Add preferences for controlling session timer behaviour

nw/config.py

@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ class Config:
         self.allowOpenDQuote = True  # Allow open-ended double quotes
         self.highlightEmph   = True  # Add colour to text emphasis
 
+        self.stopWhenIdle    = True  # Stop the status bar clock when the user is idle
+        self.userIdleTime    = 300   # Time of inactivity to consider user idle
+
         ## User-Selected Symbols
         self.fmtApostrophe   = nwUnicode.U_RSQUO
         self.fmtSingleQuotes = [nwUnicode.U_LSQUO, nwUnicode.U_RSQUO]
@@ -532,6 +535,12 @@ class Config:
         self.highlightEmph = self._parseLine(
             cnfParse, cnfSec, "highlightemph", self.CNF_BOOL, self.highlightEmph
         )
+        self.stopWhenIdle = self._parseLine(
+            cnfParse, cnfSec, "stopwhenidle", self.CNF_BOOL, self.stopWhenIdle
+        )
+        self.userIdleTime = self._parseLine(
+            cnfParse, cnfSec, "useridletime", self.CNF_INT, self.userIdleTime
+        )
 
         ## Backup
         cnfSec = "Backup"
@@ -672,6 +681,8 @@ class Config:
         cnfParse.set(cnfSec, "allowopensquote", str(self.allowOpenSQuote))
         cnfParse.set(cnfSec, "allowopendquote", str(self.allowOpenDQuote))
         cnfParse.set(cnfSec, "highlightemph",   str(self.highlightEmph))
+        cnfParse.set(cnfSec, "stopwhenidle",    str(self.stopWhenIdle))
+        cnfParse.set(cnfSec, "useridletime",    str(self.userIdleTime))
 
         ## Backup
         cnfSec = "Backup"

nw/gui/doceditor.py

@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
         self.wordCount  = 0     # Word count
         self.paraCount  = 0     # Paragraph count
         self.lastEdit   = 0     # Time stamp of last edit
+        self.lastActive = 0     # Time stamp of last activity
         self.lastFind   = None  # Position of the last found search word
         self.bigDoc     = False # Flag for very large document size
         self.doReplace  = False # Switch to temporarily disable auto-replace
@@ -169,15 +170,16 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
         self.clear()
         self.wcTimer.stop()
 
-        self.theHandle = None
-        self.charCount = 0
-        self.wordCount = 0
-        self.paraCount = 0
-        self.lastEdit  = 0
-        self.lastFind  = None
-        self.bigDoc    = False
-        self.doReplace = False
-        self.queuePos  = None
+        self.theHandle  = None
+        self.charCount  = 0
+        self.wordCount  = 0
+        self.paraCount  = 0
+        self.lastEdit   = 0
+        self.lastActive = 0
+        self.lastFind   = None
+        self.bigDoc     = False
+        self.doReplace  = False
+        self.queuePos   = None
 
         self.setDocumentChanged(False)
         self.docHeader.setTitleFromHandle(self.theHandle)
@@ -319,6 +321,7 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
         logger.debug("Document highlighted in %.3f ms" % (1000*(afTime-bfTime)))
 
         self.lastEdit = time()
+        self.lastActive = time()
         self._runCounter()
         self.wcTimer.start()
         self.theHandle = tHandle
@@ -722,6 +725,7 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
             return False
 
         self._allowAutoReplace(True)
+        self.lastActive = time()
 
         return True
 
@@ -839,6 +843,7 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
           * The undo/redo/select all sequences bypasses the docAction
             pathway from the menu, so we redirect them back from here.
         """
+        self.lastActive = time()
         isReturn  = keyEvent.key() == Qt.Key_Return
         isReturn |= keyEvent.key() == Qt.Key_Enter
         if isReturn and self.docSearch.anyFocus():
@@ -1083,7 +1088,7 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
             logger.verbose("Word counter is busy")
             return
 
-        if time() - self.lastEdit < 5*self.wcInterval:
+        if time() - self.lastEdit < 5 * self.wcInterval:
             logger.verbose("Running word counter")
             self.theParent.threadPool.start(self.wCounter)
 

nw/gui/preferences.py

@@ -358,6 +358,33 @@ class GuiPreferencesProjects(QWidget):
             "If off, backups will run in the background."
         )
 
+        # Session Timer
+        # =============
+        self.mainForm.addGroupLabel("Session Timer")
+
+        ## Pause when idle
+        self.stopWhenIdle = QSwitch()
+        self.stopWhenIdle.setChecked(self.mainConf.stopWhenIdle)
+        self.mainForm.addRow(
+            "Pause the session timer when not writing",
+            self.stopWhenIdle,
+            "Also pauses when the application window does not have focus."
+        )
+
+        ## Inactive time for idle
+        self.userIdleTime = QDoubleSpinBox()
+        self.userIdleTime.setMinimum(0.5)
+        self.userIdleTime.setMaximum(600.0)
+        self.userIdleTime.setSingleStep(0.5)
+        self.userIdleTime.setDecimals(1)
+        self.userIdleTime.setValue(self.mainConf.userIdleTime/60.0)
+        self.mainForm.addRow(
+            "Editor inactive time before pausing timer",
+            self.userIdleTime,
+            "User activity includes typing and changing the content.",
+            theUnit="minutes"
+        )
+
         return
 
     def saveValues(self):
@@ -372,6 +399,10 @@ class GuiPreferencesProjects(QWidget):
         self.mainConf.backupOnClose   = self.backupOnClose.isChecked()
         self.mainConf.askBeforeBackup = self.askBeforeBackup.isChecked()
 
+        # Session Timer
+        self.mainConf.stopWhenIdle = self.stopWhenIdle.isChecked()
+        self.mainConf.userIdleTime = round(self.userIdleTime.value() * 60)
+
         self.mainConf.confChanged = True
 
         return

nw/gui/statusbar.py

@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ class GuiMainStatus(QStatusBar):
     def setUserIdle(self, userIdle):
         """Change the idle status icon.
         """
+        if not self.mainConf.stopWhenIdle:
+            userIdle = False
+
         if self.userIdle != userIdle:
             if userIdle:
                 self.timeIcon.setPixmap(self.idlePixmap)
@@ -198,7 +201,11 @@ class GuiMainStatus(QStatusBar):
         if self.refTime is None:
             self.timeText.setText("00:00:00")
         else:
-            self.timeText.setText(formatTime(round(time() - self.refTime - idleTime)))
+            if self.mainConf.stopWhenIdle:
+                sessTime = round(time() - self.refTime - idleTime)
+            else:
+                sessTime = round(time() - self.refTime)
+            self.timeText.setText(formatTime(sessTime))
         return
 
 # END Class GuiMainStatus

nw/guimain.py

@@ -420,7 +420,11 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
             self.closeDocument()
             self.docViewer.clearNavHistory()
             self.projView.closeOutline()
+
             self.theProject.closeProject(self.idleTime)
+            self.idleRefTime = time()
+            self.idleTime    = 0.0
+
             self.theIndex.clearIndex()
             self.clearGUI()
             self.hasProject = False
@@ -1432,7 +1436,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
             return
 
         currTime = time()
-        editIdle = currTime - self.docEditor.lastEdit > 30.0
+        editIdle = currTime - self.docEditor.lastActive > self.mainConf.userIdleTime
         userIdle = qApp.applicationState() != Qt.ApplicationActive
 
         if editIdle or userIdle: