Add clocks to shared class and add search cache clearing

novelwriter/gui/search.py

@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import time
 import logging
 
+from time import time
+
 from PyQt5.QtCore import QSize, Qt, pyqtSignal, pyqtSlot
 from PyQt5.QtGui import QKeyEvent, QPalette
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ from novelwriter.core.item import NWItem
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+CACHE_TIMEOUT = 120.0  # 2 minutes
+
 
 class GuiProjectSearch(QWidget):
 
@@ -50,8 +53,8 @@ class GuiProjectSearch(QWidget):
     D_HANDLE = Qt.ItemDataRole.UserRole
     D_RESULT = Qt.ItemDataRole.UserRole + 1
 
-    openDocumentSelectRequest = pyqtSignal(str, int, int, bool)
     selectedItemChanged = pyqtSignal(str)
+    openDocumentSelectRequest = pyqtSignal(str, int, int, bool)
 
     def __init__(self, parent: QWidget) -> None:
         super().__init__(parent=parent)
@@ -61,7 +64,9 @@ class GuiProjectSearch(QWidget):
         iPx = SHARED.theme.baseIconSize
         mPx = CONFIG.pxInt(2)
 
+        self._time = time()
         self._search = DocSearch()
+        self._blocked = False
 
         # Header
         self.viewLabel = QLabel(self.tr("Project Search"))
@@ -130,6 +135,8 @@ class GuiProjectSearch(QWidget):
         self.setLayout(self.outerBox)
         self.updateTheme()
 
+        SHARED.slowClockTick.connect(self._cacheTimeout)
+
         logger.debug("Ready: GuiProjectSearch")
 
         return
@@ -205,7 +212,8 @@ class GuiProjectSearch(QWidget):
     @pyqtSlot(str)
     def clearSearchCache(self, tHandle: str) -> None:
         """Process document content change."""
-        self._search.clearTextCache(tHandle)
+        if not self._blocked:
+            self._search.clearTextCache(tHandle)
         return
 
     ##
@@ -215,15 +223,19 @@ class GuiProjectSearch(QWidget):
     @pyqtSlot()
     def _processSearch(self) -> None:
         """Perform a search."""
-        start = time.time()
-        self.searchResult.clear()
-        if text := self.searchText.text():
-            self._search.setUserRegEx(self.toggleRegEx.isChecked())
-            self._search.setCaseSensitive(self.toggleCase.isChecked())
-            self._search.setWholeWords(self.toggleWord.isChecked())
-            for item, results, capped in self._search.iterSearch(SHARED.project, text):
-                self._appendResultSet(item, results, capped)
-        logger.debug("Search took %.3f ms", 1000*(time.time() - start))
+        if not self._blocked:
+            start = time()
+            self._blocked = True
+            self.searchResult.clear()
+            if text := self.searchText.text():
+                self._search.setUserRegEx(self.toggleRegEx.isChecked())
+                self._search.setCaseSensitive(self.toggleCase.isChecked())
+                self._search.setWholeWords(self.toggleWord.isChecked())
+                for item, results, capped in self._search.iterSearch(SHARED.project, text):
+                    self._appendResultSet(item, results, capped)
+            logger.debug("Search took %.3f ms", 1000*(time() - start))
+            self._time = time()
+        self._blocked = False
         return
 
     @pyqtSlot()
@@ -272,6 +284,13 @@ class GuiProjectSearch(QWidget):
         CONFIG.searchProjRegEx = state
         return
 
+    @pyqtSlot()
+    def _cacheTimeout(self) -> None:
+        """Clear the cache after a period of inactivity."""
+        if not self._blocked and time() - self._time > CACHE_TIMEOUT:
+            self._search.clearTextCache(None)
+        return
+
     ##
     #  Internal Functions
     ##

novelwriter/guimain.py

@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
         SHARED.indexScannedText.connect(self.itemDetails.updateViewBox)
         SHARED.indexCleared.connect(self.docViewerPanel.indexWasCleared)
         SHARED.indexAvailable.connect(self.docViewerPanel.indexHasAppeared)
+        SHARED.mainClockTick.connect(self._timeTick)
 
         self.mainMenu.requestDocAction.connect(self._passDocumentAction)
         self.mainMenu.requestDocInsert.connect(self._passDocumentInsert)
@@ -287,12 +288,6 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
         self.asDocTimer = QTimer(self)
         self.asDocTimer.timeout.connect(self._autoSaveDocument)
 
