update empty cards hook

Closes #515

qt/aqt/emptycards.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import re
 
 import aqt
 from anki.backend_pb2 import EmptyCardsReport, NoteWithEmptyCards
+from aqt import gui_hooks
 from aqt.qt import QDialog, QDialogButtonBox, qconnect
 from aqt.utils import TR, restoreGeom, saveGeom, tooltip, tr
 
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ class EmptyCardsDialog(QDialog):
         self.form.webview.title = "empty cards"
         self.form.webview.set_bridge_command(self._on_note_link_clicked, self)
 
+        gui_hooks.empty_cards_will_show(self)
+
         # make the note ids clickable
         html = re.sub(
             r"\[anki:nid:(\d+)\]",

qt/aqt/gui_hooks.py

@@ -1343,49 +1343,30 @@ class _EditorWillUseFontForFieldFilter:
 editor_will_use_font_for_field = _EditorWillUseFontForFieldFilter()
 
 
-class _EmptyCardsWillBeDeletedFilter:
-    """Allow to change the list of cards to delete.
+class _EmptyCardsWillShowHook:
+    """Allows changing the list of cards to delete."""
 
-        For example, an add-on creating a method to delete only empty
-        new cards would be done as follow:
-```
-from anki.consts import CARD_TYPE_NEW
-from anki.utils import ids2str
-from aqt import mw
-from aqt import gui_hooks
+    _hooks: List[Callable[["aqt.emptycards.EmptyCardsDialog"], None]] = []
 
-def filter(cids, col):
-    return col.db.list(
-            f"select id from cards where (type={CARD_TYPE_NEW} and (id in {ids2str(cids)))")
-
-def emptyNewCard():
-    gui_hooks.append(filter)
-    mw.onEmptyCards()
-    gui_hooks.remove(filter)
-```"""
-
-    _hooks: List[Callable[[List[int]], List[int]]] = []
-
-    def append(self, cb: Callable[[List[int]], List[int]]) -> None:
-        """(cids: List[int])"""
+    def append(self, cb: Callable[["aqt.emptycards.EmptyCardsDialog"], None]) -> None:
+        """(diag: aqt.emptycards.EmptyCardsDialog)"""
         self._hooks.append(cb)
 
-    def remove(self, cb: Callable[[List[int]], List[int]]) -> None:
+    def remove(self, cb: Callable[["aqt.emptycards.EmptyCardsDialog"], None]) -> None:
         if cb in self._hooks:
             self._hooks.remove(cb)
 
-    def __call__(self, cids: List[int]) -> List[int]:
-        for filter in self._hooks:
+    def __call__(self, diag: aqt.emptycards.EmptyCardsDialog) -> None:
+        for hook in self._hooks:
             try:
-                cids = filter(cids)
+                hook(diag)
             except:
                 # if the hook fails, remove it
-                self._hooks.remove(filter)
+                self._hooks.remove(hook)
                 raise
-        return cids
 
 
-empty_cards_will_be_deleted = _EmptyCardsWillBeDeletedFilter()
+empty_cards_will_show = _EmptyCardsWillShowHook()
 
 
 class _MediaSyncDidProgressHook:

qt/tools/genhooks_gui.py

@@ -402,28 +402,9 @@ hooks = [
     ),
     Hook(name="media_sync_did_start_or_stop", args=["running: bool"]),
     Hook(
-        name="empty_cards_will_be_deleted",
-        args=["cids: List[int]"],
-        return_type="List[int]",
-        doc="""Allow to change the list of cards to delete.
-
-        For example, an add-on creating a method to delete only empty
-        new cards would be done as follow:
-```
-from anki.consts import CARD_TYPE_NEW
-from anki.utils import ids2str
-from aqt import mw
-from aqt import gui_hooks
-
-def filter(cids, col):
-    return col.db.list(
-            f"select id from cards where (type={CARD_TYPE_NEW} and (id in {ids2str(cids)))")
-
-def emptyNewCard():
-    gui_hooks.append(filter)
-    mw.onEmptyCards()
-    gui_hooks.remove(filter)
-```""",
+        name="empty_cards_will_show",
+        args=["diag: aqt.emptycards.EmptyCardsDialog"],
+        doc="""Allows changing the list of cards to delete.""",
     ),
     # Adding cards
     ###################