Update Application.py

1 files changed, 482 insertions, 31 deletions

diff --git a/src/frontEnd/Application.py b/src/frontEnd/Application.py
index 5d76bf9d..992255aa 100644
--- a/src/frontEnd/Application.py
+++ b/src/frontEnd/Application.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import traceback
+import webbrowser
 
 if os.name == 'nt':
     from frontEnd import pathmagic  # noqa:F401
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ from projManagement.newProject import NewProjectInfo
 from projManagement.Kicad import Kicad
 from projManagement.Validation import Validation
 from projManagement import Worker
+from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QGraphicsDropShadowEffect
 
 # Its our main window of application.
 
@@ -58,6 +60,9 @@ class Application(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
         # Set slot for simulation end signal to plot simulation data
         self.simulationEndSignal.connect(self.plotSimulationData)
 
+        #the plotFlag
+        self.plotFlag = False
+
         # Creating require Object
         self.obj_workspace = Workspace.Workspace()
         self.obj_Mainview = MainView()
@@ -78,10 +83,19 @@ class Application(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
         self.showMaximized()
         self.setWindowIcon(QtGui.QIcon(init_path + 'images/logo.png'))
 
+        # Apply a modern, aesthetic dark theme
+        self.apply_dark_theme()
+
         self.systemTrayIcon = QtWidgets.QSystemTrayIcon(self)
         self.systemTrayIcon.setIcon(QtGui.QIcon(init_path + 'images/logo.png'))
         self.systemTrayIcon.setVisible(True)
 
+        font = QtGui.QFont("Fira Sans", 11)
+        self.setFont(font)
+
+        self.statusBar = self.statusBar()
+        self.statusBar.showMessage('Welcome to eSim!')
+
     def initToolBar(self):
         """
         This function initializes Tool Bars.
@@ -96,45 +110,56 @@ class Application(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
         # Top Tool bar
         self.newproj = QtWidgets.QAction(
             QtGui.QIcon(init_path + 'images/newProject.png'),
-            '<b>New Project</b>', self
+            'New Project', self
         )
         self.newproj.setShortcut('Ctrl+N')
         self.newproj.triggered.connect(self.new_project)
 
         self.openproj = QtWidgets.QAction(
             QtGui.QIcon(init_path + 'images/openProject.png'),
-            '<b>Open Project</b>', self
+            'Open Project', self
         )
         self.openproj.setShortcut('Ctrl+O')
         self.openproj.triggered.connect(self.open_project)
 
         self.closeproj = QtWidgets.QAction(
             QtGui.QIcon(init_path + 'images/closeProject.png'),
-            '<b>Close Project</b>', self
+            'Close Project', self
         )
         self.closeproj.setShortcut('Ctrl+X')
         self.closeproj.triggered.connect(self.close_project)
 
         self.wrkspce = QtWidgets.QAction(
             QtGui.QIcon(init_path + 'images/workspace.ico'),
-            '<b>Change Workspace</b>', self
+            'Change Workspace', self
         )
         self.wrkspce.setShortcut('Ctrl+W')
         self.wrkspce.triggered.connect(self.change_workspace)
 
         self.helpfile = QtWidgets.QAction(
             QtGui.QIcon(init_path + 'images/helpProject.png'),
-            '<b>Help</b>', self
+            'Help', self
         )
         self.helpfile.setShortcut('Ctrl+H')
         self.helpfile.triggered.connect(self.help_project)
 
+        # added devDocs logo and called functions
+        self.devdocs = QtWidgets.QAction(
+            QtGui.QIcon(init_path + 'images/dev_docs.png'),
+            'Dev Docs', self
+        )
+        self.devdocs.setShortcut('Ctrl+D')
+        self.devdocs.triggered.connect(self.dev_docs)
+
         self.topToolbar = self.addToolBar('Top Tool Bar')
         self.topToolbar.addAction(self.newproj)
         self.topToolbar.addAction(self.openproj)
         self.topToolbar.addAction(self.closeproj)
         self.topToolbar.addAction(self.wrkspce)
         self.topToolbar.addAction(self.helpfile)
+        self.topToolbar.addAction(self.devdocs)
+        self.topToolbar.setIconSize(QSize(32, 32))
+        self.topToolbar.setToolButtonStyle(QtCore.Qt.ToolButtonTextUnderIcon)
 
