Fix a potential segfault issue in main gui and add auto-build on open manuscript tool

novelwriter/guimain.py

@@ -800,8 +800,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
     def showBuildManuscriptDialog(self) -> None:
         """Open the build manuscript dialog."""
         if SHARED.hasProject:
-            if (dialog := SHARED.findTopLevelWidget(GuiManuscript)) is None:
-                dialog = GuiManuscript(self)
+            dialog = GuiManuscript(self)
             dialog.activateDialog()
             dialog.loadContent()
         return
@@ -819,8 +818,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
     def showWritingStatsDialog(self) -> None:
         """Open the session stats dialog."""
         if SHARED.hasProject:
-            if (dialog := SHARED.findTopLevelWidget(GuiWritingStats)) is None:
-                dialog = GuiWritingStats(self)
+            dialog = GuiWritingStats(self)
             dialog.activateDialog()
             dialog.populateGUI()
         return

novelwriter/tools/manuscript.py

@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ class GuiManuscript(NToolDialog):
         self._updateBuildsList()
         if selected in self._buildMap:
             self.buildList.setCurrentItem(self._buildMap[selected])
+            QTimer.singleShot(200, self._generatePreview)
 
         return
 
@@ -363,8 +364,8 @@ class GuiManuscript(NToolDialog):
     def _buildManuscript(self) -> None:
         """Open the build dialog and build the manuscript."""
         if build := self._getSelectedBuild():
-            dlgBuild = GuiManuscriptBuild(self, build)
-            dlgBuild.exec()
+            dialog = GuiManuscriptBuild(self, build)
+            dialog.exec()
 
             # After the build is done, save build settings changes
             if build.changed: