Process pad before and after settings in Preferences (#1985)

novelwriter/common.py

@@ -279,6 +279,16 @@ def simplified(text: str) -> str:
     return " ".join(str(text).strip().split())
 
 
+def compact(text: str) -> str:
+    """Compact a string by removing spaces."""
+    return "".join(str(text).split())
+
+
+def uniqueCompact(text: str) -> str:
+    """Return a unique, compact and sorted string."""
+    return "".join(sorted(set(compact(text))))
+
+
 def elide(text: str, length: int) -> str:
     """Elide a piece of text to a maximum length."""
     if len(text) > (cut := max(4, length)):

novelwriter/dialogs/preferences.py

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
 )
 
 from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
-from novelwriter.common import describeFont
+from novelwriter.common import describeFont, uniqueCompact
 from novelwriter.constants import nwUnicode
 from novelwriter.dialogs.quotes import GuiQuoteSelect
 from novelwriter.extensions.configlayout import NColourLabel, NScrollableForm
@@ -952,8 +952,8 @@ class GuiPreferences(NDialog):
         # Text Highlighting
         dialogueStyle   = self.dialogStyle.currentData()
         allowOpenDial   = self.allowOpenDial.isChecked()
-        narratorBreak   = self.narratorBreak.text()
-        dialogueLine    = self.dialogLine.text()
+        narratorBreak   = self.narratorBreak.text().strip()
+        dialogueLine    = self.dialogLine.text().strip()
         altDialogOpen   = self.altDialogOpen.text()
         altDialogClose  = self.altDialogClose.text()
         highlightEmph   = self.highlightEmph.isChecked()
@@ -983,8 +983,8 @@ class GuiPreferences(NDialog):
         CONFIG.doReplaceDQuote = self.doReplaceDQuote.isChecked()
         CONFIG.doReplaceDash   = self.doReplaceDash.isChecked()
         CONFIG.doReplaceDots   = self.doReplaceDots.isChecked()
-        CONFIG.fmtPadBefore    = self.fmtPadBefore.text().strip()
-        CONFIG.fmtPadAfter     = self.fmtPadAfter.text().strip()
+        CONFIG.fmtPadBefore    = uniqueCompact(self.fmtPadBefore.text())
+        CONFIG.fmtPadAfter     = uniqueCompact(self.fmtPadAfter.text())
         CONFIG.fmtPadThin      = self.fmtPadThin.isChecked()
 
         # Quotation Style