Impliment self replication/copy

lib/definition.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import re
-from typing import Any, Optional, cast, overload
+from typing import Any, Optional, Self, cast, overload
 import re
 from PyQt6.QtCore import QMargins, QPoint, QRect, QSize, QUrl, Qt, pyqtSignal
 from PyQt6.QtGui import QColor, QFont, QFontMetrics, QMouseEvent, QPaintEvent, QPainter, QResizeEvent, QTextOption, QTransform, QBrush
@@ -10,13 +10,19 @@ class Fragment:
 
     def __init__(
             self,
-        text: str,
-        font: QFont,
+            which: str|Self,
+            font: QFont|None = None,
             audio: str = "",
             color: Optional[QColor] = None,
             asis: bool = False,
     ) -> None:
-        self._text = text
+        if isinstance(which, Fragment):
+            for k,v in which.__dict__.items():
+                self.__dict__[k] = v
+            return
+        self._text:str = which
+        if font is None:
+            raise TypeError("Missing required parameter 'font'")
         self._font = font
         self._audio: QUrl = QUrl(audio)
         self._align = QTextOption(

plugins/merriam-webster.py

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import copy
 from importlib.abc import InspectLoader
 from PyQt6.QtGui import QColor, QFont
 from trycast import trycast
@@ -601,7 +600,7 @@ def parseText(frag: Fragment) -> list[Fragment]:
             results.append(frag)
             return results
         if start > 0:
-            newFrag = copy.copy(frag)
+            newFrag = Fragment(frag)
             newFrag.setText(text[:start])
             results.append(newFrag)
             frag.setText(text[start:])
@@ -623,7 +622,7 @@ def parseText(frag: Fragment) -> list[Fragment]:
         end = text.find("}")
         token = text[1:end]
         frag.setText(text[end + 1 :])
-        newFrag = copy.copy(frag)
+        newFrag = Fragment(frag)
         oldFont = QFont(frag.font())
         if token == "bc":
             results.append(Fragment(": ", boldFont, color=baseColor))
@@ -729,7 +728,7 @@ def parseText(frag: Fragment) -> list[Fragment]:
                 wref = fields[1]
             else:
                 raise NotImplementedError(f"Unknown code: {token} in {org}")
-            newFrag = copy.copy(frag)
+            newFrag = Fragment(frag)
             newFrag.setText(htext)
             newFrag.setWRef(wref)
             newFrag.setTarget(target)