         # ## This part is meant for SoC Generation which is currently  ##
         # ## under development and will be will be required in future. ##
@@ -174,60 +199,60 @@ class Application(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
         # Left Tool bar Action Widget
         self.kicad = QtWidgets.QAction(
             QtGui.QIcon(init_path + 'images/kicad.png'),
-            '<b>Open Schematic</b>', self
+            'Open Schematic', self
         )
         self.kicad.triggered.connect(self.obj_kicad.openSchematic)
 
         self.conversion = QtWidgets.QAction(
             QtGui.QIcon(init_path + 'images/ki-ng.png'),
-            '<b>Convert KiCad to Ngspice</b>', self
+            'Convert KiCad to Ngspice', self
         )
         self.conversion.triggered.connect(self.obj_kicad.openKicadToNgspice)
 
         self.ngspice = QtWidgets.QAction(
             QtGui.QIcon(init_path + 'images/ngspice.png'),
-            '<b>Simulate</b>', self
+            'Simulate', self
         )
-        self.ngspice.triggered.connect(self.open_ngspice)
+        self.ngspice.triggered.connect(self.plotFlagPopBox)
 
         self.model = QtWidgets.QAction(
             QtGui.QIcon(init_path + 'images/model.png'),
-            '<b>Model Editor</b>', self
+            'Model Editor', self
         )
         self.model.triggered.connect(self.open_modelEditor)
 
         self.subcircuit = QtWidgets.QAction(
             QtGui.QIcon(init_path + 'images/subckt.png'),
-            '<b>Subcircuit</b>', self
+            'Subcircuit', self
         )
         self.subcircuit.triggered.connect(self.open_subcircuit)
 
         self.nghdl = QtWidgets.QAction(
-            QtGui.QIcon(init_path + 'images/nghdl.png'), '<b>NGHDL</b>', self
+            QtGui.QIcon(init_path + 'images/nghdl.png'), 'NGHDL', self
         )
         self.nghdl.triggered.connect(self.open_nghdl)
 
         self.makerchip = QtWidgets.QAction(
             QtGui.QIcon(init_path + 'images/makerchip.png'),
-            '<b>Makerchip-NgVeri</b>', self
+            'Makerchip-NgVeri', self
         )
         self.makerchip.triggered.connect(self.open_makerchip)
 
         self.omedit = QtWidgets.QAction(
             QtGui.QIcon(init_path + 'images/omedit.png'),
-            '<b>Modelica Converter</b>', self
+            'Modelica Converter', self
         )
         self.omedit.triggered.connect(self.open_OMedit)
 
         self.omoptim = QtWidgets.QAction(
             QtGui.QIcon(init_path + 'images/omoptim.png'),
-            '<b>OM Optimisation</b>', self
+            'OM Optimisation', self
         )
         self.omoptim.triggered.connect(self.open_OMoptim)
 
         self.conToeSim = QtWidgets.QAction(
             QtGui.QIcon(init_path + 'images/icon.png'),
-            '<b>Schematics converter</b>', self
+            'Schematics converter', self
         )
         self.conToeSim.triggered.connect(self.open_conToeSim)
 
