- the HUD display state is now persistent between app restarts

flatcamGUI/PlotCanvas.py

@@ -187,11 +187,15 @@ class PlotCanvas(QtCore.QObject, VisPyCanvas):
             self.hud_enabled = True
             self.rect_hud.parent = self.view
             self.text_hud.parent = self.view
+
+            self.fcapp.defaults['global_hud'] = True
         else:
             self.hud_enabled = False
             self.rect_hud.parent = None
             self.text_hud.parent = None
 
+            self.fcapp.defaults['global_hud'] = False
+
     def draw_workspace(self, workspace_size):
         """
         Draw a rectangular shape on canvas to specify our valid workspace.

flatcamGUI/PlotCanvasLegacy.py

@@ -320,9 +320,14 @@ class PlotCanvasLegacy(QtCore.QObject):
         if state:
             self.hud_enabled = True
             self.text_hud.add_artist()
+
+            self.app.defaults['global_hud'] = True
         else:
             self.hud_enabled = False
             self.text_hud.remove_artist()
+
+            self.app.defaults['global_hud'] = False
+            
         self.canvas.draw()
 
     class Thud(QtCore.QObject):