From 2b0216a398091cf6933b7cee179513be90fa37f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Veronica Berglyd Olsen <1619840+vkbo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2022 23:12:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Changing colouring preferences on the highlighting tab needs
 to re-init the syntax highlighter (#1274)

---
 novelwriter/dialogs/preferences.py | 22 ++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/novelwriter/dialogs/preferences.py b/novelwriter/dialogs/preferences.py
index 7804c0a6..e7936991 100644
--- a/novelwriter/dialogs/preferences.py
+++ b/novelwriter/dialogs/preferences.py
@@ -826,6 +826,7 @@ class GuiPreferencesSyntax(QWidget):
         super().__init__(parent=prefsGui)
 
         self.mainConf  = novelwriter.CONFIG
+        self.prefsGui  = prefsGui
         self.mainGui   = prefsGui.mainGui
         self.mainTheme = prefsGui.mainGui.mainTheme
 
@@ -893,16 +894,21 @@ class GuiPreferencesSyntax(QWidget):
     def saveValues(self):
         """Save the values set for this tab.
         """
-        # Quotes & Dialogue
-        self.mainConf.highlightQuotes = self.highlightQuotes.isChecked()
-        self.mainConf.allowOpenSQuote = self.allowOpenSQuote.isChecked()
-        self.mainConf.allowOpenDQuote = self.allowOpenDQuote.isChecked()
+        highlightQuotes = self.highlightQuotes.isChecked()
+        allowOpenSQuote = self.allowOpenSQuote.isChecked()
+        allowOpenDQuote = self.allowOpenDQuote.isChecked()
+        highlightEmph   = self.highlightEmph.isChecked()
+        showMultiSpaces = self.showMultiSpaces.isChecked()
 
-        # Text Emphasis
-        self.mainConf.highlightEmph = self.highlightEmph.isChecked()
+        self.prefsGui._updateSyntax |= self.mainConf.highlightQuotes != highlightQuotes
+        self.prefsGui._updateSyntax |= self.mainConf.highlightEmph != highlightEmph
+        self.prefsGui._updateSyntax |= self.mainConf.showMultiSpaces != showMultiSpaces
 
-        # Text Errors
-        self.mainConf.showMultiSpaces = self.showMultiSpaces.isChecked()
+        self.mainConf.highlightQuotes = highlightQuotes
+        self.mainConf.allowOpenSQuote = allowOpenSQuote
+        self.mainConf.allowOpenDQuote = allowOpenDQuote
+        self.mainConf.highlightEmph   = highlightEmph
+        self.mainConf.showMultiSpaces = showMultiSpaces
 
         return