read notes path from settings file

.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 *.user
+tmp.db

mainwindow.cpp

@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
     ui->setupUi(this);
     search = new Searcher(this);
     notelist = 0;
+    settings = 0;
 
     connect( ui->mainline, SIGNAL(textChanged(QString)),
              search,       SLOT(search_update(QString)));
 
-    connect( search, SIGNAL(search_status(QString)),
-             ui->statusBar, SLOT(showMessage(QString)));
+//    connect( search, SIGNAL(search_status(QString)),
+//             ui->statusBar, SLOT(showMessage(QString)));
 
     connect( search, SIGNAL(search_results(QStringList)),
              this, SLOT(elideNotes(QStringList)));
@@ -41,19 +42,26 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
             loadNote(item->text());
         });
 
-
 }
 
 MainWindow::~MainWindow()
 {
     delete ui;
+    delete settings;
 }
 
 
 QString MainWindow::getNotesPath()
 {
-    //TODO: replace with value from QSettings
-    return QString("../corpus");
+    if( settings == 0)
+    {
+        const QString orgval("Upnote");
+        settings = new QSettings(QSettings::NativeFormat,
+                                 QSettings::UserScope,
+                                 orgval, QString(), this );
+    }
+    notespath = settings->value("notes_path", QString("./notes") ).toString();
+    return notespath;
 }
 
 void MainWindow::elideNotes(const QStringList & notefiles)

mainwindow.h

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <QStringList>
 #include <QMainWindow>
 #include <QListWidget>
+#include <QSettings>
 
 #include "searcher.h"
 
@@ -23,15 +24,17 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
     explicit MainWindow(QWidget *parent = 0);
     ~MainWindow();
 
+    QString getNotesPath();
+
 public slots:
     void elideNotes(const QStringList&);
 
 private:
     Ui::MainWindow *ui;
     Searcher* search;
     QStringList* notelist;
-
-    QString getNotesPath();
+    QSettings* settings;
+    QString notespath;
 
     // title, path
     typedef std::function<void (const QString&)> noteFunc;

mainwindow.ui

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
-   <string>MainWindow</string>
+   <string>Upnote</string>
   </property>
   <widget class="QWidget" name="centralWidget">
    <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">