Added unicode constants class, and support for non-breaking spaces, which aren't preserved on save.

nw/config.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from os           import path, mkdir, makedirs, getcwd
 from appdirs      import user_config_dir
 from datetime     import datetime
 
-from nw.constants import nwFiles
+from nw.constants import nwFiles, nwUnicode
 from nw.common    import splitVersionNumber
 
 from PyQt5.Qt     import PYQT_VERSION_STR
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ class Config:
         self.doReplaceDots   = True
         self.wordCountTimer  = 5.0
 
-        self.fmtSingleQuotes = ["\u2018","\u2019"]
-        self.fmtDoubleQuotes = ["\u201c","\u201d"]
+        self.fmtSingleQuotes = [nwUnicode.U_LSQUO,nwUnicode.U_RSQUO]
+        self.fmtDoubleQuotes = [nwUnicode.U_LDQUO,nwUnicode.U_RDQUO]
 
         self.spellLanguage   = "en_GB"
 

nw/constants.py

@@ -142,26 +142,66 @@ class nwQuotes():
         "\u300e", # Left white corner bracket
         "\u300f", # Right white corner bracket
     ]
+
+# END Class nwQuotes
+
+class nwUnicode:
+    """Suppoted unicode character constants and translation maps.
+    """
+
+    # Quotation Marks
+    U_QUOT   = "\u0022" # Quotation mark
+    U_APOS   = "\u0027" # Apostrophe
+    U_LAQUO  = "\u00ab" # Left-pointing double angle quotation mark
+    U_RAQUO  = "\u00bb" # Right-pointing double angle quotation mark
+    U_LSQUO  = "\u2018" # Left single quotation mark
+    U_RSQUO  = "\u2019" # Right single quotation mark
+    U_SBQUO  = "\u201a" # Single low-9 quotation mark
+    U_SUQUO  = "\u201b" # Single high-reversed-9 quotation mark
+    U_LDQUO  = "\u201c" # Left double quotation mark
+    U_RDQUO  = "\u201d" # Right double quotation mark
+    U_BDQUO  = "\u201e" # Double low-9 quotation mark
+    U_UDQUO  = "\u201f" # Double high-reversed-9 quotation mark
+    U_LSAQUO = "\u2039" # Single left-pointing angle quotation mark
+    U_RSAQUO = "\u203a" # Single right-pointing angle quotation mark
+    U_BDRQUO = "\u2e42" # Double low-reversed-9 quotation mark
+    U_LCQUO  = "\u300c" # Left corner bracket
+    U_RCQUO  = "\u300d" # Right corner bracket
+    U_LWCQUO = "\u300e" # Left white corner bracket
+    U_RECQUO = "\u300f" # Right white corner bracket
+
+    # Punctuation
+    U_NDASH  = "\u2013" # Short dash
+    U_MDASH  = "\u2014" # Long dash
+    U_HELLIP = "\u2026" # Ellipsis
+
+    # Other
+    U_NBSP   = "\u00a0" # Non-breaking space
+
     HTML = {
-        "\u0022" : """,
-        "\u0027" : "'",
-        "\u00ab" : "«",
-        "\u00bb" : "»",
-        "\u2018" : "‘",
-        "\u2019" : "’",
-        "\u201a" : "‚",
-        "\u201b" : "‛",
-        "\u201c" : "“",
-        "\u201d" : "”",
-        "\u201e" : "„",
-        "\u201f" : "‟",
-        "\u2039" : "‹",
-        "\u203a" : "›",
-        "\u2e42" : "⹂",
-        "\u300c" : "「",
-        "\u300d" : "」",
-        "\u300e" : "『",
-        "\u300f" : "』",
+        U_QUOT   : """,
+        U_APOS   : "'",
+        U_LAQUO  : "«",
+        U_RAQUO  : "»",
+        U_LSQUO  : "‘",
+        U_RSQUO  : "’",
+        U_SBQUO  : "‚",
+        U_SUQUO  : "‛",
+        U_LDQUO  : "“",
+        U_RDQUO  : "”",
+        U_BDQUO  : "„",
+        U_UDQUO  : "‟",
+        U_LSAQUO : "‹",
+        U_RSAQUO : "›",
+        U_BDRQUO : "⹂",
+        U_LCQUO  : "「",
+        U_RCQUO  : "」",
+        U_LWCQUO : "『",
+        U_LWCQUO : "『",
+        U_NDASH  : "–",
+        U_MDASH  : "—",
+        U_HELLIP : "…",
+        U_NBSP   : " ",
     }
 
