Add a main count setting and use it for the project tree

novelwriter/core/item.py

@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ class NWItem:
     def paraCount(self) -> int:
         return self._paraCount
 
+    @property
+    def mainCount(self) -> int:
+        return self._charCount if CONFIG.useCharCount else self._wordCount
+
     @property
     def initCount(self) -> int:
         return self._initCount

novelwriter/core/itemmodel.py

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class ProjectNode:
 
     def updateCount(self, propagate: bool = True) -> None:
         """Update counts, and propagate upwards in the tree."""
-        self._count = self._item.wordCount + sum(c._count for c in self._children)  # noqa: SLF001
+        self._count = self._item.mainCount + sum(c._count for c in self._children)  # noqa: SLF001
         self._cache[C_COUNT_TEXT] = f"{self._count:n}"
         if propagate and (parent := self._parent):
             parent.updateCount()