From 205c6d4c38d0755266062ee0fa7f1a61de0c511c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Damien Elmes <git@ichi2.net>
Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 15:32:17 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] add a 'safe mode' (#797)

---
 aqt/addons.py | 3 ++-
 aqt/main.py   | 8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/aqt/addons.py b/aqt/addons.py
index f7941c5ec..4e8f6cd7a 100644
--- a/aqt/addons.py
+++ b/aqt/addons.py
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ class AddonManager(object):
         if isWin:
             self.clearAddonCache()
         sys.path.insert(0, self.addonsFolder())
-        self.loadAddons()
+        if not self.mw.safeMode:
+            self.loadAddons()
 
     def files(self):
         return [f for f in os.listdir(self.addonsFolder())
diff --git a/aqt/main.py b/aqt/main.py
index a0d86e8bd..a75eec180 100644
--- a/aqt/main.py
+++ b/aqt/main.py
@@ -37,12 +37,17 @@ class AnkiQt(QMainWindow):
             self.pm.meta['firstRun'] = False
             self.pm.save()
         # init rest of app
+        self.safeMode = self.app.queryKeyboardModifiers() & Qt.ShiftModifier
         try:
             self.setupUI()
             self.setupAddons()
         except:
             showInfo(_("Error during startup:\n%s") % traceback.format_exc())
             sys.exit(1)
+        # must call this after ui set up
+        if self.safeMode:
+            tooltip(_("Shift key was held down. Skipping automatic "
+                    "syncing and add-on loading."))
         # were we given a file to import?
         if args and args[0]:
             self.onAppMsg(unicode(args[0], "utf8", "ignore"))
@@ -536,7 +541,8 @@ title="%s">%s</button>''' % (
 
     def onSync(self, auto=False, reload=True):
         if not auto or (self.pm.profile['syncKey'] and
-                        self.pm.profile['autoSync']):
+                        self.pm.profile['autoSync'] and
+                        not self.safeMode):
             from aqt.sync import SyncManager
             if not self.unloadCollection():
                 return