-        # Main Clock
-        self.mainTimer = QTimer(self)
-        self.mainTimer.setInterval(1000)
-        self.mainTimer.timeout.connect(self._timeTick)
-        self.mainTimer.start()
-
         # Shortcuts and Actions
         self._connectMenuActions()
 
@@ -1212,16 +1207,15 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
     @pyqtSlot()
     def _timeTick(self) -> None:
         """Process time tick of the main timer."""
-        if not SHARED.hasProject:
-            return
-        currTime = time()
-        editIdle = currTime - self.docEditor.lastActive > CONFIG.userIdleTime
-        userIdle = qApp.applicationState() != Qt.ApplicationActive
-        self.mainStatus.setUserIdle(editIdle or userIdle)
-        SHARED.updateIdleTime(currTime, editIdle or userIdle)
-        self.mainStatus.updateTime(idleTime=SHARED.projectIdleTime)
-        if CONFIG.memInfo and int(currTime) % 5 == 0:  # pragma: no cover
-            self.mainStatus.memInfo()
+        if SHARED.hasProject:
+            currTime = time()
+            editIdle = currTime - self.docEditor.lastActive > CONFIG.userIdleTime
+            userIdle = qApp.applicationState() != Qt.ApplicationActive
+            self.mainStatus.setUserIdle(editIdle or userIdle)
+            SHARED.updateIdleTime(currTime, editIdle or userIdle)
+            self.mainStatus.updateTime(idleTime=SHARED.projectIdleTime)
+            if CONFIG.memInfo and int(currTime) % 5 == 0:  # pragma: no cover
+                self.mainStatus.memInfo()
         return
 
     @pyqtSlot()

novelwriter/shared.py

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from time import time
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, TypeVar
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from PyQt5.QtCore import QObject, QRunnable, QThreadPool, pyqtSignal
+from PyQt5.QtCore import QObject, QRunnable, QThreadPool, QTimer, pyqtSignal
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QFileDialog, QMessageBox, QWidget
 from novelwriter.common import formatFileFilter
 
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ class SharedData(QObject):
     indexChangedTags = pyqtSignal(list, list)
     indexCleared = pyqtSignal()
     indexAvailable = pyqtSignal()
+    mainClockTick = pyqtSignal()
+    slowClockTick = pyqtSignal()
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         super().__init__()
@@ -79,6 +81,14 @@ class SharedData(QObject):
         self._idleRefTime = time()
         self._focusMode = False
 
+        self._fClock = QTimer(self)
+        self._fClock.setInterval(1000)
+        self._fClock.timeout.connect(lambda: self.mainClockTick.emit())
+
+        self._sClock = QTimer(self)
+        self._sClock.setInterval(10000)
+        self._sClock.timeout.connect(lambda: self.slowClockTick.emit())
+
         return
 
     ##
@@ -158,6 +168,8 @@ class SharedData(QObject):
         soon as the Main GUI is created to ensure the SHARED singleton
         has the properties needed for operation.
         """
+        self._fClock.start()
+        self._sClock.start()
         self._gui = gui
         self._theme = theme
         self._resetProject()

novelwriter/tools/manuscript.py

@@ -794,11 +794,7 @@ class _PreviewWidget(QTextBrowser):
         self._updateDocMargins()
         self._updateBuildAge()
 
-        # Age Timer
-        self.ageTimer = QTimer(self)
-        self.ageTimer.setInterval(10)
-        self.ageTimer.timeout.connect(self._updateBuildAge)
-        self.ageTimer.start()
+        SHARED.slowClockTick.connect(self._updateBuildAge)
 
         return