Redesign the Document Merge dialog box

novelwriter/core/__init__.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 """
 
+from novelwriter.core.doctools import DocMerger
 from novelwriter.core.document import NWDoc
 from novelwriter.core.index import countWords
 from novelwriter.core.project import NWProject
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ from novelwriter.core.toodt import ToOdt
 from novelwriter.core.tomd import ToMarkdown
 
 __all__ = [
+    "DocMerger",
     "countWords",
     "NWDoc",
     "NWProject",

novelwriter/core/doctools.py

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+"""
+novelWriter – Project Document Tools
+====================================
+A collection of tools to create and manipulate documents
+
+File History:
+Created: 2022-10-02 [2.0b1]
+
+This file is a part of novelWriter
+Copyright 2018–2022, Veronica Berglyd Olsen
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+
+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+# logger.verbose("GuiDocMerge merge button clicked")
+
+# finalOrder = []
+# for i in range(self.listBox.count()):
+#     finalOrder.append(self.listBox.item(i).data(Qt.UserRole))
+
+# if len(finalOrder) == 0:
+#     self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
+#         "No source documents found. Nothing to do."
+#     ), nwAlert.ERROR)
+#     return False
+
+# theText = ""
+# for tHandle in finalOrder:
+#     inDoc = NWDoc(self.theProject, tHandle)
+#     docText = inDoc.readDocument()
+#     docErr = inDoc.getError()
+#     if docText is None and docErr:
+#         self.mainGui.makeAlert([
+#             self.tr("Failed to open document file."), docErr
+#         ], nwAlert.ERROR)
+#     if docText:
+#         theText += docText.rstrip("\n")+"\n\n"
+
+# if self.sourceItem is None:
+#     self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
+#         "No source folder selected. Nothing to do."
+#     ), nwAlert.ERROR)
+#     return False
+
+# srcItem = self.theProject.tree[self.sourceItem]
+# if srcItem is None:
+#     self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr("Internal error."), nwAlert.ERROR)
+#     return False
+
+# nHandle = self.theProject.newFile(srcItem.itemName, srcItem.itemParent)
+# newItem = self.theProject.tree[nHandle]
+# newItem.setStatus(srcItem.itemStatus)
+# newItem.setImport(srcItem.itemImport)
+
+# outDoc = NWDoc(self.theProject, nHandle)
+# if not outDoc.writeDocument(theText):
+#     self.mainGui.makeAlert([
+#         self.tr("Could not save document."), outDoc.getError()
+#     ], nwAlert.ERROR)
+#     return False
+
+# self.mainGui.projView.revealNewTreeItem(nHandle)
+# self.mainGui.openDocument(nHandle, doScroll=True)
+
+# self._doClose()
+
+
+class DocMerger:
+
+    def __init__(self, theProject):
+
+        self.theProject = theProject
+
+        self._targetDoc = None
+
+        return
+
+    def setTargetDoc(self, tHandle):
+        return
+
+    def createNewDoc(self, docLabel, pHandle, itemLayout):
+        return
+
+    def appendDoc(self, tHandle):
+        return
+
+# END Class DocMerger