Add a storage class (#1225)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3707,8 +3707,8 @@ helpful feedback and issue reports for the new features added in this, and previ
 
 **User Interface**
 
-* Added a preferences dialog for the program settings. No longer necessary to edit the config file.
-  PR #30.
+* Added a preferences dialog for the program settings. It is no longer necessary to edit the config
+  file. PR #30.
 * The document viewer remembers scroll bar position when pressing `Ctrl+R` on a document already
   being viewed. PR #28.
 * Removed version number from windows title. PR #28.
@@ -3749,8 +3749,8 @@ helpful feedback and issue reports for the new features added in this, and previ
 **Status Bar**
 
 * Redesign of the status bar adding project and session stats as well as a session timer. PR #21.
-* Project word count is written to the project file, which is needed for the session word count. PR
-  #21.
+* Project word count is written to the project file, which is needed for the session word count.
+  PR #21.
 * Closing a project now clears the status bar. PR #21.
 
 **Editor**

novelwriter/common.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 import os
 import json
+import uuid
 import hashlib
 import logging
 
@@ -87,9 +88,10 @@ def checkBool(value, default):
     if isinstance(value, bool):
         return value
     elif isinstance(value, str):
-        if value == "True":
+        check = value.lower()
+        if check in ("true", "yes", "on"):
             return True
-        elif value == "False":
+        elif check in ("false", "no", "off"):
             return False
         else:
             return default
@@ -113,6 +115,15 @@ def checkHandle(value, default, allowNone=False):
     return default
 
 
+def checkUuid(value, default):
+    """Try to process a value as an uuid, or return a default.
+    """
+    try:
+        return str(uuid.UUID(value))
+    except Exception:
+        return default
+
+
 # =============================================================================================== #
 #  Validator Functions
 # =============================================================================================== #
@@ -249,6 +260,12 @@ def simplified(string):
     return " ".join(str(string).strip().split())
 
 
+def yesNo(value):
+    """Convert a boolean evaluated variable to a yes or no.
+    """
+    return "yes" if value else "no"
+
+
 def splitVersionNumber(value):
     """Split a version string on the form aa.bb.cc into major, minor
     and patch, and computes an integer value aabbcc.

novelwriter/core/__init__.py

@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
 along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 """
 
-from novelwriter.core.doctools import DocMerger, DocSplitter
-from novelwriter.core.document import NWDoc
+from novelwriter.core.coretools import DocMerger, DocSplitter, ProjectBuilder
 from novelwriter.core.index import countWords
 from novelwriter.core.project import NWProject
 from novelwriter.core.spellcheck import NWSpellEnchant
@@ -31,8 +30,8 @@
 __all__ = [
     "DocMerger",
     "DocSplitter",
+    "ProjectBuilder",
     "countWords",
-    "NWDoc",
     "NWProject",
     "NWSpellEnchant",
     "ToHtml",