Move error reporting out of the NWDoc class

nw/core/document.py

@@ -27,11 +27,7 @@ along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 import logging
 import os
 
-from functools import partial
-
-from PyQt5.QtCore import QCoreApplication
-
-from nw.enum import nwAlert, nwItemLayout, nwItemClass
+from nw.enum import nwItemLayout, nwItemClass
 from nw.common import isHandle
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -41,17 +37,13 @@ class NWDoc():
     def __init__(self, theProject, theHandle):
 
         self.theProject = theProject
-        self.theParent  = theProject.theParent
 
         # Internal Variables
         self._docHandle = theHandle
         self._theItem   = self.theProject.projTree[theHandle]
         self._fileLoc   = None
         self._docMeta   = {}
-
-        # Internal Mapping
-        self.makeAlert = self.theParent.makeAlert
-        self.tr = partial(QCoreApplication.translate, "NWDoc")
+        self._docError  = ""
 
         return
 
@@ -74,10 +66,13 @@ class NWDoc():
         on disk, return an empty string. If something went wrong, return
         None.
         """
+        self._docError = ""
         if not isHandle(self._docHandle):
+            self._docError = "No document handle set."
             return None
 
         if self._theItem is None and not isOrphan:
+            self._docError = "Unknown novelWriter document."
             return None
 
         docFile = self._docHandle+".nwd"
@@ -105,12 +100,13 @@ class NWDoc():
                     theText += inFile.read()
 
             except Exception as e:
-                self.makeAlert([self.tr("Failed to open document file."), str(e)], nwAlert.ERROR)
+                self._docError = str(e)
                 # Note: Document must be cleared in case of an io error,
                 # or else the auto-save or save will try to overwrite it
                 # with an empty file. Return None to alert the caller.
                 self.clearDocument()
                 return None
+
         else:
             # The document file does not exist, so we assume it's a new
             # document and initialise an empty text string.
@@ -123,7 +119,9 @@ class NWDoc():
         """Write the document. The file is saved via a temp file in case
         of save failure. Returns True if successful, False if not.
         """
+        self._docError = ""
         if not isHandle(self._docHandle):
+            self._docError = "No document handle set."
             return False
 
         self.theProject.ensureFolderStructure()
@@ -149,7 +147,7 @@ class NWDoc():
                 outFile.write(docMeta)
                 outFile.write(docText)
         except Exception as e:
-            self.makeAlert([self.tr("Could not save document."), str(e)], nwAlert.ERROR)
+            self._docError = str(e)
             return False
 
         # If we're here, the file was successfully saved, so we can
@@ -164,7 +162,9 @@ class NWDoc():
         """Permanently delete a document source file and related files
         from the project data folder.
         """
+        self._docError = ""
         if not isHandle(self._docHandle):
+            self._docError = "No document handle set."
             return False
 
         docFile = self._docHandle+".nwd"
@@ -179,9 +179,7 @@ class NWDoc():
                     os.unlink(chkFile)
                     logger.debug("Deleted: %s" % chkFile)
                 except Exception as e:
-                    self.makeAlert(
-                        [self.tr("Could not delete document file."), str(e)], nwAlert.ERROR
-                    )
+                    self._docError = str(e)
                     return False
 
         return True
@@ -211,6 +209,11 @@ class NWDoc():
 
         return theName, theParent, theClass, theLayout
 
+    def getError(self):
+        """Return the last recorded exception.
+        """
+        return self._docError
+
     ##
     #  Internal Functions
     ##