui->scrollArea->setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAsNeeded);
54        text = version + "\n" + QString::fromStdString(FormatParagraph(licenseInfo));
55        ui->aboutMessage->setText(version + "<br><br>" + licenseInfoHTML);
56        ui->aboutMessage->setWordWrap(true);
57        ui->helpMessage->setVisible(false);
58    } else {
59        setWindowTitle(tr("Command-line options"));
60        QString header = "The bitcoin-qt application provides a graphical interface for interacting with " CLIENT_NAME ".\n\n"
61                         "It combines the core functionalities of bitcoind with a user-friendly interface for wallet management, transaction history, and network statistics.\n\n"
62                         "It is suitable for users who prefer a graphical over a command-line interface.\n\n"
63                         "You can optionally specify a payment [URI], in e.g. the BIP21 URI format.\n\n"
64                         "Usage: bitcoin-qt [options] [URI]\n\n";
65        QTextCursor cursor(ui->helpMessage->document());
66        cursor.insertText(version);
67        cursor.insertBlock();
68        cursor.insertText(header);
69        cursor.insertBlock();
70
71        std::string strUsage = gArgs.GetHelpMessage();
72        QString coreOptions = QString::fromStdString(strUsage);
73        text = version + "\n\n" + header + "\n" + coreOptions;
74
75        QTextTableFormat tf;
76        tf.setBorderStyle(QTextFrameFormat::BorderStyle_None);
77        tf.setCellPadding(2);
78        QVector<QTextLength> widths;
79        widths << QTextLength(QTextLength::PercentageLength, 35);
80        widths << QTextLength(QTextLength::PercentageLength, 65);
81        tf.setColumnWidthConstraints(widths);
82
83        QTextCharFormat bold;
84        bold.setFontWeight(QFont::Bold);
85
86        for (const QString &line : coreOptions.split("\n")) {
87            if (line.startsWith("  -"))
88            {
89                cursor.currentTable()->appendRows(1);
90                cursor.movePosition(QTextCursor::PreviousCell);
91                cursor.movePosition(QTextCursor::NextRow);
92                cursor.insertText(line.trimmed());
93                cursor.movePosition(QTextCursor::NextCell);
94            } else if (line.startsWith("   ")) {
95                cursor.insertText(line.trimmed()+' ');
96            } else if (line.size() > 0) {
97                //Title of a group
98                if (cursor.currentTable())
99                    cursor.currentTable()->appendRows(1);
100                cursor.movePosition(QTextCursor::Down);
101                cursor.insertText(line.trimmed(), bold);
102                cursor.insertTable(1, 2, tf);
103            }
104        }
105
106        ui->helpMessage->moveCursor(QTextCursor::Start);
107        ui->scrollArea->setVisible(false);
108        ui->aboutLogo->setVisible(false);
109    }
110
111    GUIUtil::handleCloseWindowShortcut(this);
112}
113
114HelpMessageDialog::~HelpMessageDialog()
115{
116    delete ui;
117}
118
119void HelpMessageDialog::printToConsole()
120{
121    // On other operating systems, the expected action is to print the message to the console.
122    tfm::format(std::cout, "%s", qPrintable(text));
123}
124
125void HelpMessageDialog::showOrPrint()
126{
127#if defined(WIN32)
128    // On Windows, show a message box, as there is no stderr/stdout in windowed applications
129    exec();
130#else
131    // On other operating systems, print help text to console
132    printToConsole();
133#endif
134}
135
136void HelpMessageDialog::on_okButton_accepted()
137{
138    close();
139}
140
141
142/** "Shutdown" window */
143ShutdownWindow::ShutdownWindow(QWidget *parent, Qt::WindowFlags f):
144    QWidget(parent, f)
145{
146    QVBoxLayout *layout = new QVBoxLayout();
147    layout->addWidget(new QLabel(
148        tr("%1 is shutting down…").arg(CLIENT_NAME) + "<br /><br />" +
149        tr("Do not shut down the computer until this window disappears.")));
150    setLayout(layout);
151
152    GUIUtil::handleCloseWindowShortcut(this);
153}
154
155QWidget* ShutdownWindow::showShutdownWindow(QMainWindow* window)
156{
157    assert(window != nullptr);
158
159    // Show a simple window indicating shutdown status
160    QWidget *shutdownWindow = new ShutdownWindow();
161    shutdownWindow->setWindowTitle(window->windowTitle());
162
163    // Center shutdown window at where main window was
164    const QPoint global = window->mapToGlobal(window->rect().center());
165    shutdownWindow->move(global.x() - shutdownWindow->width() / 2, global.y() - shutdownWindow->height() / 2);
166    shutdownWindow->show();
167    return shutdownWindow;
168}
169
170void ShutdownWindow::closeEvent(QCloseEvent *event)
171{
172    event->ignore();
173}
174

src/wallet/receive.cpp

src/wallet/coinselection.cpp

src/consensus/validation.h

src/primitives/transaction.cpp

src/script/descriptor.cpp

src/bitcoin-cli.cpp

src/rpc/blockchain.cpp

src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp

src/init.cpp

src/crypto/sha256.cpp

src/consensus/merkle.h

src/consensus/tx_check.h

src/consensus/tx_verify.h

src/policy/feerate.h

src/policy/feerate.cpp

src/primitives/transaction_identifier.h

src/chainparamsbase.h

src/chainparamsbase.cpp

src/util/moneystr.cpp

src/crypto/ripemd160.h

src/crypto/sha1.h

src/crypto/sha512.h

src/crypto/hmac_sha256.h

src/crypto/hmac_sha512.h

src/crypto/hmac_sha256.cpp

src/crypto/hmac_sha512.cpp

src/crypto/hkdf_sha256_32.h

src/crypto/hkdf_sha256_32.cpp

src/support/cleanse.h

src/support/cleanse.cpp

src/crypto/siphash.cpp

src/crypto/muhash.h

src/crypto/chacha20.h

src/crypto/poly1305.h

src/crypto/chacha20poly1305.h

src/crypto/chacha20poly1305.cpp

src/util/chaintype.cpp

src/util/obfuscation.h

src/util/byte_units.h

src/util/overflow.h

src/blockencodings.cpp

src/net_permissions.cpp

src/policy/packages.cpp

src/policy/rbf.cpp

src/policy/truc_policy.cpp

src/policy/ephemeral_policy.cpp

src/policy/settings.cpp

src/policy/policy.cpp

src/node/transaction.cpp

src/node/coin.cpp

src/rpc/client.cpp

src/rpc/external_signer.cpp

src/rpc/request.cpp

src/rpc/server_util.cpp

src/rpc/fees.cpp

src/rpc/output_script.cpp

src/rpc/rawtransaction_util.cpp

src/rpc/rawtransaction_util.h

src/rpc/register.h

src/rpc/request.h

src/rpc/server_util.h

src/rpc/protocol.h

src/rpc/server.h

src/rpc/signmessage.cpp

src/rpc/txoutproof.cpp

src/rpc/util.cpp

src/rpc/util.h

src/wallet/rpc/addresses.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/backup.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/coins.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/encrypt.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/signmessage.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/util.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/util.h

src/wallet/coincontrol.cpp

src/wallet/coincontrol.h

src/wallet/context.cpp

src/wallet/context.h

src/wallet/crypter.cpp

src/wallet/crypter.h

src/wallet/db.cpp

src/wallet/export.cpp

src/wallet/external_signer_scriptpubkeyman.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/spend.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/transactions.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/wallet.cpp

src/wallet/feebumper.cpp

src/wallet/feebumper.h

src/index/base.h

src/index/base.cpp

src/index/txindex.h

src/index/txindex.cpp

src/index/txindex_key.h

src/index/txospenderindex.h

src/index/txospenderindex.cpp

src/index/blockfilterindex.h

src/index/blockfilterindex.cpp

src/index/coinstatsindex.h

src/index/coinstatsindex.cpp

src/index/db_key.h

src/index/disktxpos.h

src/kernel/chain.cpp

src/kernel/chain.h

src/kernel/checks.cpp

src/kernel/checks.h

src/kernel/context.cpp

src/kernel/context.h

src/kernel/cs_main.cpp

src/kernel/cs_main.h

src/kernel/disconnected_transactions.cpp

src/kernel/disconnected_transactions.h

src/kernel/mempool_removal_reason.cpp

src/kernel/mempool_removal_reason.h

src/kernel/coinstats.cpp

src/kernel/coinstats.h

src/kernel/chainparams.cpp

src/kernel/chainparams.h

src/wallet/sqlite.cpp

src/wallet/sqlite.h

src/wallet/transaction.cpp

src/wallet/transaction.h

src/wallet/dump.cpp

src/wallet/dump.h

src/wallet/init.cpp

src/wallet/walletutil.cpp

src/wallet/walletutil.h

src/wallet/wallettool.cpp

src/wallet/wallettool.h

src/wallet/export.h

src/wallet/migrate.cpp

src/wallet/migrate.h

src/wallet/db.h

src/wallet/walletdb.cpp

src/wallet/interfaces.cpp

src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.cpp

src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.h

src/kernel/bitcoinkernel.cpp

src/kernel/bitcoinkernel.h

src/kernel/bitcoinkernel_wrapper.h

src/node/chainstate.cpp

src/node/chainstate.h

src/node/blockstorage.cpp

src/node/blockstorage.h

src/node/mempool_persist.cpp

src/node/mempool_persist.h

src/node/utxo_snapshot.cpp

src/node/utxo_snapshot.h

src/node/kernel_notifications.cpp

src/node/kernel_notifications.h

src/node/blockmanager_args.cpp

src/kernel/blockmanager_opts.h

src/util/expected.cpp

src/policy/settings.h

src/util/types.h

src/kernel/messagestartchars.h

src/kernel/warning.h

src/util/exception.h

src/common/license_info.h

src/node/coins_view_args.h

src/node/database_args.h

src/util/batchpriority.h

src/util/ui_change_type.h

src/node/coins_view_args.cpp

src/node/peerman_args.h

src/util/serfloat.h

src/node/blockmanager_args.h

src/node/database_args.cpp

src/util/overloaded.h

src/interfaces/types.h

src/node/chainstatemanager_args.h

src/node/minisketchwrapper.h

src/util/macros.h

src/util/syserror.h

src/common/run_command.h

src/util/bytevectorhash.cpp

src/node/mempool_persist_args.cpp

src/util/exec.h

src/util/rbf.h

src/crypto/hex_base.h

src/node/mempool_persist_args.h

src/interfaces/echo.h

src/util/any.h

src/util/batchpriority.cpp

src/util/threadnames.h

src/node/coin.h

src/node/mempool_args.h

src/util/asmap.h

src/util/bytevectorhash.h

src/node/context.cpp

src/util/insert.h

src/util/readwritefile.h

src/node/peerman_args.cpp

src/node/interface_ui.cpp

src/interfaces/handler.h

src/node/mining_args.h

src/util/hasher.cpp

src/common/init.h

src/kernel/mempool_limits.h

src/common/system.h

src/crypto/sha3.h

src/util/threadinterrupt.cpp

src/node/protocol_version.h

src/util/exception.cpp

src/common/messages.h

src/node/connection_types.cpp

src/util/bip32.h

src/common/license_info.cpp

src/util/stdmutex.h

src/common/run_command.cpp

src/util/check.cpp

src/util/golombrice.h

src/node/types.h

src/node/timeoffsets.h

src/util/readwritefile.cpp

src/util/fastrange.h

src/util/signalinterrupt.h

src/util/task_runner.h

src/util/syserror.cpp

src/common/interfaces.cpp

src/common/types.h

src/util/threadinterrupt.h

src/kernel/chainstatemanager_opts.h

src/node/psbt.h

src/policy/ephemeral_policy.h

src/util/trace.h

src/common/url.cpp

src/kernel/mempool_options.h

src/util/serfloat.cpp

src/kernel/notifications_interface.h

src/node/timeoffsets.cpp

src/node/warnings.cpp

src/util/hash_type.h

src/crypto/hex_base.cpp

src/node/eviction.h

src/util/tokenbucket.h

src/crypto/aes.h

src/common/pcp.h

src/util/feefrac.cpp

src/node/transaction.h

src/util/threadnames.cpp

src/common/signmessage.h

src/util/exec.cpp

src/util/signalinterrupt.cpp

src/clientversion.cpp

src/common/signmessage.cpp

src/compat/assumptions.h

src/compat/byteswap.h

src/deploymentinfo.cpp

src/deploymentinfo.h

src/deploymentstatus.cpp

src/deploymentstatus.h

src/dummywallet.cpp

src/external_signer.h

src/init/bitcoin-gui.cpp

src/init/bitcoin-node.cpp

src/init/bitcoin-qt.cpp

src/init/bitcoin-wallet.cpp

src/init/bitcoind.cpp

src/init/common.h

src/interfaces/init.h

src/interfaces/ipc.h

src/key_io.h

src/logging/categories.h

src/logging/timer.h

src/mapport.h

src/musig.h

src/net_permissions.h

src/netgroup.h

src/netmessagemaker.h

src/node/chainstatemanager_args.cpp

src/node/connection_types.h

src/node/context.h

src/node/interface_ui.h

src/node/mempool_args.cpp

src/node/mining_args.cpp

src/node/minisketchwrapper.cpp

src/node/txreconciliation.h

src/policy/fees/estimator_args.cpp

src/policy/fees/estimator_args.h

src/policy/fees/estimator_man.cpp

src/policy/fees/estimator_man.h

src/policy/packages.h

src/policy/rbf.h

src/policy/truc_policy.h

src/pow.h

src/primitives/block.cpp

src/randomenv.h

src/rest.h

src/script/keyorigin.h

src/script/parsing.cpp

src/script/parsing.h

src/script/script_error.h

src/script/sigcache.cpp

src/script/sigcache.h

src/script/solver.h

src/script/verify_flags.h

src/semaphore_grant.h

src/signet.h

src/span.h

src/support/allocators/secure.h

src/support/allocators/zeroafterfree.h

src/util/tokenpipe.cpp

src/util/translation.h

src/util/vector.h

src/versionbits.h

src/versionbits_impl.h

src/wallet/external_signer_scriptpubkeyman.h

src/wallet/fees.h

src/wallet/load.h

src/wallet/receive.h

src/wallet/rpc/wallet.h

src/wallet/types.h

src/walletinitinterface.h

src/zmq/zmqabstractnotifier.cpp

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