From 730d0fa7a7befde0ec496ca1d2f1ebc8d30bf81f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ilya Ashikhmin <ashikhmin.ilya@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 23:38:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat(app): add --simulate flag for headless demo captures

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/app/MainWindow.cpp | 5 +++++
 src/app/MainWindow.h   | 1 +
 src/main.cpp           | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/app/MainWindow.cpp b/src/app/MainWindow.cpp
index bf57344..41a4cda 100644
--- a/src/app/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/app/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -229,6 +229,11 @@ void MainWindow::loadSample()
     m_view->zoomToFit();
 }
 
+void MainWindow::setSimulationRunning(bool running)
+{
+    m_simulateAction->setChecked(running);
+}
+
 void MainWindow::runSimulation(bool enabled)
 {
     if (enabled) {
diff --git a/src/app/MainWindow.h b/src/app/MainWindow.h
index 5058ab5..987eb0b 100644
--- a/src/app/MainWindow.h
+++ b/src/app/MainWindow.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ public:
     NetworkModel* model() const { return m_model; }
 
     void loadSample();
+    void setSimulationRunning(bool running);
 
 protected:
     void closeEvent(QCloseEvent* event) override;
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index ce7f293..d1fc063 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     const QStringList args = app.arguments();
     if (args.contains(QStringLiteral("--sample")))
         window.loadSample();
+    if (args.contains(QStringLiteral("--simulate")))
+        window.setSimulationRunning(true);
 
     // Headless smoke check: --screenshot <file.png> renders and exits.
     const int shotIdx = args.indexOf(QStringLiteral("--screenshot"));