Added basic about dialog

nw/gui/__init__.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from nw.gui.statusbar import GuiMainStatus
 from nw.gui.theme import GuiTheme
 
 # Dialogs
+from nw.gui.dialogs.about import GuiAbout
 from nw.gui.dialogs.configeditor import GuiConfigEditor
 from nw.gui.dialogs.docmerge import GuiDocMerge
 from nw.gui.dialogs.docsplit import GuiDocSplit
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ __all__ = [
     "GuiMainMenu",
     "GuiMainStatus",
     "GuiTheme",
+    "GuiAbout",
     "GuiConfigEditor",
     "GuiDocMerge",
     "GuiDocSplit",

nw/gui/dialogs/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+from nw.gui.dialogs.about import GuiAbout
 from nw.gui.dialogs.configeditor import GuiConfigEditor
 from nw.gui.dialogs.docmerge import GuiDocMerge
 from nw.gui.dialogs.docsplit import GuiDocSplit
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ from nw.gui.dialogs.projectload import GuiProjectLoad
 from nw.gui.dialogs.sessionlog import GuiSessionLogView
 
 __all__ = [
+    "GuiAbout",
     "GuiConfigEditor",
     "GuiDocMerge",
     "GuiDocSplit",

nw/gui/dialogs/about.py

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""novelWriter GUI About Box
+
+ novelWriter – GUI About Box
+=============================
+ The about novelWriter dialog box
+
+ File History:
+ Created: 2020-05-21 [0.5.2]
+
+ This file is a part of novelWriter
+ Copyright 2020, Veronica Berglyd Olsen
+
+ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+
+import logging
+import nw
+
+from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt
+from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
+    QDialog, QHBoxLayout, QVBoxLayout, QDialogButtonBox
+)
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+class GuiAbout(QDialog):
+
+    def __init__(self, theParent):
+        QDialog.__init__(self, theParent)
+
+        logger.debug("Initialising GuiAbout ...")
+
+        self.mainConf = nw.CONFIG
+
+        self.outerBox = QVBoxLayout()
+        self.innerBox = QHBoxLayout()
+
+        self.buttonBox = QDialogButtonBox(QDialogButtonBox.Ok)
+        self.buttonBox.accepted.connect(self._doClose)
+
+        self.outerBox.addLayout(self.innerBox)
+        self.outerBox.addWidget(self.buttonBox)
+        self.setLayout(self.outerBox)
+
+        logger.debug("GuiAbout initialisation complete")
+
+        return
+
+    ##
+    #  Internal Functions
+    ##
+
+    def _doClose(self):
+        self.close()
+        return
+
+# END Class GuiAbout

nw/gui/mainmenu.py

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtCore import QUrl
 from PyQt5.QtGui import QDesktopServices
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMenuBar, QAction, QMessageBox
 
+from nw.gui.dialogs import GuiAbout
 from nw.constants import nwItemType, nwItemClass, nwDocAction
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -119,54 +120,59 @@ class GuiMainMenu(QMenuBar):
         return True
 
