Drop the setting to change word count interval

novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py

@@ -187,13 +187,12 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QPlainTextEdit):
         # Set Up Document Word Counter
         self.wcTimerDoc = QTimer()
         self.wcTimerDoc.timeout.connect(self._runDocCounter)
+        self.wcTimerDoc.setInterval(5000)
 
         self.wCounterDoc = BackgroundWordCounter(self)
         self.wCounterDoc.setAutoDelete(False)
         self.wCounterDoc.signals.countsReady.connect(self._updateDocCounts)
 
-        self.wcInterval = CONFIG.wordCountTimer
-
         # Set Up Selection Word Counter
         self.wcTimerSel = QTimer()
         self.wcTimerSel.timeout.connect(self._runSelCounter)
@@ -359,10 +358,6 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QPlainTextEdit):
         # Refresh the tab stops
         self.setTabStopDistance(CONFIG.getTabWidth())
 
-        # Configure word count timer
-        self.wcInterval = CONFIG.wordCountTimer
-        self.wcTimerDoc.setInterval(int(self.wcInterval*1000))
-
         # 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.
@@ -1190,7 +1185,7 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QPlainTextEdit):
             logger.debug("Word counter is busy")
             return
 
-        if time() - self._lastEdit < 5.0 * self.wcInterval:
+        if time() - self._lastEdit < 25.0:
             logger.debug("Running word counter")
             SHARED.runInThreadPool(self.wCounterDoc)