Re: How to install jpeg support in Tkinter

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I'm with Michael:  that is, while I don't have a Win* desktop configured at
the moment to verify his directions, the configuration you seek, Donald,
should be no more difficult than he describes.  We *do* need to document
this somewhere accessible ...




Cameron Laird, vice president
We make computers work for people.


On Sat, Nov 7, 2020 at 6:06 AM Michael Lange <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 5 Nov 2020 21:52:08 -0800
> Donald Rozenberg <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am looking for a way to install Img in Windows 10 in such a way that
> > the image support particularly for jpegs is available to the Tcl/Tk
> > included in Tkinter.
> >
> > I have written a programming tool called PAGE in Tcl/Tk that is called
> > by Tk.eval. That tool would be more effective if it could support
> > jpegs. In Linux I can install the package libtk-img and then Tkinter
> > seems able to support jpegs.  I don't know how to make a similar
> > installation in Windows.
>
> I haven't tried myself, but I believe downloading the appropriate version
> (32/64 bit) from
>
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/tkimg/files/tkimg/1.4/tkimg%201.4.11/
>
> , unpacking the .zip archive and then copying the Img1.4.11 folder into
> your Python install's Tcl directory should do the trick.
>
> If you want to put tkimg somewhere else, for example into your own
> program's path, doing something like
>
> self.tk.call('lappend', 'auto_path', '<path-to-the-Img1.4.11-folder>')
>
> before calling "package require Img" should work, too.
>
> Best regards
>
> Michael
>
>
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> Even historians fail to learn from history -- they repeat the same
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 class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Nov 7, 2020 at 6:06 AM Michael Lange &lt;<a h=
ref=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><b=
lockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-le=
ft:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
On Thu, 5 Nov 2020 21:52:08 -0800<br>
Donald Rozenberg &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_=
blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt; Hi,<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I am looking for a way to install Img in Windows 10 in such a way that=
<br>
&gt; the image support particularly for jpegs is available to the Tcl/Tk<br=
>
&gt; included in Tkinter.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I have written a programming tool called PAGE in Tcl/Tk that is called=
<br>
&gt; by Tk.eval. That tool would be more effective if it could support<br>
&gt; jpegs. In Linux I can install the package libtk-img and then Tkinter<b=
r>
&gt; seems able to support jpegs.=C2=A0 I don&#39;t know how to make a simi=
lar<br>
&gt; installation in Windows.<br>
<br>
I haven&#39;t tried myself, but I believe downloading the appropriate versi=
on<br>
(32/64 bit) from<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"https://sourceforge.net/projects/tkimg/files/tkimg/1.4/tkimg%201=
.4.11/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://sourceforge.net/projec=
ts/tkimg/files/tkimg/1.4/tkimg%201.4.11/</a><br>
<br>
, unpacking the .zip archive and then copying the Img1.4.11 folder into<br>
your Python install&#39;s Tcl directory should do the trick.<br>
<br>
If you want to put tkimg somewhere else, for example into your own<br>
program&#39;s path, doing something like<br>
<br>
self.tk.call(&#39;lappend&#39;, &#39;auto_path&#39;, &#39;&lt;path-to-the-I=
mg1.4.11-folder&gt;&#39;)<br>
<br>
before calling &quot;package require Img&quot; should work, too.<br>
<br>
Best regards<br>
<br>
Michael<br>
<br>
<br>
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<br>
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mistakes.<br>
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;Patterns of Force&quot;, stardate 2534.7<br>
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