tkinter photoimage, couldn't recognize image data (PPM)
Terry Reedy
tjreedy at udel.edu
Wed Dec 9 12:51:55 EST 2009
Martin P. Hellwig wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've tried to display an image with the source being a string but it
> fails (see below). Is there a way to display PPM without writing it
> first to a file?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Martin
>
> ----- snippet -----
> '''
> Ubuntu 9.04 64bit, python 3.1
> '''
> import tkinter
>
> DATA="""P3
> 3 2
> 255
> 255 0 0 0 255 0 0 0 255
> 255 255 0 255 255 255 0 0 0"""
Should the string really have the newlines? Or should this be
DATA="""P3\
3 2\
255\
255 0 0 0 255 0 0 0 255\
255 255 0 255 255 255 0 0 0"""
> def display():
> tk = tkinter.Tk()
> canvas = tkinter.Canvas(tk, width=3, height=2)
> canvas._image_reference = tkinter.PhotoImage(format='ppm', data=DATA)
> canvas.create_image((0,0), image=canvas._image_reference)
> canvas.pack()
> tk.after(1500, tk.quit)
> tk.mainloop()
>
> if __name__ == '__main__':
> display()
> -----
>
> ----- traceback -----
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/home/martin/DCUK
> Technologies/workspace/mhellwig/src/test/tkintering.py
> ", line 24, in <module>
> display()
> File "/home/martin/DCUK
> Technologies/workspace/mhellwig/src/test/tkintering.py
> ", line 17, in display
> canvas._image_reference = tkinter.PhotoImage(format='ppm', data=DATA)
> File "/usr/local/lib/python3.1/tkinter/__init__.py", line 3269, in
> __init__
> Image.__init__(self, 'photo', name, cnf, master, **kw)
> File "/usr/local/lib/python3.1/tkinter/__init__.py", line 3225, in
> __init__
> self.tk.call(('image', 'create', imgtype, name,) + options)
> _tkinter.TclError: couldn't recognize image data
> -----
>
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