From 7969c583517701236138da1966ec8ef1da48eb97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Veronica K. B. Olsen" <1619840+vkbo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 12:46:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Make sure editor is clear if we're not re-loading a document
 when we're initialising it

---
 nw/gui/doceditor.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/nw/gui/doceditor.py b/nw/gui/doceditor.py
index d7b64290..e8e9bb4e 100644
--- a/nw/gui/doceditor.py
+++ b/nw/gui/doceditor.py
@@ -161,12 +161,15 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
         # Initialise the syntax highlighter
         self.hLight.initHighlighter()
 
-        # If we have a document open, we should reload it in case the font changed
+        # If we have a document open, we should reload it in case the font changed, otherwise
+        # we just clear the editor entirely, which makes it read only.
         if self.theHandle is not None:
             tHandle = self.theHandle
             self.clearEditor()
             self.loadText(tHandle)
             self.changeWidth()
+        else:
+            self.clearEditor()
 
         return True