@@ -244,8 +269,368 @@ class Application(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
         self.lefttoolbar.addAction(self.omedit)
         self.lefttoolbar.addAction(self.omoptim)
         self.lefttoolbar.addAction(self.conToeSim)
-        self.lefttoolbar.setOrientation(QtCore.Qt.Vertical)
-        self.lefttoolbar.setIconSize(QSize(40, 40))
+        self.lefttoolbar.setIconSize(QSize(48, 48))
+        self.lefttoolbar.setToolButtonStyle(QtCore.Qt.ToolButtonTextUnderIcon)
+
+    def apply_dark_theme(self):
+        """Applies a premium, modern dark theme everywhere using only supported QSS properties."""
+        premium_dark_stylesheet = """
+        QMainWindow {
+            background: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:1, y2:1,
+                stop:0 #0a0e1a, stop:0.3 #1a1d29, stop:0.7 #1e2124, stop:1 #0f1419);
+            color: #e8eaed;
+            font-family: 'Inter', 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto', 'Arial', sans-serif;
+            font-size: 13px;
+            font-weight: 500;
+        }
+        QDockWidget {
+            background: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1,
+                stop:0 #23273a, stop:1 #181b24);
+            color: #e8eaed;
+            border: 1px solid #23273a;
+            border-radius: 14px;
+        }
+        QDockWidget::title {
+            text-align: center;
+            background: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:1, y2:0,
+                stop:0 #23273a, stop:1 #181b24);
+            color: #40c4ff;
+            border-radius: 14px 14px 0 0;
+            padding: 12px 16px;
+            font-weight: 700;
+            font-size: 16px;
+            letter-spacing: 0.5px;
+            border-bottom: 1px solid #23273a;
+        }
+        QGroupBox {
+            background: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1,
+                stop:0 #23273a, stop:1 #181b24);
+            border: 1px solid #23273a;
+            border-radius: 14px;
+            margin-top: 24px;
+            color: #e8eaed;
+            font-weight: 600;
+            padding-top: 16px;
+        }
+        QGroupBox::title {
+            subcontrol-origin: margin;
+            subcontrol-position: top left;
+            padding: 8px 16px 4px 16px;
+            color: #40c4ff;
+            background: transparent;
+            font-weight: 700;
+            font-size: 15px;
+            letter-spacing: 0.5px;
+        }
+        QToolBar {
+            background: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1,
+                stop:0 #23273a, stop:1 #181b24);
+            border: 1px solid #23273a;
+            border-radius: 12px;
+            color: #e8eaed;
+            padding: 10px 16px;
+            spacing: 10px;
+            margin: 4px;
+        }
+        QToolBar::separator {
+            background: #23273a;
+            width: 1px;
+            margin: 8px 12px;
+        }
+        QToolButton {
+            background: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1,
+                stop:0 #23273a, stop:1 #181b24);
+            border: 1px solid #23273a;
+            color: #e8eaed;
+            padding: 12px 12px 8px 12px;
+            margin: 6px 3px;
+            border-radius: 10px;
+            font-weight: 600;
+            font-size: 13px;
+            letter-spacing: 0.3px;
+        }
+        QToolButton:hover {
+            background: #40c4ff;
+            color: #181b24;
+            border: 1.5px solid #40c4ff;
+        }
+        QToolButton:pressed, QToolButton:checked {
+            background: #1976d2;
+            color: #fff;
+            border: 1.5px solid #1976d2;
+        }
+        QLabel {
+            color: #e8eaed;
+            font-weight: 500;
+            font-size: 13px;
+            letter-spacing: 0.2px;
+        }
+        QMenuBar {
+            background: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1,
+                stop:0 #23273a, stop:1 #181b24);
+            border: none;
+            border-bottom: 1px solid #23273a;
+            color: #e8eaed;
+            font-weight: 600;
+        }
+        QMenuBar::item {
+            background: transparent;
+            color: #e8eaed;
+            padding: 10px 20px;
+            border-radius: 8px;
+            margin: 2px;
+            font-weight: 600;
+        }
+        QMenuBar::item:selected {
+            background: #23273a;
+            color: #40c4ff;
+        }
+        QMenu {
+            background: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1,
+                stop:0 #23273a, stop:1 #181b24);
+            color: #e8eaed;
+            border: 1px solid #23273a;
+            border-radius: 12px;
+            padding: 8px;
+        }
+        QMenu::item {
+            padding: 10px 24px;
+            border-radius: 8px;
+            margin: 2px;
+            font-weight: 600;
+        }
+        QMenu::item:selected {
+            background: #40c4ff;
+            color: #181b24;
+        }
+        QMenu::separator {
+            height: 1px;
+            background: #23273a;
+            margin: 8px 16px;
+        }
+        QTreeWidget, QTreeView, QListView {
+            background: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1,
+                stop:0 #23273a, stop:1 #181b24);
+            color: #e8eaed;
+            border: 1px solid #23273a;
+            border-radius: 12px;
+            selection-background-color: #40c4ff;
+            selection-color: #181b24;
+            font-weight: 600;
+            padding: 4px;
+        }
+        QTreeView::item, QListView::item {
+            padding: 8px 12px;
+            border-radius: 8px;
+            margin: 1px;
+        }
+        QTreeView::item:hover, QListView::item:hover {
+            background: #23273a;
+            color: #40c4ff;
+        }
+        QTreeView::item:selected, QListView::item:selected {
+            background: #40c4ff;
+            color: #181b24;
+            font-weight: 700;
+        }
+        QHeaderView::section {
+            background: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:1, y2:0,
+                stop:0 #23273a, stop:1 #181b24);
+            color: #40c4ff;
+            font-weight: 700;
+            font-size: 17px;
+            border: none;
+            border-radius: 12px 12px 0 0;
+            padding: 12px 0px 12px 18px;
+            letter-spacing: 0.5px;
+        }
+        QTabBar::tab {
+            background: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1,
+                stop:0 #23273a, stop:1 #181b24);
+            color: #b0b3b8;
+            border: 1px solid #23273a;
+            border-bottom: none;
+            border-top-left-radius: 12px;
+            border-top-right-radius: 12px;
+            padding: 12px 28px;
+            margin-right: 4px;
+            font-weight: 600;
+            font-size: 13px;
+            letter-spacing: 0.3px;
+        }
+        QTabBar::tab:selected {
+            background: #40c4ff;
+            color: #181b24;
+            border: 1px solid #40c4ff;
+            border-bottom: 3px solid #40c4ff;
+            font-weight: 700;
+        }
+        QTabBar::tab:hover:!selected {
+            background: #23273a;
+            color: #e8eaed;
+        }
+        QTabWidget::pane {
+            border: 1px solid #23273a;
+            border-radius: 0 12px 12px 12px;
+            background: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1,
+                stop:0 #23273a, stop:1 #181b24);
+        }
+        QTextEdit, QLineEdit, QPlainTextEdit {
+            background: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1,
+                stop:0 #23273a, stop:1 #181b24);
+            color: #e8eaed;
+            border: 1px solid #23273a;
+            border-radius: 10px;
+            padding: 12px 16px;
+            font-weight: 500;
+            font-size: 13px;
+            selection-background-color: #40c4ff;
+            selection-color: #181b24;
+        }
+        QTextEdit:focus, QLineEdit:focus, QPlainTextEdit:focus {
+            border: 2px solid #40c4ff;
+            background: #181b24;
+        }
+        QDialog {
+            background: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:1, y2:1,
+                stop:0 #23273a, stop:1 #181b24);
+            color: #e8eaed;
+            border: 1px solid #23273a;
+            border-radius: 16px;
+        }
+        QPushButton {