     def _showAbout(self):
-        listPrefix = "  •  "
+        """Show the about dialog.
-        aboutMsg   = (
+        """
-            "<h3>About {name:s}</h3>"
+        if self.mainConf.showGUI:
-            "<p>Version {version:s}, released {date:s}.</p>"
+            msgAbout = GuiAbout(self.theParent)
-            "<p>{copyright:s}.</p>"
+            msgAbout.exec_()
-            "<p>{name:s} is a markdown-like text editor designed for organising "
+        # listPrefix = "&nbsp;&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;"
-            "and writing novels. It is written in Python 3 with a Qt5 GUI, "
+        # aboutMsg   = (
-            "using PyQt5.</p>"
+        #     "<h3>About {name:s}</h3>"
-            "<p>{name:s} is free software: you can redistribute it and/or "
+        #     "<p>Version {version:s}, released {date:s}.</p>"
-            "modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as "
+        #     "<p>{copyright:s}.</p>"
-            "published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the "
+        #     "<p>{name:s} is a markdown-like text editor designed for organising "
-            "License, or (at your option) any later version.</p>"
+        #     "and writing novels. It is written in Python 3 with a Qt5 GUI, "
-            "<p>{name:s} is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, "
+        #     "using PyQt5.</p>"
-            "but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of "
+        #     "<p>{name:s} is free software: you can redistribute it and/or "
-            "MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.</p><p>See the "
+        #     "modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as "
-            "<a href='https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html'>GPL v3.0</a> "
+        #     "published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the "
-            "License for more details.</p>"
+        #     "License, or (at your option) any later version.</p>"
-            "<p>Website: <a href='{website:s}'>{website:s}</a></p>"
+        #     "<p>{name:s} is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, "
-            "<h4>Credits</h4>"
+        #     "but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of "
-            "<p>{credits:s}</p>"
+        #     "MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.</p><p>See the "
-        ).format(
+        #     "<a href='https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html'>GPL v3.0</a> "
-            name      = nw.__package__,
+        #     "License for more details.</p>"
-            version   = nw.__version__,
+        #     "<p>Website: <a href='{website:s}'>{website:s}</a></p>"
-            date      = nw.__date__,
+        #     "<h4>Credits</h4>"
-            copyright = nw.__copyright__,
+        #     "<p>{credits:s}</p>"
-            website   = nw.__url__,
+        # ).format(
-            credits   = "<br/>".join(["%s%s" % (listPrefix, x) for x in nw.__credits__]),
+        #     name      = nw.__package__,
-        )
+        #     version   = nw.__version__,
-        theTheme = self.theParent.theTheme
+        #     date      = nw.__date__,
-        theIcons = self.theParent.theTheme.theIcons
+        #     copyright = nw.__copyright__,
-        if theTheme.themeCredit != "" or theTheme.syntaxCredit != "":
+        #     website   = nw.__url__,
-            aboutMsg += "<h4>GUI Theme and Syntax Highlighting</h4>"
+        #     credits   = "<br/>".join(["%s%s" % (listPrefix, x) for x in nw.__credits__]),
-            aboutMsg += "<p>"
+        # )
-            if theTheme.themeCredit != "":
+        # theTheme = self.theParent.theTheme
-                aboutMsg += "%s\"%s\" by %s<br/>" % (
+        # theIcons = self.theParent.theTheme.theIcons
-                    listPrefix, theTheme.themeName, theTheme.themeCredit
+        # if theTheme.themeCredit != "" or theTheme.syntaxCredit != "":
-                )
+        #     aboutMsg += "<h4>GUI Theme and Syntax Highlighting</h4>"
-            if theIcons.themeCredit != "":
+        #     aboutMsg += "<p>"
-                aboutMsg += "%s\"%s\" by %s<br/>" % (
+        #     if theTheme.themeCredit != "":
-                    listPrefix, theIcons.themeName, theIcons.themeCredit
+        #         aboutMsg += "%s\"%s\" by %s<br/>" % (
-                )
+        #             listPrefix, theTheme.themeName, theTheme.themeCredit
-            if theTheme.syntaxCredit != "":
+        #         )
-                aboutMsg += "%s\"%s\" by %s<br/>" % (
+        #     if theIcons.themeCredit != "":
-                    listPrefix, theTheme.syntaxName, theTheme.syntaxCredit
+        #         aboutMsg += "%s\"%s\" by %s<br/>" % (
-                )
+        #             listPrefix, theIcons.themeName, theIcons.themeCredit
-            aboutMsg += "</p>"
+        #         )
-        msgBox = QMessageBox()
+        #     if theTheme.syntaxCredit != "":
-        msgBox.about(self.theParent, "About %s" % nw.__package__, aboutMsg)
+        #         aboutMsg += "%s\"%s\" by %s<br/>" % (
+        #             listPrefix, theTheme.syntaxName, theTheme.syntaxCredit
+        #         )
+        #     aboutMsg += "</p>"
+        # msgBox = QMessageBox()
+        # msgBox.about(self.theParent, "About %s" % nw.__package__, aboutMsg)
         return True
 
     def _showAboutQt(self):