restarting the app when changing the style to avoid GUI bugs

bauh/util/util.py

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import glob
 import locale
 import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+from PyQt5.QtCore import QCoreApplication
 
 from bauh import __app_name__
 from bauh.util import resource
@@ -42,3 +46,18 @@ def get_locale_keys(key: str = None, locale_dir: str = resource.get_path('locale
 
 def notify_user(msg: str, icon_path: str = resource.get_path('img/logo.svg')):
     os.system("notify-send -a {} {} '{}'".format(__app_name__, "-i {}".format(icon_path) if icon_path else '', msg))
+
+
+def restart_app(show_panel: bool):
+    """
+    :param show_panel: if the panel should be displayed after the app restart
+    :return:
+    """
+    restart_cmd = [sys.executable, *sys.argv]
+
+    if show_panel:
+        restart_cmd.append('--show-panel')
+
+    subprocess.Popen(restart_cmd)
+    QCoreApplication.exit()
+