Improved the export filter to exclude trash and orphan files always

nw/convert/file/concat.py

@@ -35,16 +35,7 @@ class ConcatFile(TextFile):
 
         logger.verbose("Parsing content of item '%s'" % tHandle)
 
-        theItem = self.theProject.getItem(tHandle)
+        if not self.checkInclude(tHandle):
-        isNone  = theItem.itemLayout == nwItemLayout.NO_LAYOUT
-        isNote  = theItem.itemLayout == nwItemLayout.NOTE
-        isNovel = not isNone and not isNote
-
-        if isNone:
-            return False
-        if isNote and not self.expNotes:
-            return False
-        if isNovel and not self.expNovel:
             return False
 
         self.theConv.setText(tHandle)

nw/convert/file/text.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from os              import path
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMessageBox
 
 from nw.convert.text.totext import ToText
-from nw.enum                import nwAlert, nwItemLayout
+from nw.enum                import nwAlert, nwItemType, nwItemLayout, nwItemClass
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -120,17 +120,8 @@ class TextFile():
     def addText(self, tHandle):
 
         logger.verbose("Parsing content of item '%s'" % tHandle)
-
+        
-        theItem = self.theProject.getItem(tHandle)
+        if not self.checkInclude(tHandle):
-        isNone  = theItem.itemLayout == nwItemLayout.NO_LAYOUT
-        isNote  = theItem.itemLayout == nwItemLayout.NOTE
-        isNovel = not isNone and not isNote
-
-        if isNone:
-            return False
-        if isNote and not self.expNotes:
-            return False
-        if isNovel and not self.expNovel:
             return False
 
         self.theConv.setText(tHandle)
@@ -145,6 +136,33 @@ class TextFile():
 
         return True
 
+    def checkInclude(self, tHandle):
+        """This function checks whether a file should be included in the export or not. For standard
+        note and novel files, this is controlled by the options selected by the user. For other
+        files classified as non-exportable, a few checks must be made, and the following are not:
+        * Items that are not actual files.
+        * Items that have been orphaned which are tagged as NO_LAYOUT and NO_CLASS.
+        * Items that appear in the TRASH folder
+        """
+
+        theItem = self.theProject.getItem(tHandle)
+        isNone  = theItem.itemType != nwItemType.FILE
+        isNone |= theItem.itemLayout == nwItemLayout.NO_LAYOUT
+        isNone |= theItem.itemClass == nwItemClass.NO_CLASS
+        isNone |= theItem.itemClass == nwItemClass.TRASH
+        isNone |= theItem.parHandle == self.theProject.trashRoot
+        isNote  = theItem.itemLayout == nwItemLayout.NOTE
+        isNovel = not isNone and not isNote
+
+        if isNone:
+            return False
+        if isNote and not self.expNotes:
+            return False
+        if isNovel and not self.expNovel:
+            return False
+
+        return True
+
     ##
     #  Internal Functions
     ##

sample/sampleNovel/data_b/8136a5a774a0_main.nwd

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+### Delete Me!
+
+This scene is trash.

sample/sampleNovel/nwProject.nwx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
-<novelWriterXML appVersion="0.3.2" fileVersion="1.0" timeStamp="2019-10-29 19:06:30">
+<novelWriterXML appVersion="0.3.2" fileVersion="1.0" timeStamp="2019-10-31 11:33:41">
   <project>
     <name>Sample Project</name>
     <title>Sample Project</title>
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
   </project>
   <settings>
     <spellCheck>True</spellCheck>
-    <lastEdited>636b6aa9b697b</lastEdited>
+    <lastEdited>b8136a5a774a0</lastEdited>
     <lastViewed>ba8a28a246524</lastViewed>
-    <lastWordCount>873</lastWordCount>
+    <lastWordCount>879</lastWordCount>
     <autoReplace>
       <A>B</A>
       <B>E</B>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
       <entry blue="175" green="0" red="117">Main</entry>
     </importance>
   </settings>
-  <content count="19">
+  <content count="20">
     <item handle="7031beac91f75" order="0" parent="None">
       <name>Novel</name>
       <type>ROOT</type>
@@ -232,5 +232,17 @@
       <paraCount>0</paraCount>
       <cursorPos>1</cursorPos>
     </item>
+    <item handle="b8136a5a774a0" order="1" parent="98acd8c76c93a">
+      <name>Delete Me!</name>
+      <type>FILE</type>
+      <class>NOVEL</class>
+      <status>New</status>
+      <expanded>False</expanded>
+      <layout>SCENE</layout>
+      <charCount>30</charCount>
+      <wordCount>6</wordCount>
+      <paraCount>1</paraCount>
+      <cursorPos>36</cursorPos>
+    </item>
   </content>
 </novelWriterXML>