Refactor app start to start server even if backend not configured

- Decouple configuring backend from starting server.
  Backend search and processors can be configured after the backend
  server has started

- Set global state in main instead of in configure_server method.
  This allows the app to start even if configure_server exits early in
  the first run scenario, where no config available to configure server

- Now start server, even if no config, before GUI started in main

- This refactor of app startup flow will allow users to configure
  backend using the configure screen after server start

src/configure.py

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# System Packages
+import sys
+
 # External Packages
 import torch
 import json
@@ -13,24 +16,22 @@ from src.utils.helpers import get_absolute_path
 from src.utils.rawconfig import FullConfig, ProcessorConfig
 
 
-def configure_server(args):
+def configure_server(args, required=False):
-    # Stores the file path to the config file.
+    if args.config is None:
-    state.config_file = args.config_file
+        if required:
-
+            print('Exiting as Khoj is not configured. Configure the application to use it.')
-    # Store the raw config data.
+            sys.exit(1)
-    state.config = args.config
+        else:
-
+            return
-    # Store the verbose flag
+    else:
-    state.verbose = args.verbose
+        state.config = args.config
 
     # Initialize the search model from Config
-    state.model = configure_search(state.model, args.config, args.regenerate, device=state.device, verbose=state.verbose)
+    state.model = configure_search(state.model, state.config, args.regenerate, device=state.device, verbose=state.verbose)
 
     # Initialize Processor from Config
     state.processor_config = configure_processor(args.config.processor, verbose=state.verbose)
 
-    return args.host, args.port, args.socket
-
 
 def configure_search(model: SearchModels, config: FullConfig, regenerate: bool, t: SearchType = None, device=torch.device("cpu"), verbose: int = 0):
     # Initialize Org Notes Search

src/main.py

@@ -27,38 +27,35 @@ def run():
     # Load config from CLI
     state.cli_args = sys.argv[1:]
     args = cli(state.cli_args)
+    set_state(args)
 
-    # Setup Base GUI
+    # Setup GUI
     gui = QtWidgets.QApplication([])
     gui.setQuitOnLastWindowClosed(False)
     configure_screen = ConfigureScreen(args.config_file)
     tray = create_system_tray(gui, configure_screen)
     tray.show()
 
+    # Setup Server
+    configure_server(args, required=False)
+    server = ServerThread(app, args.host, args.port, args.socket)
+
     # Trigger First Run Experience, if required
     if args.config is None:
-        configure_screen.show()
+         configure_screen.show()
-        gui.exec()
 
-    # Reload config after first run
+    # Start Application
-    args = cli(sys.argv[1:])
-    # Quit if app still not configured
-    if args.config is None:
-        print('Exiting as Khoj is not configured. Configure the application to use it.')
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-    # Setup Application Server
-    host, port, socket = configure_server(args)
-
-    # Start Application Server
-    server = ServerThread(app, host, port, socket)
     server.start()
     gui.aboutToQuit.connect(server.terminate)
-
-    # Start the GUI
     gui.exec()
 
 
+def set_state(args):
+    state.config_file = args.config_file
+    state.config = args.config
+    state.verbose = args.verbose
+
+
 class ServerThread(QThread):
     def __init__(self, app, host=None, port=None, socket=None):
         super(ServerThread, self).__init__()