Added the option to clear the recent projects menu entry

nw/config.py

@@ -340,6 +340,10 @@ class Config:
         self.recentList.insert(0,recentPath)
         return
 
+    def clearRecent(self):
+        self.recentList = [""]*10
+        return
+
     def setConfPath(self, newPath):
         if newPath is None:
             return True

nw/gui/mainmenu.py

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ class GuiMainMenu(QMenuBar):
         return
 
     def updateRecentProjects(self):
+
         self.recentMenu.clear()
         for n in range(len(self.mainConf.recentList)):
             recentProject = self.mainConf.recentList[n]
@@ -79,6 +80,13 @@ class GuiMainMenu(QMenuBar):
             menuItem = QAction("%s" % recentProject, self.projMenu)
             menuItem.triggered.connect(lambda menuItem, n=n : self.openRecentProject(menuItem, n))
             self.recentMenu.addAction(menuItem)
+
+        self.recentMenu.addSeparator()
+        menuItem = QAction("Clear Recent Projects", self)
+        menuItem.setStatusTip("Clear the list of recent projects")
+        menuItem.triggered.connect(self._clearRecentProjects)
+        self.recentMenu.addAction(menuItem)
+
         return
 
     def updateSpellCheck(self):
@@ -150,6 +158,11 @@ class GuiMainMenu(QMenuBar):
         QDesktopServices.openUrl(QUrl(nw.__docurl__))
         return True
 
+    def _clearRecentProjects(self):
+        self.mainConf.clearRecent()
+        self.updateRecentProjects()
+        return True
+
     ##
     #  Menu Builders
     ##