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[greenorca]

Description

What steps will reproduce the problem?

just start spyder after pip install --upgrade from Spyder 3.5 to 4.1.5

Traceback

  File "/home/sven/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/spyder/plugins/explorer/widgets/explorer.py", line 136, in icon
    icon = ima.get_icon_by_extension_or_type(fname,
  File "/home/sven/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/spyder/utils/icon_manager.py", line 438, in get_icon_by_extension_or_type
    icon_by_extension = icon(LANGUAGE_ICONS[extension], scale_factor)
  File "/home/sven/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/spyder/utils/icon_manager.py", line 403, in icon
    return qta.icon(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/sven/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/qtawesome/__init__.py", line 150, in icon
    return _instance().icon(*names, **kwargs)
  File "/home/sven/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/qtawesome/iconic_font.py", line 302, in icon
    parsed_options.append(self._parse_options(specific_options,
  File "/home/sven/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/qtawesome/iconic_font.py", line 352, in _parse_options
    prefix, chars = self._get_prefix_chars(names)
  File "/home/sven/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/qtawesome/iconic_font.py", line 383, in _get_prefix_chars
    raise Exception(error)
Exception: Invalid icon name "json" in font "mdi"

Versions

• Spyder version: 4.1.5
• Python version: 3.8.5
• Qt version: 5.12.9
• PyQt5 version: 5.12.3
• Operating System: Linux 5.4.0-49-generic

Dependencies

# Mandatory:
atomicwrites >=1.2.0           :  1.4.0 (OK)
chardet >=2.0.0                :  3.0.4 (OK)
cloudpickle >=0.5.0            :  1.3.0 (OK)
diff_match_patch >=20181111    :  20200713 (OK)
intervaltree                   :  None (OK)
IPython >=4.0                  :  7.13.0 (OK)
jedi =0.17.1                   :  0.17.1 (OK)
keyring                        :  None (OK)
nbconvert >=4.0                :  5.6.1 (OK)
numpydoc >=0.6.0               :  0.7.0 (OK)
parso =0.7.0                   :  0.7.0 (OK)
pexpect >=4.4.0                :  4.6.0 (OK)
pickleshare >=0.4              :  0.7.5 (OK)
psutil >=5.3                   :  5.5.1 (OK)
pygments >=2.0                 :  2.3.1 (OK)
pylint >=1.0                   :  2.4.4 (OK)
pyls >=0.34.0;<1.0.0           :  0.35.1 (OK)
qdarkstyle >=2.8               :  2.8.1 (OK)
qtawesome >=0.5.7              :  1.0.0 (OK)
qtconsole >=4.6.0              :  4.6.0 (OK)
qtpy >=1.5.0                   :  1.9.0 (OK)
sphinx >=0.6.6                 :  1.8.5 (OK)
spyder_kernels >=1.9.4;<1.10.0 :  1.9.4 (OK)
watchdog                       :  None (OK)
xdg >=0.26                     :  0.26 (OK)
zmq >=17                       :  18.1.1 (OK)

# Optional:
cython >=0.21                  :  None (OK)
matplotlib >=2.0.0             :  3.3.2 (OK)
numpy >=1.7                    :  1.17.4 (OK)
pandas >=0.13.1                :  None (OK)
scipy >=0.17.0                 :  None (OK)
sympy >=0.7.3                  :  None (OK)

[yw5aj]

Seems like a duplicate with #13875?

[ccordoba12]

Yes, it is. Thanks for pointing it out.

[greenorca]

Thank you!