From aceb344856ae76a264a30ca1027afd03bb1dc153 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Veronica Berglyd Olsen <1619840+vkbo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 22:43:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix a potential segfault issue in main gui and add auto-build
 on open manuscript tool

---
 novelwriter/guimain.py          | 6 ++----
 novelwriter/tools/manuscript.py | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/novelwriter/guimain.py b/novelwriter/guimain.py
index af9ad75f..eb9b4eda 100644
--- a/novelwriter/guimain.py
+++ b/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
diff --git a/novelwriter/tools/manuscript.py b/novelwriter/tools/manuscript.py
index 263bf332..841eaa15 100644
--- a/novelwriter/tools/manuscript.py
+++ b/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: