From cf770ff77f13f7cd3ac4ff4ee57b736f9c35530e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Veronica Berglyd Olsen <1619840+vkbo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 17:57:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Remove the condition that spell checking must be enabled to
 refresh highlighting (Issue #1414)

---
 novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py | 25 +++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py b/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py
index a303162b..0518c277 100644
--- a/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py
+++ b/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py
@@ -724,14 +724,13 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
         _, theProvider = self.spEnchant.describeDict()
 
         self.spellDictionaryChanged.emit(str(theLang), str(theProvider))
-
         if not self._bigDoc:
             self.spellCheckDocument()
 
         return True
 
     def toggleSpellCheck(self, theMode):
-        """This is the master spell check setting function, and this one
+        """This is the main spell check setting function, and this one
         should call all other setSpellCheck functions in other classes.
         If the spell check mode (theMode) is not defined (None), then
         toggle the current status saved in this class.
@@ -768,18 +767,16 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
         the undo stack, so we only do it for big documents.
         """
         logger.debug("Running spell checker")
-        if self._spellCheck:
-            bfTime = time()
-            qApp.setOverrideCursor(QCursor(Qt.WaitCursor))
-            if self._bigDoc:
-                theText = self.getText()
-                self.setPlainText(theText)
-            else:
-                self.highLight.rehighlight()
-            qApp.restoreOverrideCursor()
-            afTime = time()
-            logger.debug("Document highlighted in %.3f ms", 1000*(afTime-bfTime))
-            self.mainGui.mainStatus.setStatus(self.tr("Spell check complete"))
+        start = time()
+        qApp.setOverrideCursor(QCursor(Qt.WaitCursor))
+        if self._bigDoc:
+            # This is much faster for large documents
+            self.setPlainText(self.getText())
+        else:
+            self.highLight.rehighlight()
+        qApp.restoreOverrideCursor()
+        logger.debug("Document highlighted in %.3f ms", 1000*(time() - start))
+        self.mainGui.mainStatus.setStatus(self.tr("Spell check complete"))
 
         return True