Improve formatting of log messages made from message box content

novelwriter/shared.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import logging
+import re
 
 from enum import Enum
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ from novelwriter.core.spellcheck import NWSpellEnchant
 from novelwriter.enum import nwChange, nwItemClass
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from collections.abc import Callable
+
     from novelwriter.core.project import NWProject
     from novelwriter.core.status import T_StatusKind
     from novelwriter.gui.theme import GuiTheme
@@ -50,6 +53,8 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 NWWidget = TypeVar("NWWidget", bound=QWidget)
 
+RX_HTML = re.compile(r"<.*?>")
+
 
 class SharedData(QObject):
 
@@ -382,7 +387,7 @@ class SharedData(QObject):
         alert.setAlertType(_GuiAlert.INFO, False)
         self._lastAlert = alert.logMessage
         if log:
-            logger.info(self._lastAlert, stacklevel=2)
+            self._logMessage(self._lastAlert, logger.info)
         alert.exec()
         return
 
@@ -393,7 +398,7 @@ class SharedData(QObject):
         alert.setAlertType(_GuiAlert.WARN, False)
         self._lastAlert = alert.logMessage
         if log:
-            logger.warning(self._lastAlert, stacklevel=2)
+            self._logMessage(self._lastAlert, logger.warning)
         alert.exec()
         return
 
@@ -407,7 +412,7 @@ class SharedData(QObject):
             alert.setException(exc)
         self._lastAlert = alert.logMessage
         if log:
-            logger.error(self._lastAlert, stacklevel=2)
+            self._logMessage(self._lastAlert, logger.error)
         alert.exec()
         return
 
@@ -425,6 +430,12 @@ class SharedData(QObject):
     #  Internal Functions
     ##
 
+    def _logMessage(self, message: str, log: Callable) -> None:
+        """Print message to log."""
+        for text in message.split("<br>"):
+            log(RX_HTML.sub("", text), stacklevel=3)
+        return
+
     def _resetProject(self) -> None:
         """Create a new project and spell checking instance."""
         from novelwriter.core.project import NWProject