-# END Class nwQuotes
+# END Class nwUnicode

nw/gui/doceditor.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from nw.project.document import NWDoc
 from nw.gui.dochighlight import GuiDocHighlighter
 from nw.gui.wordcounter  import WordCounter
 from nw.tools.spellcheck import NWSpellCheck
-from nw.constants        import nwFiles
+from nw.constants        import nwFiles, nwUnicode
 from nw.enum             import nwDocAction, nwAlert
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -316,9 +316,26 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
         to know whether we had a selection prior to triggering the _docChange slot, as we do not
         want to trigger autoreplace on selections. Autoreplace on selections messes with undo/redo
         history.
+        We also need to intercept the Shift key modifier for certain key combinations that modifies
+        standard keys like enter and space. However, we don't want to spend a lot of time in this
+        function as it is triggered on every keypress when typing.
         """
+
         self.hasSelection = self.textCursor().hasSelection()
-        QTextEdit.keyPressEvent(self, keyEvent)
+
+        if keyEvent.modifiers() == Qt.ShiftModifier:
+            theKey = keyEvent.key()
+            if theKey == Qt.Key_Return:
+                self._insertHardBreak()
+            elif theKey == Qt.Key_Enter:
+                self._insertHardBreak()
+            elif theKey == Qt.Key_Space:
+                self._insertNonBreakingSpace()
+            else:
+                QTextEdit.keyPressEvent(self, keyEvent)
+        else:
+            QTextEdit.keyPressEvent(self, keyEvent)
+
         return
 
     ##
@@ -332,6 +349,13 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
         theCursor.endEditBlock()
         return
 
+    def _insertNonBreakingSpace(self):
+        theCursor = self.textCursor()
+        theCursor.beginEditBlock()
+        theCursor.insertText(nwUnicode.U_NBSP)
+        theCursor.endEditBlock()
+        return
+
     def _openSpellContext(self):
         self._openContextMenu(self.cursorRect().center())
         return
@@ -442,15 +466,15 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
 
         elif self.mainConf.doReplaceDash and theTwo == "--":
             theCursor.movePosition(QTextCursor.Left, QTextCursor.KeepAnchor, 2)
-            theCursor.insertText("\u2013")
+            theCursor.insertText(nwUnicode.U_NDASH)
 
-        elif self.mainConf.doReplaceDash and theTwo == "\u2013-":
+        elif self.mainConf.doReplaceDash and theTwo == nwUnicode.U_NDASH+"-":
             theCursor.movePosition(QTextCursor.Left, QTextCursor.KeepAnchor, 2)
-            theCursor.insertText("\u2014")
+            theCursor.insertText(nwUnicode.U_MDASH)
 
         elif self.mainConf.doReplaceDots and theThree == "...":
             theCursor.movePosition(QTextCursor.Left, QTextCursor.KeepAnchor, 3)
-            theCursor.insertText("\u2026")
+            theCursor.insertText(nwUnicode.U_HELLIP)
 
         return
 

nw/gui/dochighlight.py

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import nw
 from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt, QRegularExpression
 from PyQt5.QtGui  import QColor, QTextCharFormat, QFont, QSyntaxHighlighter, QBrush
 
+from nw.constants import nwUnicode
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class GuiDocHighlighter(QSyntaxHighlighter):
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ class GuiDocHighlighter(QSyntaxHighlighter):
             "strike"    : self._makeFormat(self.colEmph, "strike"),
             "underline" : self._makeFormat(self.colEmph, "underline"),
             "trailing"  : self._makeFormat(self.colTrail,"background"),
+            "nobreak"   : self._makeFormat(self.colTrail,"background"),
             "dialogue1" : self._makeFormat(self.colDialN),
             "dialogue2" : self._makeFormat(self.colDialD),
             "dialogue3" : self._makeFormat(self.colDialS),
@@ -145,6 +148,13 @@ class GuiDocHighlighter(QSyntaxHighlighter):
             }
         ))
 
+        # Non-breaking Space
+        self.hRules.append((
+            "[\u00a0]+", {
+                0 : self.hStyles["nobreak"],
+            }
+        ))
+
         # Markdown
         self.hRules.append((
             r"(?<![\w|\\])([\*]{2})(?!\s)(?m:(.+?))(?<![\s|\\])(\1)(?!\w)", {

sample/sampleNovel/data_b/a8a28a246524_main.nwd

@@ -14,5 +14,7 @@ With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse
 With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse  
 With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotepotenuse
 
+Typing Very Fast — too fast!
+
 
 

sample/sampleNovel/nwProject.nwx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
-<novelWriterXML appVersion="0.3.2" fileVersion="1.0" timeStamp="2019-10-28 21:42:26">
+<novelWriterXML appVersion="0.3.2" fileVersion="1.0" timeStamp="2019-10-29 11:29:39">
   <project>
     <name>Sample Project</name>
     <title>Sample Project</title>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <spellCheck>True</spellCheck>
     <lastEdited>ba8a28a246524</lastEdited>
     <lastViewed>ba8a28a246524</lastViewed>
-    <lastWordCount>859</lastWordCount>
+    <lastWordCount>864</lastWordCount>
     <autoReplace>
       <A>B</A>
       <B>E</B>
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@
       <status>Finished</status>
       <expanded>False</expanded>
       <layout>UNNUMBERED</layout>
-      <charCount>626</charCount>
-      <wordCount>101</wordCount>
-      <paraCount>3</paraCount>
-      <cursorPos>583</cursorPos>
+      <charCount>658</charCount>
+      <wordCount>106</wordCount>
+      <paraCount>4</paraCount>
+      <cursorPos>678</cursorPos>
     </item>
     <item handle="96b68994dfa3d" order="4" parent="e7ded148d6e4a">
       <name>A Note on Ipsums</name>