Source code for Assign_GUP.plainTextEdit

# Copyright (c) 2009 - 2016, UChicago Argonne, LLC.
# See LICENSE file for details.

'''
show text in a GUI window
'''

import os
from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui

import resources

UI_FILE = 'plainTextEdit.ui'


class TextWindow(QtGui.QWidget):
    '''
    show text in a GUI window that remembers its geometry, based on supplied window title
    
    :param obj parent: instance of QWidget
    :param str title: to be used as the window title (and settings group name)
    :param str text: window content
    :param obj settings: instance of settings.ApplicationQSettings
    '''

    def __init__(self, parent=None, title='window title', text='', settings=None):
        self.settings = settings
        QtGui.QWidget.__init__(self, parent)
        resources.loadUi(UI_FILE, baseinstance=self)
        self.setText(text)
        self.setTitle(title)
        if self.settings is not None:
            self.restoreWindowGeometry()
    
    def settingsGroupName(self):
        '''
        need a group name in the settings file to save the window geometry, based on window title
        '''
        group = str(self.windowTitle()).strip()
        #group = group.lstrip('email: ')
        pattern_list = [' ', ':', ';', '(', ')', '[', ']', '.', ',', "'", '"']
        for pattern in pattern_list:
            group = group.replace(pattern, '_')
        return group + '_geometry'

    def setText(self, text):
        ''' '''
        self.plainTextEdit.setPlainText(text)

    def setTitle(self, title):
        ''' '''
        self.setWindowTitle(title)

    def closeEvent(self, event):
        ''' '''
        self.saveWindowGeometry()
        event.accept()
        self.close()

    def moveEvent(self, event):
        ''' '''
        self.saveWindowGeometry()
        event.accept()      # TODO: should we?
    
    def saveWindowGeometry(self):
        '''
        remember where the window was
        '''
        if self.settings is not None:
            group = self.settingsGroupName()
            self.settings.saveWindowGeometry(self, group)

    def restoreWindowGeometry(self):
        '''
        put the window back where it was
        '''
        if self.settings is not None:
            group = self.settingsGroupName()
            self.settings.restoreWindowGeometry(self, group)