Add a dialogue parser

novelwriter/core/docbuild.py

@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ def _setupBuild(self, bldObj: Tokenizer) -> dict:
         bldObj.setJustify(self._build.getBool("format.justifyText"))
         bldObj.setLineHeight(self._build.getFloat("format.lineHeight"))
         bldObj.setKeepLineBreaks(self._build.getBool("format.keepBreaks"))
-        bldObj.setDialogueHighlight(self._build.getBool("format.showDialogue"))
+        bldObj.setDialogHighlight(self._build.getBool("format.showDialogue"))
         bldObj.setFirstLineIndent(
             self._build.getBool("format.firstLineIndent"),
             self._build.getFloat("format.firstIndentWidth"),

novelwriter/dialogs/preferences.py

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 )
 
 from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
-from novelwriter.common import describeFont, uniqueCompact
+from novelwriter.common import compact, describeFont, uniqueCompact
 from novelwriter.constants import nwUnicode
 from novelwriter.dialogs.quotes import GuiQuoteSelect
 from novelwriter.extensions.configlayout import NColourLabel, NScrollableForm
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def buildForm(self) -> None:
         """Build the settings form."""
         section = 0
         iSz = SHARED.theme.baseIconSize
-        boxFixed = 5*SHARED.theme.textNWidth
+        boxFixed = 6*SHARED.theme.textNWidth
         minWidth = CONFIG.pxInt(200)
         fontWidth = CONFIG.pxInt(162)
 
@@ -568,13 +568,13 @@ def buildForm(self) -> None:
         )
 
         self.dialogLine = QLineEdit(self)
-        self.dialogLine.setMaxLength(1)
+        self.dialogLine.setMaxLength(4)
         self.dialogLine.setFixedWidth(boxFixed)
         self.dialogLine.setAlignment(QtAlignCenter)
         self.dialogLine.setText(CONFIG.dialogLine)
         self.mainForm.addRow(
-            self.tr("Dialogue line symbol"), self.dialogLine,
-            self.tr("Lines starting with this symbol are dialogue.")
+            self.tr("Dialogue line symbols"), self.dialogLine,
+            self.tr("Lines starting with these symbols are always dialogue.")
         )
 
         self.narratorBreak = QLineEdit(self)
@@ -583,8 +583,8 @@ def buildForm(self) -> None:
         self.narratorBreak.setAlignment(QtAlignCenter)
         self.narratorBreak.setText(CONFIG.narratorBreak)
         self.mainForm.addRow(
-            self.tr("Dialogue narrator break symbol"), self.narratorBreak,
-            self.tr("Symbol to indicate injected narrator break.")
+            self.tr("Alternating dialogue/narration symbol"), self.narratorBreak,
+            self.tr("Alternates dialogue highlighting within a paragraph.")
         )
 
         self.highlightEmph = NSwitch(self)
@@ -953,9 +953,9 @@ def _doSave(self) -> None:
         dialogueStyle   = self.dialogStyle.currentData()
         allowOpenDial   = self.allowOpenDial.isChecked()
         narratorBreak   = self.narratorBreak.text().strip()
-        dialogueLine    = self.dialogLine.text().strip()
-        altDialogOpen   = self.altDialogOpen.text()
-        altDialogClose  = self.altDialogClose.text()
+        dialogueLine    = uniqueCompact(self.dialogLine.text())
+        altDialogOpen   = compact(self.altDialogOpen.text())
+        altDialogClose  = compact(self.altDialogClose.text())
         highlightEmph   = self.highlightEmph.isChecked()
         showMultiSpaces = self.showMultiSpaces.isChecked()
 

novelwriter/formats/tokenizer.py

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 from novelwriter.formats.shared import (
     BlockFmt, BlockTyp, T_Block, T_Formats, T_Note, TextDocumentTheme, TextFmt
 )
-from novelwriter.text.patterns import REGEX_PATTERNS
+from novelwriter.text.patterns import REGEX_PATTERNS, DialogParser
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -199,9 +199,10 @@ def __init__(self, project: NWProject) -> None:
         }
 
         # Dialogue
-        self._rxDialogue: list[tuple[re.Pattern, tuple[int, str], tuple[int, str]]] = []
-        self._dialogLine = ""
-        self._narratorBreak = ""
+        self._hlightDialog = False
+        self._rxAltDialog = REGEX_PATTERNS.altDialogStyle
+        self._dialogParser = DialogParser()
+        self._dialogParser.initParser()
 
         return
 
@@ -335,22 +336,9 @@ def setJustify(self, state: bool) -> None:
         self._doJustify = state
         return
 
-    def setDialogueHighlight(self, state: bool) -> None:
+    def setDialogHighlight(self, state: bool) -> None:
         """Enable or disable dialogue highlighting."""
-        self._rxDialogue = []
-        if state:
-            if CONFIG.dialogStyle > 0:
-                self._rxDialogue.append((
-                    REGEX_PATTERNS.dialogStyle,
-                    (TextFmt.COL_B, "dialog"), (TextFmt.COL_E, ""),
-                ))
-            if CONFIG.altDialogOpen and CONFIG.altDialogClose:
-                self._rxDialogue.append((
-                    REGEX_PATTERNS.altDialogStyle,
-                    (TextFmt.COL_B, "altdialog"), (TextFmt.COL_E, ""),
-                ))
-            self._dialogLine = CONFIG.dialogLine.strip()[:1]
-            self._narratorBreak = CONFIG.narratorBreak.strip()[:1]
+        self._hlightDialog = state
         return
 
     def setTitleMargins(self, upper: float, lower: float) -> None:
@@ -1132,10 +1120,8 @@ def _extractFormats(
 
         # Match URLs
         for res in REGEX_PATTERNS.url.finditer(text):
-            s = res.start(0)
-            e = res.end(0)
-            temp.append((s, s, TextFmt.HRF_B, res.group(0)))
-            temp.append((e, e, TextFmt.HRF_E, ""))
+            temp.append((res.start(0), 0, TextFmt.HRF_B, res.group(0)))
+            temp.append((res.end(0), 0, TextFmt.HRF_E, ""))
 
         # Match Shortcodes
         for res in REGEX_PATTERNS.shortcodePlain.finditer(text):
@@ -1156,24 +1142,15 @@ def _extractFormats(
             ))
 
         # Match Dialogue
-        if self._rxDialogue and hDialog:
-            for regEx, (fmtB, clsB), (fmtE, clsE) in self._rxDialogue:
-                for res in regEx.finditer(text):
-                    temp.append((res.start(0), 0, fmtB, clsB))
-                    temp.append((res.end(0), 0, fmtE, clsE))
-
-        if self._dialogLine and text.startswith(self._dialogLine):
-            if self._narratorBreak:
-                pos = 0
-                for num, bit in enumerate(text[1:].split(self._narratorBreak), 1):
-                    length = len(bit) + 1
-                    if num%2:
-                        temp.append((pos, 0, TextFmt.COL_B, "dialog"))
-                        temp.append((pos + length, 0, TextFmt.COL_E, ""))
-                    pos += length
-            else:
-                temp.append((0, 0, TextFmt.COL_B, "dialog"))
-                temp.append((len(text), 0, TextFmt.COL_E, ""))
+        if self._hlightDialog and hDialog:
+            if self._dialogParser.enabled:
+                for pos, end in self._dialogParser(text):
+                    temp.append((pos, 0, TextFmt.COL_B, "dialog"))
+                    temp.append((end, 0, TextFmt.COL_E, ""))
+            if self._rxAltDialog:
+                for res in self._rxAltDialog.finditer(text):
+                    temp.append((res.start(0), 0, TextFmt.COL_B, "altdialog"))
+                    temp.append((res.end(0), 0, TextFmt.COL_E, ""))
 
         # Post-process text and format
         result = text