+            background: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1,
+                stop:0 #40c4ff, stop:1 #1976d2);
+            color: #181b24;
+            border: 1px solid #40c4ff;
+            padding: 12px 24px;
+            border-radius: 10px;
+            font-weight: 700;
+            font-size: 13px;
+            letter-spacing: 0.5px;
+        }
+        QPushButton:hover {
+            background: #1976d2;
+            color: #fff;
+            border: 1.5px solid #1976d2;
+        }
+        QPushButton:pressed {
+            background: #23273a;
+            color: #40c4ff;
+            border: 1.5px solid #40c4ff;
+        }
+        QPushButton:disabled {
+            background: #23273a;
+            color: #888;
+            border: 1px solid #23273a;
+        }
+        QStatusBar {
+            background: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:1, y2:0,
+                stop:0 #23273a, stop:1 #181b24);
+            color: #b0b3b8;
+            border: none;
+            border-top: 1px solid #23273a;
+            padding: 8px 16px;
+            font-weight: 600;
+            font-size: 12px;
+            letter-spacing: 0.3px;
+        }
+        QScrollBar:vertical, QScrollBar:horizontal {
+            background: #23273a;
+            border-radius: 6px;
+            margin: 0;
+        }
+        QScrollBar::handle:vertical, QScrollBar::handle:horizontal {
+            background: #40c4ff;
+            border-radius: 6px;
+            min-height: 30px;
+            min-width: 30px;
+            margin: 2px;
+        }
+        QScrollBar::handle:vertical:hover, QScrollBar::handle:horizontal:hover {
+            background: #1976d2;
+        }
+        QScrollBar::add-line, QScrollBar::sub-line {
+            background: none;
+            border: none;
+        }
+        QProgressBar {
+            background: #23273a;
+            border: 1px solid #23273a;
+            border-radius: 8px;
+            text-align: center;
+            color: #e8eaed;
+            font-weight: 600;
+        }
+        QProgressBar::chunk {
+            background: #40c4ff;
+            border-radius: 7px;
+        }
+        QComboBox {
+            background: #23273a;
+            border: 1px solid #23273a;
+            border-radius: 10px;
+            padding: 8px 16px;
+            color: #e8eaed;
+            font-weight: 600;
+        }
+        QComboBox:hover {
+            border: 1.5px solid #40c4ff;
+            background: #181b24;
+        }
+        QComboBox::drop-down {
+            border: none;
+            width: 30px;
+        }
+        QComboBox::down-arrow {
+            image: none;
+            border-left: 5px solid transparent;
+            border-right: 5px solid transparent;
+            border-top: 8px solid #40c4ff;
+            margin-right: 12px;
+        }
+        QSplitter::handle {
+            background: #23273a;
+            border-radius: 2px;
+        }
+        QSplitter::handle:hover {
+            background: #40c4ff;
+        }
+        QHeaderView::section:horizontal {
+            min-height: 36px;
+        }
+        QToolTip {
+            background: #23273a;
+            color: #e8eaed;
+            border: 1px solid #40c4ff;
+            border-radius: 8px;
+            padding: 8px 12px;
+            font-weight: 600;
+            font-size: 12px;
+        }
+        """
+        self.setStyleSheet(premium_dark_stylesheet)
+
+    def plotFlagPopBox(self):
+        """This function displays a pop-up box with message- Do you want Ngspice plots? and oprions Yes and NO.
+        
+        If the user clicks on Yes, both the NgSpice and python plots are displayed and if No is clicked then only the python plots."""
+
+        msg_box = QtWidgets.QMessageBox(self)
+        msg_box.setWindowTitle("Ngspice Plots")
+        msg_box.setText("Do you want Ngspice plots?")
+        
+        yes_button = msg_box.addButton("Yes", QtWidgets.QMessageBox.YesRole)
+        no_button = msg_box.addButton("No", QtWidgets.QMessageBox.NoRole)
+
+        msg_box.exec_()
+
+        if msg_box.clickedButton() == yes_button:
+            self.plotFlag = True  
+        else:
+            self.plotFlag = False  
+
+        self.open_ngspice()
 
