From cde0d6dff5c78db28dbf3c4b7b2a1e8b76beca08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Veronica K. B. Olsen" <1619840+vkbo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2020 14:14:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Only run word counter when a document is open

---
 nw/gui/doceditor.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nw/gui/doceditor.py b/nw/gui/doceditor.py
index 09792041..4546d717 100644
--- a/nw/gui/doceditor.py
+++ b/nw/gui/doceditor.py
@@ -1004,6 +1004,9 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
         """Decide whether to run the word counter, or not due to
         inactivity.
         """
+        if self.theHandle is None:
+            return
+
         if self.wCounter.isRunning():
             logger.verbose("Word counter is busy")
             return