- now, Excellon and Gerber edited objects will have the source_code updated and ready to be saved

- the edited Gerber (or Excellon) object now is kept in the app after editing and the edited object is a new object
- added a message to the splash screen

FlatCAM.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import sys
 import os
 
-from PyQt5 import QtWidgets
+from PyQt5 import QtWidgets, QtGui
 from PyQt5.QtCore import QSettings, Qt
 from FlatCAMApp import App
 from flatcamGUI import VisPyPatches
@@ -60,18 +60,17 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     # Create and display the splash screen
     # from here: https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2009/05/09/creating-splash-screens-in-pyqt
-    # splash_pix = QtWidgets.QPixmap('splash_loading.png')
-    # splash = QtWidgets.QSplashScreen(splash_pix, Qt.WindowStaysOnTopHint)
+    splash_pix = QtGui.QPixmap('share/flatcam_icon256.png')
+    splash = QtWidgets.QSplashScreen(splash_pix, Qt.WindowStaysOnTopHint)
     # splash.setMask(splash_pix.mask())
-    # splash.show()
-    # app.processEvents()
-    #
-    # # Simulate something that takes time
-    # while True:
-    #     pass
+    splash.show()
+    app.processEvents()
+    splash.showMessage("FlatCAM is initializing ...",
+                       alignment=Qt.AlignBottom | Qt.AlignLeft,
+                       color=QtGui.QColor("gray"))
 
     fc = App()
+    splash.finish(fc.ui)
     fc.ui.show()
-    # splash.finish(fc)
 
     sys.exit(app.exec_())