[main] wrap code into functions, add argparse to allow to set log level

main.py

@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ pyside6-rcc resources.qrc -o resources.py
 
 """
 import sys
-import platform
 import logging
+import argparse
+import platform
+
 from PySide6.QtWidgets import QApplication
 from PySide6.QtCore import QSettings
 from PySide6.QtGui import QIcon, QPalette
@@ -26,9 +28,11 @@ def is_dark_mode(app: QApplication) -> bool:
 
     return brightness(base_color) < brightness(text_color)
 
+def set_logging(loglevel):
+    logging.basicConfig(level=loglevel, force=True)
 
-# import resources  # needs to be imported somewhere in the project to be picked up by qt
-
+def main(args):
+    set_logging(logging.DEBUG)
     if platform.system() == "Windows":
         # from PySide6.QtWinExtras import QtWin
         myappid = f"{info.organization_name}.{info.application_version}"
@@ -38,6 +42,7 @@ width = int(settings.value("app/width", 1024))
     height = int(settings.value("app/height", 768))
     x = int(settings.value("app/pos_x", 100))
     y = int(settings.value("app/pos_y", 100))
+
     app = QApplication(sys.argv)
     app.setApplicationName(info.application_name)
     app.setApplicationVersion(str(info.application_version))
@@ -63,3 +68,13 @@ settings.setValue("app/width", window.width())
     settings.setValue("app/height", window.height())
     settings.setValue("app/pos_x", pos.x())
     settings.setValue("app/pos_y", pos.y())
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    levels = {"critical": logging.CRITICAL, "error": logging.ERROR, "warning":logging.WARNING, "info":logging.INFO, "debug":logging.DEBUG}
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="FixTracks. Tools for fixing animal tracking")
+    parser.add_argument("-ll", "--loglevel", type=str, default="INFO", help=f"The log level that should be used. Valid levels are {[str(k) for k in levels.keys()]}")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    args.loglevel = levels[args.loglevel if args.loglevel.lower() in levels else "info"]
+
+    main(args)