Fix splash screen transparency on Linux - #4847
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JavaFX initialization is no longer the implicit responsibility of `SplashScreen` but is instead done explicitly in `MapTool.main()`. The `CreateVersionedInstallSplash` JavaFX application is no more, with tis vital functionality now merged into `SplashScreen`.
The problem is that while `JFrame` supports per-pixel transparency, and `JFXPanel` also supports transparency, `JFXPanel` refuses to be transparent if used in a transparent `JFrame`. But we don't need a `JFXPanel` here since we're just displaying an image, so it has been replaced with a `JPanel` that does exactly that and no more. It was also necessary to be a bit more particular in how `SplashScreen` is initialized. We must get the screen dimensions _after_ `setUndecorated()` and `setType()`, and must call `setLocationRelativeTo(null)` after setting the windw bounds. The reasons are not entirely clear, but may be related to weaknesses in window transparency for multi-monitor setups on X. `SplashScreen` is also not responsible for setting its own visibility. The caller decides when to do that now. We can also greatly limit the portion of `SplashScreen` that needs to run on the JavaFX thread now that we only use JavaFX for generating the image.
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Identify the Bug or Feature request
Fixes #4819
Description of the Change
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SplashScreenhas been refactored to be entirely Swing-based instead of relying onJFXPanel, since combining a transparentJFXPanelwith a transparentJFramedoes not work properly on X. JavaFX is still used to generate the splash image, but the image is displayed in a regularJPanel.Possible Drawbacks
I could only verify the changes on a few configurations: Windows 11 (still works), Linux Mint 21.3 with Cinnamon (fixed), and OpenSuse Tumbleweed with KDE Plasma 6.0 (fixed). Would be good to at least get a Mac test as well.
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