Peter Otten wrote:
import subprocess
def convert(width=5, height=30, colors=['#abcdef', '#456789'],
filename="tmp/image with space in its name.png"):
lookup = locals()
assert all("\n" not in str(s) for s in lookup.values())
subprocess.call("""\
convert
-size
{width}x{height}
gradient:{colors[0]}-{colors[1]}
{filename}""".format(**lookup).splitlines())
convert()
Peter
One other question I forgot to ask is this why is there a terminal
backslash in
subprocess.call("""\
Removing the backslash makes the function fail.
I wonder why, because """ is supposed to allow multi-line strings. I am
sorry if this sounds obtuse but that backslash baffles me.
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