Improved the alert to user interface, and added an enum class for severity flags.

nw/enum.py

@@ -67,3 +67,12 @@ class nwDocAction(Enum):
     SEL_PARA  = 12
 
 # END Enum nwDocAction
+
+class nwAlert(Enum):
+
+    INFO  = 0
+    WARN  = 1
+    ERROR = 2
+    BUG   = 3
+
+# END Enum nwAlert

nw/gui/doceditor.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtCore        import Qt, QTimer
 
 from nw.gui.dochighlight import GuiDocHighlighter
 from nw.gui.wordcounter  import WordCounter
-from nw.enum             import nwDocAction
+from nw.enum             import nwDocAction, nwAlert
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 

nw/gui/doctree.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QTreeWidget, QTreeWidgetItem, QAbstractItemView, QIn
 from nw.project.item import NWItem
 from nw.enum         import nwItemType, nwItemClass
 from nw.constants    import nwLabels
+from nw.enum         import nwAlert
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -93,13 +94,13 @@ class GuiDocTree(QTreeWidget):
 
         pHandle = self.getSelectedHandle()
         if pHandle is None:
-            self.makeAlert("No valid parent item selected", 2)
+            self.makeAlert("No valid parent item selected", nwAlert.ERROR)
             return False
 
         if itemClass is None:
             itemClass = self.theProject.getItem(pHandle).itemClass
         if itemClass is None:
-            self.makeAlert("Failed to find an appropriate item class for item %s" % pHandle, 2)
+            self.makeAlert("Failed to find an appropriate item class for item %s" % pHandle, nwAlert.BUG)
             return False
 
         logger.verbose("Adding new item of type %s and class %s to handle %s" % (
@@ -234,7 +235,7 @@ class GuiDocTree(QTreeWidget):
                 trItemP.setSelected(True)
                 self.theProject.setProjectChanged(True)
             else:
-                self.theParent.makeAlert(["Cannot delete folder.","It is not empty."],2)
+                self.makeAlert(["Cannot delete folder.","It is not empty."], nwAlert.ERROR)
                 return
 
         elif nwItemS.itemType == nwItemType.ROOT:
@@ -245,7 +246,7 @@ class GuiDocTree(QTreeWidget):
                 self.theParent.mainMenu.setAvailableRoot()
                 self.theProject.setProjectChanged(True)
             else:
-                self.theParent.makeAlert(["Cannot delete root folder.","It is not empty."],2)
+                self.makeAlert(["Cannot delete root folder.","It is not empty."], nwAlert.ERROR)
                 return
 
         return

nw/gui/winmain.py

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from nw.project.document  import NWDoc
 from nw.project.item      import NWItem
 from nw.convert.tokenizer import Tokenizer
 from nw.convert.tohtml    import ToHtml
-from nw.enum              import nwItemType
+from nw.enum              import nwItemType, nwAlert
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
 
         return
 
-    def makeAlert(self, theMessage, theLevel):
+    def makeAlert(self, theMessage, theLevel=nwAlert.INFO):
         """Alert both the user and the logger at the same time. Message can be either a string or an
         array of strings. Severity level is 0 = info, 1 = warning, and 2 = error.
         """
@@ -137,18 +137,23 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
             logMsg = [theMessage]
 
         msgBox = QMessageBox()
-        if theLevel == 0:
+        if theLevel == nwAlert.INFO:
             for msgLine in logMsg:
                 logger.info(msgLine)
             msgBox.information(self, "Information", popMsg)
-        elif theLevel == 1:
+        elif theLevel == nwAlert.WARN:
             for msgLine in logMsg:
                 logger.warning(msgLine)
             msgBox.warning(self, "Warning", popMsg)
-        elif theLevel == 2:
+        elif theLevel == nwAlert.ERROR:
             for msgLine in logMsg:
                 logger.error(msgLine)
             msgBox.critical(self, "Error", popMsg)
+        elif theLevel == nwAlert.BUG:
+            for msgLine in logMsg:
+                logger.error(msgLine)
+            popMsg += "<br>This is a bug!"
+            msgBox.critical(self, "Internal Error", popMsg)
 
         return
 

nw/project/document.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import nw
 from os import path, mkdir, rename, unlink
 
 from nw.tools.analyse import TextAnalysis
+from nw.enum          import nwAlert
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -31,6 +32,9 @@ class NWDoc():
         self.theItem    = None
         self.docHandle  = None
 
