Make a few minor improvements, including fixing #1495

novelwriter/common.py

@@ -512,8 +512,7 @@ def sha256sum(path: str | Path) -> str | None:
 # =============================================================================================== #
 
 def getGuiItem(objName: str) -> QWidget | None:
-    """Returns a QtWidget based on its objectName.
-    """
+    """Returns a QtWidget based on its objectName."""
     for qWidget in qApp.topLevelWidgets():
         if qWidget.objectName() == objName:
             return qWidget

novelwriter/core/project.py

@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class NWProject(QObject):
         """Add a new file with a given label and parent item."""
         return self._tree.create(label, parent, nwItemType.FILE)
 
-    def writeNewFile(self, tHandle: str, hLevel: int, isDocument: bool, addText: str = "") -> bool:
+    def writeNewFile(self, tHandle: str, hLevel: int, isDocument: bool, text: str = "") -> bool:
         """Write content to a new document after it is created. This
         will not run if the file exists and is not empty.
         """
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class NWProject(QObject):
             return False
 
         hshText = "#"*minmax(hLevel, 1, 4)
-        newText = f"{hshText} {tItem.itemName}\n\n{addText}"
+        newText = f"{hshText} {tItem.itemName}\n\n{text}"
         if tItem.isNovelLike() and isDocument:
             tItem.setLayout(nwItemLayout.DOCUMENT)
         else:
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ class NWProject(QObject):
         order has been altered, or a file is orphaned, this function is
         capable of handling it.
         """
-        sentItems = []
+        sentItems = set()
         iterItems = self._tree.handles()
         n = 0
         nMax = min(len(iterItems), 10000)
@@ -515,13 +515,12 @@ class NWProject(QObject):
                 # Technically a bug
                 continue
             elif tItem.itemParent is None:
-                # Item is a root, or already been identified as an
-                # orphaned item
-                sentItems.append(tHandle)
+                # Item is a root, or already been identified as orphaned
+                sentItems.add(tHandle)
                 yield tItem
             elif tItem.itemParent in sentItems:
                 # Item's parent has been sent, so all is fine
-                sentItems.append(tHandle)
+                sentItems.add(tHandle)
                 yield tItem
             elif tItem.itemParent in iterItems:
                 # Item's parent exists, but hasn't been sent yet, so add

novelwriter/core/spellcheck.py

@@ -213,15 +213,15 @@ class UserDictionary:
     def load(self) -> None:
         """Load the user's dictionary."""
         self._path = self._project.storage.getMetaFile(nwFiles.DICT_FILE)
-        if not isinstance(self._path, Path):
-            return
-        try:
-            with open(self._path, mode="r", encoding="utf-8") as fObj:
-                data = json.load(fObj)
-            self._words = set(data.get("novelWriter.userDict", []))
-        except Exception:
-            logger.error("Failed to load user dictionary")
-            logException()
+        self._words = set()
+        if isinstance(self._path, Path) and self._path.is_file():
+            try:
+                with open(self._path, mode="r", encoding="utf-8") as fObj:
+                    data = json.load(fObj)
+                self._words = set(data.get("novelWriter.userDict", []))
+            except Exception:
+                logger.error("Failed to load user dictionary")
+                logException()
         return
 
     def save(self) -> None:

novelwriter/guimain.py

@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
         self._changeView(nwView.PROJECT)
 
         # Try to open the project
+        tStart = time()
         if not SHARED.openProject(projFile):
             # The project open failed.
             lockStatus = SHARED.projectLock
@@ -522,7 +523,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
         self.docEditor.setDocumentChanged(False)
         SHARED.project.setProjectChanged(False)
 
-        logger.debug("Project load complete")
+        logger.debug("Project loaded in %.3f ms", (time() - tStart)*1000)
 
         return True