add commandline option to disable preview during export

the weird use of type() is to avoid restructuring the code at this time. I will refactor this in a different pull request

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/command.py b/src/command.py
index bf7941a..6d76906 100644
--- a/src/command.py
+++ b/src/command.py
@@ -58,12 +58,16 @@ class Command(QtCore.QObject):
         )
         self.parser.add_argument(
             '--test', action='store_true',
-            help='run tests, generate logfiles, then exit'
+            help='run tests and create a report full of debugging info'
         )
         self.parser.add_argument(
             '--debug', action='store_true',
             help='create bigger logfiles while program is running'
         )
+        self.parser.add_argument(
+            '--no-preview', action='store_true',
+            help='disable live preview during export in GUI mode'
+        )
 
         # optional arguments
         self.parser.add_argument(
@@ -140,6 +144,9 @@ class Command(QtCore.QObject):
             self.createAudioVisualisation(self.args.input, self.args.output)
             return "commandline"
 
+        elif self.args.no_preview:
+            core.Core.previewEnabled = False
+
         elif 'help' not in sys.argv and self.args.projpath is None and '--debug' not in sys.argv:
             self.parser.print_help()
             quit(1)