+        # Internal Mapping
+        self.makeAlert = self.theParent.makeAlert
+
         return
 
     def openDocument(self, tHandle):
@@ -49,7 +53,7 @@ class NWDoc():
                 with open(docPath,mode="r") as inFile:
                     theDoc = inFile.read()
             except Exception as e:
-                self.theParent.makeAlert(["Failed to open document file.",str(e)],2)
+                self.makeAlert(["Failed to open document file.",str(e)], nwAlert.ERROR)
                 return ""
         else:
             logger.debug("The requested document does not exist.")
@@ -83,7 +87,7 @@ class NWDoc():
             with open(docPath,mode="w") as outFile:
                 outFile.write(docText)
         except Exception as e:
-            self.theParent.makeAlert(["Could not save document.",str(e)],2)
+            self.makeAlert(["Could not save document.",str(e)], nwAlert.ERROR)
             return False
 
         if path.isfile(docTemp): unlink(docTemp)

nw/project/project.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from hashlib         import sha256
 from datetime        import datetime
 from time            import time
 
-from nw.enum         import nwItemType, nwItemClass, nwItemLayout
+from nw.enum         import nwItemType, nwItemClass, nwItemLayout, nwAlert
 from nw.common       import checkString, checkBool
 from nw.project.item import NWItem
 
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ class NWProject():
         # Set Defaults
         self.clearProject()
 
+        # Internal Mapping
+        self.makeAlert = self.theParent.makeAlert
+
         return
 
     ##
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ class NWProject():
 
     def newRoot(self, rootName, rootClass):
         if not self.checkRootUnique(rootClass):
-            self.theParent.makeAlert("Duplicate root item detected!",2)
+            self.makeAlert("Duplicate root item detected!", nwAlert.ERROR)
             return None
         newItem = NWItem()
         newItem.setName(rootName)
@@ -152,7 +155,7 @@ class NWProject():
         if not path.isfile(fileName):
             fileName = path.join(fileName, "nwProject.nwx")
             if not path.isfile(fileName):
-                self.theParent.makeAlert("File not found: %s" % fileName,2)
+                self.makeAlert("File not found: %s" % fileName, nwAlert.ERROR)
                 return False
 
         self.clearProject()
@@ -176,7 +179,7 @@ class NWProject():
         logger.verbose("File version is %s" % fileVersion)
 
         if not nwxRoot == "novelWriterXML" or not fileVersion == "1.0":
-            self.theParent.makeAlert("Project file does not appear to be a novelWriterXML file version 1.0",2)
+            self.makeAlert("Project file does not appear to be a novelWriterXML file version 1.0", nwAlert.ERROR)
             return False
 
         for xChild in xRoot:
@@ -228,7 +231,7 @@ class NWProject():
     def saveProject(self):
 
         if self.projPath is None:
-            self.theParent.makeAlert("Project path not set, cannot save.",2)
+            self.makeAlert("Project path not set, cannot save.", nwAlert.ERROR)
             return False
 
         self.projMeta  = path.join(self.projPath,"meta")
@@ -275,7 +278,7 @@ class NWProject():
                     xml_declaration = True
                 ))
         except Exception as e:
-            self.theParent.makeAlert(["Failed to save project.",str(e)],2)
+            self.makeAlert(["Failed to save project.",str(e)], nwAlert.ERROR)
             return False
 
         self.mainConf.setRecent(self.projPath)
@@ -367,7 +370,7 @@ class NWProject():
                 mkdir(thePath)
                 logger.info("Created folder %s" % thePath)
             except Exception as e:
-                self.theParent.makeAlert(["Could not create folder.",str(e)],2)
+                self.makeAlert(["Could not create folder.",str(e)], nwAlert.ERROR)
                 return False
         return True
 
@@ -414,7 +417,7 @@ class NWProject():
 
         # Report status
         if len(orphanFiles) > 0:
-            self.theParent.makeAlert("Found %d orphaned file(s) in project folder!" % len(orphanFiles),1)
+            self.makeAlert("Found %d orphaned file(s) in project folder!" % len(orphanFiles), nwAlert.WARN)
         else:
             logger.debug("File check OK")
             return

tests/nwdummy.py

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 """novelWriter Test Dummy GUI Classes
 """
 
+from nw.enum import nwAlert
+
 class DummyMain():
 
     def __init__(self):
@@ -9,10 +11,12 @@ class DummyMain():
         return
 
     def makeAlert(self, theMessage, theLevel):
-        if theLevel == 1:
+        if theLevel == nwAlert.WARN:
             lvlMsg = "WARNING: "
-        elif theLevel == 2:
+        elif theLevel == nwAlert.ERROR:
             lvlMsg = "ERROR: "
+        elif theLevel == nwAlert.BUG:
+            lvlMsg = "BUG: "
         else:
             lvlMsg = ""
         if isinstance(theMessage, list):