stuck on time
duncan smith
duncan at invalid.invalid
Sun Dec 8 11:09:24 EST 2019
On 07/12/2019 17:48, RobH wrote:
> I am trying to do this project on a pi zero:
>
> http://frederickvandenbosch.be/?p=1365
>
> After overcoming a few errors, I now have the display working and the
> start of the code showing on the display, that being the time.
>
> It doesn't move on to the next part of the code ie, no rectangle drawn
> def display_time():
> # Collect current time and date
> if(time_format):
> current_time = time.strftime("%I:%M")<<< stays at this line
> else:
> current_time = time.strftime("%H:%M")
>
> current_date = time.strftime("%d/%m/%Y")
>
> # Clear image buffer by drawing a black filled box
> draw.rectangle((0,0,width,height), outline=0, fill=0
>
> In the original code you can see that the author used the
> Minecraftia.ttf font, but I had to download the Minecraftia-Regular.ttf
> font. The link the author gave took me to that.
>
> The Minecraft-Regular.ttf font produced errors when the code was run,
> saying at the end of the error that it cannot open resource.
>
> I then used the NotoSerif-Regular.ttf font which let the code start
> without error, but as above it is stuck at the time.
One thing you certainly need to do is add a closing brace to the last line.
Duncan
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