[PyQt] pyqt5qmlplugin

[Marcus Ottosson]

The Charts example I mentioned related to the example included with PyQt5,
it’s this one.

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   https://github.com/pyqt/python-qt5/tree/master/PyQt5/examples/quick/tutorials/extending/chapter6-plugins
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   http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/qtwidgets-itemviews-chart-example.html

Running this as-is produces the problem stated in the original post.

Best,
Marcus
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On 11 November 2014 19:00, Phil Thompson <phil at riverbankcomputing.com>
wrote:

> On 11/11/2014 5:58 pm, Marcus Ottosson wrote:
>
>> Is my question vague, or is this not implemented as documented?
>>
>
> As ever, please provide a small complete example that demonstrates the
> problem.
>
> Phil
>
>  On 9 November 2014 11:24, Marcus Ottosson <konstruktion at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  It looks for a class that is derived from QQmlExtensionPlugin.
>>>
>>> Fair enough, but how come it doesn’t work?
>>> ​
>>>
>>> On 9 November 2014 11:16, Phil Thompson <phil at riverbankcomputing.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  On 09/11/2014 10:54 am, Marcus Ottosson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I’m attempting to write a Python plug-in for QML but are having issues
>>>>> in
>>>>> getting it to work.
>>>>>
>>>>>    -
>>>>>
>>>>>    PyQt5 5.3.2/5.3.1
>>>>>     -
>>>>>
>>>>>    Qt 5.3.2/5.3.1
>>>>>     -
>>>>>
>>>>>    Python 2.7
>>>>>     -
>>>>>
>>>>>    Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 8
>>>>>
>>>>> Running the Charts example produces the error:
>>>>>
>>>>> ..extending/chapter6-plugins/app.qml:42 module "Charts" is not
>>>>> installed
>>>>>
>>>>> And writing my own does the same. In fact, I’m having trouble
>>>>> understanding
>>>>> how the qmldir is able to provide enough information about which class
>>>>> to
>>>>> use as subclass of QQmlExtensionPlugin.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here’s the Charts qmldir file.
>>>>>
>>>>> module Charts
>>>>> plugin pyqt5qmlplugin
>>>>>
>>>>> I also tried modifying it to point to the directory with the
>>>>> pyqt5qmlplugin
>>>>> library.
>>>>>
>>>>> module Charts
>>>>> plugin `pyqt5qmlplugin` /home/marcus/Qt/5.3/gcc_64/plugins/PyQt5
>>>>>
>>>>> If I understand correctly, the pyqt5qmlplugin library is looking for a
>>>>> Python module with the same name as the module, in this case Charts,
>>>>> suffixed with “plugin.py”, so “Chartsplugin.py” (is the upper-case
>>>>> relevant
>>>>> here?) but when inside, how does it find the right class to use? Does
>>>>> it
>>>>> need to start with the same name as the module (i.e. “Charts”) and end
>>>>> with
>>>>> “Plugin”?
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there any other examples of this in action? So far, this is the only
>>>>> mention of pyqt5qmlplugin I’ve been able to find.
>>>>>
>>>>>    -
>>>>>
>>>>> http://pyqt.sourceforge.net/Docs/PyQt5/qml.html#writing-
>>>>> python-plugins-for-qmlscene
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> It looks for a class that is derived from QQmlExtensionPlugin.
>>>>
>>>> Phil
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> *Marcus Ottosson*
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>>>
>>>


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