Merge branch 'main' into feature/status_shapes

novelwriter/__init__.py

@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ __license__    = "GPLv3"
 __author__     = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
 __maintainer__ = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
 __email__      = "code@vkbo.net"
-__version__    = "2.4rc1"
-__hexversion__ = "0x020400c1"
-__date__       = "2024-04-06"
+__version__    = "2.5rc1"
+__hexversion__ = "0x020500a1"
+__date__       = "2024-04-13"
 __status__     = "Stable"
 __domain__     = "novelwriter.io"
 

novelwriter/config.py

@@ -390,6 +390,10 @@ class Config:
         """Un-scale fixed gui sizes by the screen scale factor."""
         return int(value/self.guiScale)
 
+    def homePath(self) -> Path:
+        """The user's home folder."""
+        return self._homePath
+
     def dataPath(self, target: str | None = None) -> Path:
         """Return a path in the data folder."""
         if isinstance(target, str):

novelwriter/core/buildsettings.py

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class BuildSettings:
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         self._name = ""
         self._uuid = str(uuid.uuid4())
-        self._path = Path.home()
+        self._path = CONFIG.homePath()
         self._build = ""
         self._order = 0
         self._format = nwBuildFmt.ODT
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ class BuildSettings:
         """The last used build path."""
         if self._path.is_dir():
             return self._path
-        return Path.home()
+        return CONFIG.homePath()
 
     @property
     def lastBuildName(self) -> str:
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class BuildSettings:
         if isinstance(path, Path) and path.is_dir():
             self._path = path
         else:
-            self._path = Path.home()
+            self._path = CONFIG.homePath()
         self._changed = True
         return
 

novelwriter/dialogs/projectsettings.py

@@ -263,17 +263,17 @@ class _SettingsPage(NScrollableForm):
         )
 
         # Project Language
+        projLang = data.language or CONFIG.guiLocale
         self.projLang = NComboBox(self)
         self.projLang.setMinimumWidth(xW)
         for tag, language in CONFIG.listLanguages(CONFIG.LANG_PROJ):
             self.projLang.addItem(language, tag)
+        self.projLang.setCurrentData(projLang, projLang)
         self.addRow(
             self.tr("Project language"), self.projLang,
             self.tr("Only used when building the manuscript."),
             stretch=(3, 2)
         )
-        if (idx := self.projLang.findData(data.language)) != -1:
-            self.projLang.setCurrentIndex(idx)
 
         # Spell Check Language
         self.spellLang = NComboBox(self)

novelwriter/dialogs/wordlist.py

@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class GuiWordList(QDialog):
         ))
         ffilter = formatFileFilter(["*.txt", "*"])
         path, _ = QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(
-            self, self.tr("Import File"), str(Path.home()), filter=ffilter
+            self, self.tr("Import File"), str(CONFIG.homePath()), filter=ffilter
         )
         if path:
             try:
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class GuiWordList(QDialog):
     def _exportWords(self) -> None:
         """Export words to file."""
         path, _ = QFileDialog.getSaveFileName(
-            self, self.tr("Export File"), str(Path.home())
+            self, self.tr("Export File"), str(CONFIG.homePath())
         )
         if path:
             try:

novelwriter/text/counting.py

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ def preProcessText(text: str, keepHeaders: bool = True) -> list[str]:
                 continue
             if line[0] == ">":
                 line = line.lstrip(">").lstrip(" ")
+        if line:  # Above block can return empty line (Issue #1816)
             if line[-1] == "<":
                 line = line.rstrip("<").rstrip(" ")
             if "[" in line:

novelwriter/tools/manuscript.py

@@ -303,25 +303,21 @@ class GuiManuscript(QDialog):
     @pyqtSlot()
     def _editSelectedBuild(self) -> None:
         """Edit the currently selected build settings entry."""
-        build = self._getSelectedBuild()
-        if build is not None:
+        if build := self._getSelectedBuild():
             self._openSettingsDialog(build)
         return
 
     @pyqtSlot("QListWidgetItem*", "QListWidgetItem*")
     def _updateBuildDetails(self, current: QListWidgetItem, previous: QListWidgetItem) -> None:
         """Process change of build selection to update the details."""
-        if isinstance(current, QListWidgetItem):
-            build = self._builds.getBuild(current.data(self.D_KEY))
-            if build is not None:
-                self.buildDetails.updateInfo(build)
+        if current and (build := self._builds.getBuild(current.data(self.D_KEY))):
+            self.buildDetails.updateInfo(build)
         return
 
     @pyqtSlot()
     def _deleteSelectedBuild(self) -> None:
         """Delete the currently selected build settings entry."""
-        build = self._getSelectedBuild()
-        if build is not None:
+        if build := self._getSelectedBuild():
             if SHARED.question(self.tr("Delete build '{0}'?".format(build.name))):
                 self._builds.removeBuild(build.buildID)
                 self._updateBuildsList()
@@ -332,8 +328,7 @@ class GuiManuscript(QDialog):
         """Process new build settings from the settings dialog."""
         self._builds.setBuild(build)
         self._updateBuildItem(build)
-        current = self.buildList.currentItem()
-        if isinstance(current, QListWidgetItem) and current.data(self.D_KEY) == build.buildID:
+        if (current := self.buildList.currentItem()) and current.data(self.D_KEY) == build.buildID:
             self._updateBuildDetails(current, current)
         return
 
@@ -342,8 +337,7 @@ class GuiManuscript(QDialog):
         """Run the document builder on the current build settings for
         the preview widget.
         """
-        build = self._getSelectedBuild()
-        if build is None:
+        if not (build := self._getSelectedBuild()):
             return
 
         docBuild = NWBuildDocument(SHARED.project, build)
@@ -383,8 +377,7 @@ class GuiManuscript(QDialog):
     @pyqtSlot()
     def _buildManuscript(self) -> None:
         """Open the build dialog and build the manuscript."""
-        build = self._getSelectedBuild()
-        if isinstance(build, BuildSettings):
+        if build := self._getSelectedBuild():
             dlgBuild = GuiManuscriptBuild(self, build)
             dlgBuild.exec()
 

novelwriter/tools/welcome.py

@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ class _NewProjectForm(QWidget):
     def __init__(self, parent: QWidget) -> None:
         super().__init__(parent=parent)
 
-        self._basePath = CONFIG.lastPath()
+        self._basePath = CONFIG.homePath()
         self._fillMode = self.FILL_BLANK
         self._copyPath = None
 
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ class _NewProjectForm(QWidget):
 
         self.numChapters = NSpinBox(self)
         self.numChapters.setRange(0, 200)
-        self.numChapters.setValue(5)
+        self.numChapters.setValue(0)
         self.numChapters.setToolTip(self.tr("Set to 0 to only add scenes"))
 
         self.chapterBox = NWrappedWidgetBox(
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ class _NewProjectForm(QWidget):
 
         self.numScenes = NSpinBox(self)
         self.numScenes.setRange(0, 200)
-        self.numScenes.setValue(5)
+        self.numScenes.setValue(0)
 
         self.sceneBox = NWrappedWidgetBox(
             self.tr("Add {0} scene documents (to each chapter)"), self.numScenes
@@ -742,7 +742,6 @@ class _NewProjectForm(QWidget):
         ):
             self._basePath = Path(projDir)
             self._updateProjPath()
-            CONFIG.setLastPath(self._basePath)
         return
 
     @pyqtSlot()