In <eefe98a3-9e49-468f-b57f-cf4ad6bb9...@googlegroups.com> darren.mcaf...@gmail.com writes:
> Hi John, > I am on a mac and have set the following: > SCIPY_PIL_IMAGE_VIEWER=/Applications/Preview.app/Contents/MacOS/Preview > And when using imshow(), sure enough Preview attempts to open the fie, > but it throws the following error: The file "tmp1zuvo7wn.png" couldn't be > opened because you don't have permission to view it. > I can open the temporary file manually no problem. And I have played > around with chmod 0644 <filename>, but nothing seems to work. > I have a feeling this is El Capitan specific. Do you have any > suggestions? I don't really know much about Macs... Can you run Preview and open the temporary file successfully? When launched from scipy, Does Preview run as a user other than yourself? What are the permissions on the temporary file when it's originally created? -- John Gordon A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs gor...@panix.com B is for Basil, assaulted by bears -- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list