     def closeEvent(self, event):
         '''
@@ -391,6 +776,15 @@ class Application(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
         print("Current Project is : ", self.obj_appconfig.current_project)
         self.obj_Mainview.obj_dockarea.usermanual()
 
+    def dev_docs(self):
+        """
+        This function guides the user to readthedocs website for the developer docs
+        """
+        print("Function : DevDocs")
+        self.obj_appconfig.print_info('DevDocs is called')
+        print("Current Project is : ", self.obj_appconfig.current_project)
+        webbrowser.open("https://esim.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html")
+
     @QtCore.pyqtSlot(QtCore.QProcess.ExitStatus, int)
     def plotSimulationData(self, exitCode, exitStatus):
         """Enables interaction for new simulation and
@@ -438,7 +832,7 @@ class Application(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
                 return
 
             self.obj_Mainview.obj_dockarea.ngspiceEditor(
-                projName, ngspiceNetlist, self.simulationEndSignal)
+                projName, ngspiceNetlist, self.simulationEndSignal, self.plotFlag)
 
             self.ngspice.setEnabled(False)
             self.conversion.setEnabled(False)
@@ -679,16 +1073,58 @@ class MainView(QtWidgets.QWidget):
         # Area to be included in MainView
         self.noteArea = QtWidgets.QTextEdit()
         self.noteArea.setReadOnly(True)
-        self.obj_appconfig.noteArea['Note'] = self.noteArea
-        self.obj_appconfig.noteArea['Note'].append(
-            '        eSim Started......')
-        self.obj_appconfig.noteArea['Note'].append('Project Selected : None')
-        self.obj_appconfig.noteArea['Note'].append('\n')
-        # CSS
-        self.noteArea.setStyleSheet(" \
-        QWidget { border-radius: 15px; border: 1px \
-            solid gray; padding: 5px; } \
-        ")
+        self.noteArea.setAcceptRichText(True)
+        self.noteArea.setStyleSheet("""
+            QTextEdit {
+                background: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:1, y2:1,
+                    stop:0 #23273a, stop:1 #181b24);
+                color: #e8eaed;
+                border: 1.5px solid #23273a;
+                border-radius: 14px;
+                padding: 18px 24px;
+                font-family: 'Inter', 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto', 'Arial', sans-serif;
+                font-size: 15px;
+                font-weight: 500;
+                letter-spacing: 0.1px;
+            }
+            QTextEdit QScrollBar:vertical, QTextEdit QScrollBar:horizontal {
+                background: #23273a;
+                border-radius: 6px;
+            }
+            QTextEdit a {
+                color: #40c4ff;
+                text-decoration: none;
+                font-weight: 600;
+            }
+        """)
+        welcome_html = '''
+<div style="color: #e8eaed; background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Inter', 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto', 'Arial', sans-serif;">
+    <h2 style="color: #e8eaed; margin-bottom: 16px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">
+        Welcome to <span style='color: #40c4ff; font-weight: 700;'>eSim</span>
+    </h2>
+    <p style="color: #e8eaed; margin-bottom: 14px; line-height: 1.6; font-weight: 500;">
+        <b style="color: #40c4ff; font-weight: 700;">eSim</b> is an open source EDA tool for circuit design, simulation, analysis and PCB design.<br>
+        It is an integrated tool built using open source software such as
+        <a href="https://www.kicad.org/" style="color: #40c4ff; text-decoration: none; font-weight: 600;">KiCad</a>,
+        <a href="https://ngspice.sourceforge.io/" style="color: #40c4ff; text-decoration: none; font-weight: 600;">Ngspice</a>,
+        <a href="http://ghdl.free.fr" style="color: #40c4ff; text-decoration: none; font-weight: 600;">GHDL</a>,
+        <a href="https://www.veripool.org/verilator/" style="color: #40c4ff; text-decoration: none; font-weight: 600;">Verilator</a>,
+        <a href="https://www.makerchip.com/" style="color: #40c4ff; text-decoration: none; font-weight: 600;">Makerchip IDE</a>, and
+        <a href="https://skywater-pdk.rtfd.io/" style="color: #40c4ff; text-decoration: none; font-weight: 600;">SkyWater SKY130 PDK</a>.<br>
+        eSim source is released under <b style="color: #40c4ff; font-weight: 700;">GNU General Public License</b>.
+    </p>
+    <p style="color: #e8eaed; margin-bottom: 14px; line-height: 1.6; font-weight: 500;">
+        This tool is developed by the <b style="color: #40c4ff; font-weight: 700;">eSim Team at FOSSEE, IIT Bombay</b>.<br>
+        To know more about eSim, please visit:
+        <a href="https://esim.fossee.in/" style="color: #40c4ff; text-decoration: none; font-weight: 600;">https://esim.fossee.in/</a>.
+    </p>
+    <p style="color: #e8eaed; margin-bottom: 14px; line-height: 1.6; font-weight: 500;">
+        To discuss more about eSim, please visit:
+        <a href="https://forums.fossee.in/" style="color: #40c4ff; text-decoration: none; font-weight: 600;">https://forums.fossee.in/</a>
+    </p>
+</div>
+'''
+        self.noteArea.setHtml(welcome_html)
 
         self.obj_dockarea = DockArea.DockArea()
         self.obj_projectExplorer = ProjectExplorer.ProjectExplorer()
@@ -712,7 +1148,21 @@ class MainView(QtWidgets.QWidget):
         self.middleSplit.setSizes([self.width(), int(self.height() / 2)])
         self.setLayout(self.mainLayout)
 
-
+def ensure_config_directory():
+    
+    if os.name == 'nt':
+        user_home = os.path.join('library', 'config')
+    else:
+        user_home = os.path.expanduser('~')
+    
+    esim_config_dir = os.path.join(user_home, '.esim')
+    
+    # Create directory if it doesn't exist
+    if not os.path.exists(esim_config_dir):
+        os.makedirs(esim_config_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    
+    return user_home
+    
 # It is main function of the module and starts the application
 def main(args):
     """
@@ -743,7 +1193,8 @@ def main(args):
         else:
             user_home = os.path.expanduser('~')
 
-        file = open(os.path.join(user_home, ".esim/workspace.txt"), 'r')
+        user_home = ensure_config_directory()  # Add this line
+        file = open(os.path.join(user_home, ".esim/workspace.txt"), 'w')
         work = int(file.read(1))
         file.close()
     except IOError: