Project structure

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Projects will be stored in a project folder with the project itself split between a set of JSON files. One file to contain all the project settings, one to contain the project story structure, and one for the project notes.

The project story structure need to be able to have "Book", "Partition", "Page", "Chapter" and "Scene" elements. Each should be able to have text, and the following structure should be enforced in a tree layout:

• A Book element can be added only at the root level of the project.
• A Partition element can be added only at root level or as a child under Book.
• A Chapter can be added as a root element, under Book or Partition.
• A Page or Scene can be added as a root element, under Book, Partition or Chapter.

It should be possible to select a group of elements and add them to a new parent unit from a context menu.

The idea is that one can start with chapters and scenes directly at the root of the tree, and add layers on top only if one needs them. It should be possible to group the story into separate books treated as individual volumes. It's perfect if one wants to write a trilogy, say, in a single project, as some novelWriter users have explained.

Tasks

• Allow saving project as a single file #4
• Implement a project save structure #6
• Implement create project functionality #9
• Implement load project functionality #10
• Implement adding items to story tree #11
• Add a data storage class #14
• Add a single file XML format and implementation #23
• Clean up redundant storage code after new XML format #24
• Add data model for notes #38
• Allow adding and creating documents in collection #44