Skip intermediate steps when loading/saving json files, and always use 2 space indent

nw/config.py

@@ -690,8 +690,7 @@ class Config:
         if os.path.isfile(cacheFile):
             try:
                 with open(cacheFile, mode="r", encoding="utf8") as inFile:
-                    theJson = inFile.read()
-                theData = json.loads(theJson)
+                    theData = json.load(inFile)
 
                 for projPath in theData.keys():
                     theEntry  = theData[projPath]
@@ -729,7 +728,7 @@ class Config:
 
         try:
             with open(cacheTemp, mode="w+", encoding="utf8") as outFile:
-                outFile.write(json.dumps(self.recentProj, indent=2))
+                json.dump(self.recentProj, outFile, indent=2)
         except Exception as e:
             self.hasError = True
             self.errData.append("Could not save recent project cache")

nw/core/index.py

@@ -159,8 +159,7 @@ class NWIndex():
             logger.debug("Loading index file")
             try:
                 with open(indexFile, mode="r", encoding="utf8") as inFile:
-                    theJson = inFile.read()
-                theData = json.loads(theJson)
+                    theData = json.load(inFile)
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.error("Failed to load index file")
                 logger.error(str(e))
@@ -190,23 +189,18 @@ class NWIndex():
         """Save the current index as a json file in the project meta
         data folder.
         """
-        indexFile = os.path.join(self.theProject.projMeta, nwFiles.INDEX_FILE)
-
         logger.debug("Saving index file")
-        if self.mainConf.debugInfo:
-            nIndent = 2
-        else:
-            nIndent = None
+        indexFile = os.path.join(self.theProject.projMeta, nwFiles.INDEX_FILE)
 
         try:
             with open(indexFile, mode="w+", encoding="utf8") as outFile:
-                outFile.write(json.dumps({
+                json.dump({
                     "tagIndex"   : self.tagIndex,
                     "refIndex"   : self.refIndex,
                     "novelIndex" : self.novelIndex,
                     "noteIndex"  : self.noteIndex,
                     "textCounts" : self.textCounts,
-                }, indent=nIndent))
+                }, outFile, indent=2)
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error("Failed to save index file")
             logger.error(str(e))
@@ -218,6 +212,7 @@ class NWIndex():
         """Check that the entries in the index are valid and contain the
         elements it should.
         """
+        logger.debug("Checking index")
         self.indexBroken = False
 
         try:

nw/core/options.py

@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@ class OptionState():
             logger.debug("Loading GUI options file")
             try:
                 with open(stateFile, mode="r", encoding="utf8") as inFile:
-                    theJson = inFile.read()
-                theState = json.loads(theJson)
+                    theState = json.load(inFile)
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.error("Failed to load GUI options file")
                 logger.error(str(e))
@@ -137,7 +136,7 @@ class OptionState():
 
         try:
             with open(stateFile, mode="w+", encoding="utf8") as outFile:
-                outFile.write(json.dumps(self.theState, indent=2))
+                json.dump(self.theState, outFile, indent=2)
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error("Failed to save GUI options file")
             logger.error(str(e))

nw/core/project.py

@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ class NWProject():
         return True
 
     def setTreeOrder(self, newOrder):
-        """A list representing the liner/flattened order of project
+        """A list representing the linear/flattened order of project
         items in the GUI project tree. The user can rearrange the order
         by drag-and-drop. Forwarded to the NWTree class.
         """

nw/core/tree.py

@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class NWTree():
 
             # Dump the JSON
             with open(tocJson, mode="w+", encoding="utf8") as outFile:
-                outFile.write(json.dumps(jsonData, indent=2))
+                json.dump(jsonData, outFile, indent=2)
 
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(str(e))

nw/gui/writingstats.py

@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ class GuiWritingStats(QDialog):
                             "novelWords": wA,
                             "noteWords": wB,
                         })
-                    outFile.write(json.dumps(jsonData, indent=2))
+                    json.dump(jsonData, outFile, indent=2)
                     wSuccess = True
 
                 elif dataFmt == self.FMT_CSV: