From 932eaf864a3176980f8bf8f32d871f46c39c84c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 21:19:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] must register variant for QList<QString> before using
 QSettings

---
 tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.cpp | 5 -----
 tools/lammps-gui/main.cpp      | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.cpp b/tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.cpp
index 4826b14719..fe6b8c5391 100644
--- a/tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.cpp
+++ b/tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.cpp
@@ -76,11 +76,6 @@ LammpsGui::LammpsGui(QWidget *parent, const QString &filename) :
     prefdialog(nullptr), lammpsstatus(nullptr), varwindow(nullptr), wizard(nullptr),
     runner(nullptr), is_running(false), run_counter(0)
 {
-#if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
-    // register QList<QString> only needed for Qt5
-    qRegisterMetaTypeStreamOperators<QList<QString>>("QList<QString>");
-#endif
-
     docver = "";
     ui->setupUi(this);
     this->setCentralWidget(ui->textEdit);
diff --git a/tools/lammps-gui/main.cpp b/tools/lammps-gui/main.cpp
index badee254f1..53bdaca8fd 100644
--- a/tools/lammps-gui/main.cpp
+++ b/tools/lammps-gui/main.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     Q_INIT_RESOURCE(lammpsgui);
+#if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
+    // register QList<QString> only needed for Qt5
+    qRegisterMetaTypeStreamOperators<QList<QString>>("QList<QString>");
+#endif
+
     QApplication app(argc, argv);
     // enforce using the plain ASCII C locale within the GUI.
     QLocale::setDefault(QLocale::c());