channel_xpadding and navigation_show added to data.

app.toml example now includes channel padding and nav show

[channel] xpadding and [navigation] show added to app.toml

delay parameter updates if gui needed launching

vmcompact/app.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import logging
 import tkinter as tk
 from functools import cached_property
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ from .errors import VMCompactError
 from .menu import Menus
 from .subject import Subject
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class App(tk.Tk):
     """App mainframe"""
@@ -34,9 +37,10 @@ class App(tk.Tk):
 
     def __init__(self, vmr):
         super().__init__()
-
+        self.logger = logger.getChild(self.__class__.__name__)
         self._vmr = vmr
         self._vmr.event.add(["pdirty", "ldirty"])
+        self.after(12000 if not self._vmr.gui.initial_state else 1, self.start_updates)
         self._vmr.init_thread()
         icon_path = Path(__file__).parent.resolve() / "img" / "cat.ico"
         if icon_path.is_file():
@@ -54,6 +58,10 @@ class App(tk.Tk):
         self.drag_id = ""
         self.bind("<Configure>", self.dragging)
 
+    def start_updates(self):
+        self.logger.debug("updates started")
+        _base_values.run_update = True
+
     def __str__(self):
         return f"{type(self).__name__}App"