[PyQt] pylupdate5: qml: Parse error in UI file

[Phil Thompson]

On 2 Apr 2017, at 1:45 am, Sylvia van Os <iamsylvie at openmailbox.org> wrote:
> 
> Hey everyone,
> 
> I started working on making my Python app translatable in https://github.com/Pext/Pext/tree/i18n but I'm running into an issue with pylupdate5.
> 
> Specifically, when inside the pext directory and running "pylupdate5 __main__.py qml/* -ts i18n/nl.ts" to try to create a Dutch translation file in the i18n directory, I get the following error output:
> 
> XML error: Parse error at line 1, column 1 (error occurred while parsing element).
> AboutDialog.qml: Parse error in UI file
> XML error: Parse error at line 1, column 1 (error occurred while parsing element).
> main.qml: Parse error in UI file
> XML error: Parse error at line 1, column 1 (error occurred while parsing element).
> ModuleData.qml: Parse error in UI file
> 
> Would anyone have a clue why this happens? I couldn't find anything online, and it doesn't seem related to the translations itself because ModuleData.qml doesn't contain a single translatable string. The QML also loads just fine in the app itself, so the QML is definitely valid.

pylupdate doesn't support .qml files.

Phil