lupdate errors

MortyMars

Hi all,

QT       += core gui

greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4): QT += widgets

CONFIG += c++17

# You can make your code fail to compile if it uses deprecated APIs.
# In order to do so, uncomment the following line.
#DEFINES += QT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0x060000    # disables all the APIs deprecated before Qt 6.0.0

SOURCES += \
    airportwindow.cpp \
    approchwindow.cpp \
    avertissdialog.cpp \
    fixwindow.cpp \
    main.cpp \
    navaidwindow.cpp \
    sidstarwindow.cpp \
    varglobales.cpp

HEADERS += \
    airportwindow.h \
    approchwindow.h \
    avertissdialog.h \
    fixwindow.h \
    navaidwindow.h \
    sidstarwindow.h \
    varglobales.h

FORMS += \
    airportwindow.ui \
    approchwindow.ui \
    avertissdialog.ui \
    fixwindow.ui \
    navaidwindow.ui \
    sidstarwindow.ui

TRANSLATIONS += \
    Procedures4XP_en_GB.ts
CONFIG += lrelease
CONFIG += embed_translations

RESOURCES += resources.qrc

# Default rules for deployment.
qnx: target.path = /tmp/$${TARGET}/bin
else: unix:!android: target.path = /opt/$${TARGET}/bin
!isEmpty(target.path): INSTALLS += target

DISTFILES +=

ICON = Proc4XP.icns

When I run 'lupdate', I get two types of errors :

When I run 'lupdate -project Procedures4XP.pro', I get the message:
lupdate error: value not allowed in Procedures4XP.pro at offset 1.
And when I run 'lupdate -ts Procedures4XP_en_GB.ts', I get:
Updating 'Procedures4XP_en_GB.ts'...
0 source code found.

What's wrong?
Thanks for your help.

PS: I specify that the parts of the code to be translated are indeed 'QString' and that I apply the tr() function to them.

SGaist

Hi,

Isn't the empty DISTFILES line the culprit ?

Christian Ehrlicher

    -project <filename>
           Name of a file containing the project's description in JSON format.
           Such a file may be generated from a .pro file using the lprodump tool.

You should use the correct command line arguments - see lupdate --help

MortyMars

Thank you @SGaist and @Christian-Ehrlicher for your help

The --help option is indeed very instructive, particularly with regard to deprecated options.
I'm now using the 'lupdate -pro Procedures4XP.pro' command, which is helping me make progress.

I now 'just' need to discover and master the 'Linguist' tool, which doesn't look so simple at first glance and which generated 591 lines for me ...

I think I'll have a few more questions for you before long...

SGaist

Don't worry for Linguist, it's not that complex of a tool.
It essentially shows you what there is to translate and you can jump from one to the other and do you work.

MortyMars

Thank you @SGaist for your advice and encouragement.
I'm going to work on the subject