Use constants for project and config file names

novelwriter/config.py

@@ -52,12 +52,11 @@ class Config:
 
         # Set Application Variables
         self.appName   = "novelWriter"
-        self.appHandle = self.appName.lower()
+        self.appHandle = "novelwriter"
 
         # Set Paths
         self.cmdOpen   = None  # Path from command line for project to be opened on launch
         self.confPath  = None  # Folder where the config is saved
-        self.confFile  = None  # The config file name
         self.dataPath  = None  # Folder where app data is stored
         self.lastPath  = None  # The last user-selected folder (browse dialogs)
         self.appPath   = None  # The full path to the novelwriter package folder
@@ -271,7 +270,6 @@ class Config:
         logger.debug("Config path: %s", self.confPath)
         logger.debug("Data path: %s", self.dataPath)
 
-        self.confFile = self.appHandle+".conf"
         self.lastPath = os.path.expanduser("~")
         self.appPath = getattr(sys, "_MEIPASS", os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
         self.appRoot = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(self.appPath, os.path.pardir))
@@ -311,7 +309,7 @@ class Config:
 
         # Check if config file exists
         if self.confPath is not None:
-            if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(self.confPath, self.confFile)):
+            if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(self.confPath, nwFiles.CONF_FILE)):
                 # If it exists, load it
                 self.loadConfig()
             else:
@@ -396,7 +394,7 @@ class Config:
             return False
 
         theConf = NWConfigParser()
-        cnfPath = os.path.join(self.confPath, self.confFile)
+        cnfPath = os.path.join(self.confPath, nwFiles.CONF_FILE)
         try:
             with open(cnfPath, mode="r", encoding="utf-8") as inFile:
                 theConf.read_file(inFile)
@@ -619,7 +617,7 @@ class Config:
         }
 
         # Write config file
-        cnfPath = os.path.join(self.confPath, self.confFile)
+        cnfPath = os.path.join(self.confPath, nwFiles.CONF_FILE)
         try:
             with open(cnfPath, mode="w", encoding="utf-8") as outFile:
                 theConf.write(outFile)

novelwriter/constants.py

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class nwHeaders:
 
 class nwFiles:
 
+    CONF_FILE   = "novelwriter.conf"
     PROJ_FILE   = "nwProject.nwx"
     PROJ_DICT   = "wordlist.txt"
     PROJ_LOCK   = "nwProject.lock"

novelwriter/core/project.py

@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ class NWProject:
         self.projDict    = None  # The spell check dictionary
         self.projSpell   = None  # The spell check language, if different than default
         self.projLang    = None  # The project language, used for builds
-        self.projFile    = None  # The file name of the project main XML file
         self.projFiles   = []    # A list of all files in the content folder on load
 
         # Project Meta
@@ -260,7 +259,6 @@ class NWProject:
         self.projDict    = None
         self.projSpell   = None
         self.projLang    = None
-        self.projFile    = nwFiles.PROJ_FILE
         self.projFiles   = []
         self.projName    = ""
         self.bookTitle   = ""
@@ -774,9 +772,9 @@ class NWProject:
         self._projTree.packXML(nwXML)
 
         # Write the xml tree to file
-        tempFile = os.path.join(self.projPath, self.projFile+"~")
-        saveFile = os.path.join(self.projPath, self.projFile)
-        backFile = os.path.join(self.projPath, self.projFile[:-3]+"bak")
+        tempFile = os.path.join(self.projPath, nwFiles.PROJ_FILE+"~")
+        saveFile = os.path.join(self.projPath, nwFiles.PROJ_FILE)
+        backFile = os.path.join(self.projPath, nwFiles.PROJ_FILE[:-3]+"bak")
         try:
             with open(tempFile, mode="wb") as outFile:
                 outFile.write(etree.tostring(

novelwriter/guimain.py

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ from novelwriter.enum import (
     nwDocMode, nwItemType, nwItemClass, nwAlert, nwWidget, nwState, nwView
 )
 from novelwriter.common import getGuiItem, hexToInt
+from novelwriter.constants import nwFiles
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -353,7 +354,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
             logger.error("No projData or projPath set")
             return False
 
-        if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(projPath, self.theProject.projFile)):
+        if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(projPath, nwFiles.PROJ_FILE)):
             self.makeAlert(self.tr(
                 "A project already exists in that location. "
                 "Please choose another folder."