Rewrite how lipsum text is inserted

novelwriter/dialogs/editlabel.py

@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ class GuiEditLabel(QDialog):
 
     @classmethod
     def getLabel(cls, parent: QWidget, text: str) -> tuple[str, bool]:
+        """Pop the dialog and return the result."""
         cls = GuiEditLabel(parent, text=text)
         cls.exec_()
         label = cls.itemLabel

novelwriter/enum.py

@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ class nwDocInsert(Enum):
     NEW_PAGE  = 7
     VSPACE_S  = 8
     VSPACE_M  = 9
+    LIPSUM    = 10
 
 # END Enum nwDocInsert
 

novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ from novelwriter.common import minmax, transferCase
 from novelwriter.constants import nwKeyWords, nwLabels, nwShortcode, nwUnicode, trConst
 from novelwriter.core.item import NWItem
 from novelwriter.core.index import countWords
+from novelwriter.tools.lipsum import GuiLipsum
 from novelwriter.core.document import NWDocument
 from novelwriter.gui.dochighlight import GuiDocHighlighter
 from novelwriter.gui.editordocument import GuiTextDocument
@@ -850,18 +851,23 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QPlainTextEdit):
                 text = "[vspace:2]"
                 newBlock = True
                 goAfter = False
+            elif insert == nwDocInsert.LIPSUM:
+                text = GuiLipsum.getLipsum(self)
+                newBlock = True
+                goAfter = False
             else:
                 return False
         else:
             return False
 
-        if newBlock:
-            self.insertNewBlock(text, defaultAfter=goAfter)
-        else:
-            cursor = self.textCursor()
-            cursor.beginEditBlock()
-            cursor.insertText(text)
-            cursor.endEditBlock()
+        if text:
+            if newBlock:
+                self.insertNewBlock(text, defaultAfter=goAfter)
+            else:
+                cursor = self.textCursor()
+                cursor.beginEditBlock()
+                cursor.insertText(text)
+                cursor.endEditBlock()
 
         return True
 

novelwriter/gui/mainmenu.py

@@ -593,8 +593,10 @@ class GuiMainMenu(QMenuBar):
         )
 
         # Insert > Placeholder Text
-        self.aLipsumText = self.mInsBreaks.addAction(self.tr("Placeholder Text"))
-        self.aLipsumText.triggered.connect(self.mainGui.showLoremIpsumDialog)
+        self.aLipsumText = self.insMenu.addAction(self.tr("Placeholder Text"))
+        self.aLipsumText.triggered.connect(
+            lambda: self.requestDocInsert.emit(nwDocInsert.LIPSUM)
+        )
 
         return
 

novelwriter/guimain.py

@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ from novelwriter.dialogs.wordlist import GuiWordList
 from novelwriter.dialogs.preferences import GuiPreferences
 from novelwriter.dialogs.projdetails import GuiProjectDetails
 from novelwriter.dialogs.projsettings import GuiProjectSettings
-from novelwriter.tools.lipsum import GuiLipsum
 from novelwriter.tools.manuscript import GuiManuscript
 from novelwriter.tools.projwizard import GuiProjectWizard
 from novelwriter.tools.dictionaries import GuiDictionaries
@@ -908,17 +907,6 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
             dialog.loadContent()
         return
 
-    @pyqtSlot()
-    def showLoremIpsumDialog(self) -> None:
-        """Open the insert lorem ipsum text dialog."""
-        if SHARED.hasProject:
-            dialog = GuiLipsum(self)
-            dialog.setModal(False)
-            dialog.show()
-            dialog.raise_()
-            qApp.processEvents()
-        return
-
     @pyqtSlot()
     def showProjectWordListDialog(self) -> None:
         """Open the project word list dialog."""

novelwriter/tools/lipsum.py

@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import random
 import logging
 
-from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt
+from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt, pyqtSlot
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
-    QDialog, QGridLayout, QHBoxLayout, QVBoxLayout, QLabel, QDialogButtonBox,
-    QSpinBox
+    QDialog, QDialogButtonBox, QGridLayout, QHBoxLayout, QLabel, QSpinBox,
+    QVBoxLayout, QWidget
 )
 
 from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
@@ -41,15 +41,15 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class GuiLipsum(QDialog):
 
-    def __init__(self, mainGui):
-        super().__init__(parent=mainGui)
+    def __init__(self, parent: QWidget) -> None:
+        super().__init__(parent=parent)
 
         logger.debug("Create: GuiLipsum")
         self.setObjectName("GuiLipsum")
         if CONFIG.osDarwin:
             self.setWindowFlag(Qt.WindowType.Tool)
 
-        self.mainGui = mainGui
+        self._lipsumText = ""
 
         self.setWindowTitle(self.tr("Insert Placeholder Text"))
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class GuiLipsum(QDialog):
 
         # Buttons
         self.buttonBox = QDialogButtonBox()
-        self.buttonBox.rejected.connect(self._doClose)
+        self.buttonBox.rejected.connect(self.close)
 
         self.btnClose = self.buttonBox.addButton(QDialogButtonBox.Close)
         self.btnClose.setAutoDefault(False)
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ class GuiLipsum(QDialog):
         self.btnSave.clicked.connect(self._doInsert)
         self.btnSave.setAutoDefault(False)
 
+        self.rejected.connect(self.close)
+
         # Assemble
         self.outerBox = QVBoxLayout()
         self.outerBox.addLayout(self.innerBox)
@@ -112,33 +114,37 @@ class GuiLipsum(QDialog):
 
         return
 
-    def __del__(self):  # pragma: no cover
+    def __del__(self) -> None:  # pragma: no cover
         logger.debug("Delete: GuiLipsum")
         return
 
+    @property
+    def lipsumText(self) -> str:
+        """Return the generated text."""
+        return self._lipsumText
+
+    @classmethod
+    def getLipsum(cls, parent: QWidget) -> str:
+        """Pop the dialog and return the lipsum text."""
+        cls = GuiLipsum(parent)
+        cls.exec_()
+        text = cls.lipsumText
+        cls.deleteLater()
+        return text
+
     ##
-    #  Slots
+    #  Private Slots
     ##
 
-    def _doInsert(self):
-        """Load the text and insert it in the open document.
-        """
+    @pyqtSlot()
+    def _doInsert(self) -> None:
+        """Generate the text."""
         lipsumFile = CONFIG.assetPath("text") / "lipsum.txt"
         lipsumText = readTextFile(lipsumFile).splitlines()
-
         if self.randSwitch.isChecked():
             random.shuffle(lipsumText)
-
         pCount = self.paraCount.value()
-        inText = "\n\n".join(lipsumText[0:pCount]) + "\n\n"
-
-        self.mainGui.docEditor.insertText(inText)
-
-        return
-
-    def _doClose(self):
-        """Close the dialog window without doing anything.
-        """
+        self._lipsumText = "\n\n".join(lipsumText[0:pCount]) + "\n\n"
         self.close()
         return