- Main window updates while waiting for lock file to disappear

- Maximize window on start (Fix T86)

src/gui/DamarisGUI.py

@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ class DamarisGUI:
 
         self.statusbar_init( )
 
+        self.main_window.maximize()
         self.main_window.show_all( )
         self.main_window.present( )
 
@@ -412,11 +413,15 @@ class DamarisGUI:
             self.log.textbuffer.create_mark( "lastdumped", self.log.textbuffer.get_end_iter( ), left_gravity=True )
         # only observe lock file if you want to start immediatly after start up
         if self.start_immediatly:
+            loop_run=0
             while os.path.exists(self.lockfile):
                 time.sleep(0.2)
-                gtk.main_iteration()
-                self.experiment_script_statusbar_label.set_text("Waiting for other experiment to finish ... (Loackfile: %s)" % self.lockfile)
+                while gtk.events_pending():
+                    gtk.main_iteration(False)
+                if loop_run%10==0:
+                    self.experiment_script_statusbar_label.set_text("Waiting for other experiment to finish (Lockfile: %s)" % self.lockfile)
                 print "Lockfile still exists, waiting ... (%s)" % self.lockfile
+                loop_run += 1
         # start experiment
         try:
             self.spool_dir = os.path.abspath( actual_config[ "spool_dir" ] )