[Image-SIG] im.show does not show, and Tkinter isn't displaying my jpg image

[Fredrik Lundh]

Guy K. Kloss wrote:

> I've been thinking already that xv is pretty much a tool of the past. I've 
> circumnavigated this problem on my Linux box by sym-linking /usr/local/xv 
> to /usr/bin/display (of ImageMagick). Maybe it would be more appropriate 
> for "moder times" to replace xv with display within PIL for show() on UN*X 
> platforms?

indeed (and if someone wants to produce a well-tested patch for this, be 
my guest).

note that as a workaround, you can pass in the command you want to use:

     im.show(command="display")

or override the Image._showxv method, via "monkey patching", e.g.

     import Image

     def myshow(image, title, *args):
         f = os.popen("mydisplayprogram -")
         image.save(f, "PNG")

     Image._showxv = myshow

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