Remove references and checks for lxml

novelwriter/__init__.py

@@ -185,12 +185,6 @@ def main(sysArgs=None):
         )
         errorCode |= 0x10
 
-    try:
-        import lxml  # noqa: F401
-    except ImportError:
-        errorData.append("Python module 'lxml' is missing")
-        errorCode |= 0x20
-
     if errorData:
         errApp = QApplication([])
         errDlg = QErrorMessage()

novelwriter/assets/text/credits_en.htm

@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ more contributions are listed on the project's <a href="https://crowdin.com/proj
 <p>
   <a href="https://www.qt.io">Qt5</a> by Qt Company<br>
   <a href="https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt">PyQt5</a> by Riverbank Computing<br>
-  <a href="https://lxml.de">lxml</a> by Martijn Faassen<br>
   <a href="https://abiword.github.io/enchant">Enchant</a> by Dom Lachowicz<br>
   <a href="https://pyenchant.github.io/pyenchant">PyEnchant</a> by Dimitri Merejkowsky
 </p>

novelwriter/core/toodt.py

@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ class ToOdt(Tokenizer):
         xElem = ET.SubElement(self._xText, _mkTag("text", pTag), attrib=tAttr)
 
         # It's important to set the initial text field to empty, otherwise
-        # lxml will add a line break if the first subelement is a span.
+        # xmlIndent will add a line break if the first subelement is a span.
         xElem.text = ""
 
         if not theText:
@@ -1315,8 +1315,6 @@ class XMLParagraph:
     """This is a helper class to manage the text content of a single
     XML element using mixed content tags.
 
-    See: https://lxml.de/tutorial.html#the-element-class
-
     Rules:
      * The root tag can only have text set, never tail.
      * Any span must be under root, and the text in the span is set in

novelwriter/error.py

@@ -128,12 +128,6 @@ class NWErrorMessage(QDialog):
         except Exception:
             kernelVersion = "Unknown"
 
-        try:
-            import lxml
-            lxmlVersion = lxml.__version__  # type: ignore
-        except Exception:
-            lxmlVersion = "Unknown"
-
         try:
             import enchant
             enchantVersion = enchant.__version__
@@ -148,7 +142,6 @@ class NWErrorMessage(QDialog):
                 f"Host OS: {sys.platform} ({kernelVersion})\n"
                 f"Python: {sys.version.split()[0]} ({sys.hexversion:#x})\n"
                 f"Qt: {QT_VERSION_STR}, PyQt: {PYQT_VERSION_STR}\n"
-                f"lxml: {lxmlVersion}\n"
                 f"enchant: {enchantVersion}\n\n"
                 f"{exType.__name__}:\n{str(exValue)}\n\n"
                 f"Traceback:\n{exTrace}\n"