Re: Request More Help With XBM Image

2016-03-01 Thread Wildman via Python-list
On Tue, 01 Mar 2016 12:56:03 -0600, Wildman wrote:

> On Tue, 01 Mar 2016 19:26:55 +0100, Peter Otten wrote:
> 
>> An exception is raised because you pass the command as a single argument 
> 
> 
> 
> I did not realize that how the command was passed would
> make such a difference.  I guess I am stuck in my old
> VB habits for creating variables.  You don't have to
> say it, this ain't VB!  :-)
> 
> After making the changes to "command = ", it works fine
> without the shell.  At the risk of sounding redundant,
> thank you.

Ok, after some thought I think I understand what happened.
Since I had the command as a single element, bash was
required to parse the command therefore my code would
not run without shell=true.  That makes sense.

I may not be the fastest oar in the water but I will
eventually reach the shore. 

Thanks again for all your help.

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Re: Request More Help With XBM Image

2016-03-01 Thread Wildman via Python-list
On Tue, 01 Mar 2016 20:30:59 +0100, Christian Gollwitzer wrote:

> Am 29.02.16 um 22:51 schrieb Wildman:
>> I want to take an image file, convert it to XBM format and
>> display it.  Thanks to Mr. Otten I can open and display the
>> XBM image without any problems.  The script first calls an
>> external program for the image conversion then I can open
>> and display it.  Of course, I am left with the XBM file that
>> needs to be deleted.
> 
> I think you are solving the wrong problem. If your aim is to just 
> display an image using Tkinter, you can use PIL to read the image and 
> transfer the bits into a Tkinter photoimage object. For an example, look 
> here:
> 
> http://code.activestate.com/recipes/521918-pil-and-tkinter-to-display-images/
> 
> (this might need some updating if you are using Python 3)
> 
>   Christian

Thanks.  I have read that page, among many others, during my
research.  It deals with an actual image file.  I am dealing
with an image that is not a file.  It was redirected to stdout
from another process and was never saved to the hard drive.

Anyway, with Mr. Otten's help the problem is resolved.

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Re: Request More Help With XBM Image

2016-03-01 Thread Christian Gollwitzer

Am 29.02.16 um 22:51 schrieb Wildman:

I want to take an image file, convert it to XBM format and
display it.  Thanks to Mr. Otten I can open and display the
XBM image without any problems.  The script first calls an
external program for the image conversion then I can open
and display it.  Of course, I am left with the XBM file that
needs to be deleted.


I think you are solving the wrong problem. If your aim is to just 
display an image using Tkinter, you can use PIL to read the image and 
transfer the bits into a Tkinter photoimage object. For an example, look 
here:


http://code.activestate.com/recipes/521918-pil-and-tkinter-to-display-images/

(this might need some updating if you are using Python 3)

Christian

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Re: Request More Help With XBM Image

2016-03-01 Thread Wildman via Python-list
On Tue, 01 Mar 2016 19:26:55 +0100, Peter Otten wrote:

> An exception is raised because you pass the command as a single argument 



I did not realize that how the command was passed would
make such a difference.  I guess I am stuck in my old
VB habits for creating variables.  You don't have to
say it, this ain't VB!  :-)

After making the changes to "command = ", it works fine
without the shell.  At the risk of sounding redundant,
thank you.

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Re: Request More Help With XBM Image

2016-03-01 Thread Peter Otten
Wildman via Python-list wrote:

> On Tue, 01 Mar 2016 09:56:56 +0100, Peter Otten wrote:

>> Wildman via Python-list wrote:

>>> convert = "convert " + fileName + " -resize 48x48! -threshold 55% xbm:-"
>>> p = subprocess.Popen([convert], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
>>> xbmFile, err = p.communicate()

>> Why would you need a shell?

Just in case the example in my previous post has not made it clear: that was 
a rhetorical question. You do not need the shell, and in fact shouldn't use 
it.

> I guess it is a Linux thing.  If I don't use it, I get
> the below error.  A shell window does not actually open.
> I presume it runs in the background while executing the
> subprocess command.

> Exception in Tkinter callback
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1535, in __call__
> return self.func(*args)
> File "./test.py", line 59, in open_image
> p = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 710, in __init__
> errread, errwrite)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1335, in _execute_child
> raise child_exception
> OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
 
An exception is raised because you pass the command as a single argument 
like in

[Python 2.7]
>>> subprocess.Popen("ls /usr/share/dict/words")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "", line 1, in 
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 710, in __init__
errread, errwrite)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1327, in _execute_child
raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

This looks for an executable called "ls /usr/share/dict/words" (the whole 
shebang!) where you actually want to run "ls" with the argument 
"/usr/share/dict/words". 

Once you split the parts

>>> subprocess.Popen(["ls", "/usr/share/dict/words"])

>>> /usr/share/dict/words

everything works as expected.

The error message in Python 3.4 would have given you a clue, by the way:

[Python 3.4]
>>> subprocess.Popen("ls /usr/share/dict/words")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "", line 1, in 
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/subprocess.py", line 859, in __init__
restore_signals, start_new_session)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/subprocess.py", line 1457, in _execute_child
raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'ls 
/usr/share/dict/words'


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Re: Request More Help With XBM Image

2016-03-01 Thread Wildman via Python-list
On Tue, 01 Mar 2016 09:56:56 +0100, Peter Otten wrote:

> Wildman via Python-list wrote:
> 
>> I want to take an image file, convert it to XBM format and
>> display it.  Thanks to Mr. Otten I can open and display the
>> XBM image without any problems.  The script first calls an
>> external program for the image conversion then I can open
>> and display it.  Of course, I am left with the XBM file that
>> needs to be deleted.  It seemed to me to be a better approach
>> to use stdout and pipe thereby eliminating the XBM file
>> altogether.  Here is code I have so far but I'm not sure
>> what to do next...
>> 
>> convert = "convert " + fileName + " -resize 48x48! -threshold 55% xbm:-"
>> p = subprocess.Popen([convert], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
>> xbmFile, err = p.communicate()
> 
> Why would you need a shell?

I guess it is a Linux thing.  If I don't use it, I get
the below error.  A shell window does not actually open.
I presume it runs in the background while executing the
subprocess command.

Exception in Tkinter callback
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1535, in __call__
return self.func(*args)
  File "./test.py", line 59, in open_image
p = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 710, in __init__
errread, errwrite)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1335, in _execute_child
raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

>> The variable fileName contains the image file path and name.
>> The variable convert contains the complete command.  The last
>> argument in the command tells the convert utility to covert
>> to an XBM and to direct the output to stdout.  After the above
>> code runs xbmFile contains the actual image, which is plain
>> text.  (X BitMap (XBM) is a plain text binary image format.)
>> 
>> My question is how do I take the xbmFile variable and convert
>> it to an image object that can be displayed?  The technique
>> for displaying an image from a file does not work or at least
>> I have not been able to get it to work.
> 
> I think Image.open() accepts a file-like object, so
> 
> import io
> ...
> command = [
> "convert", fileName,
> "-resize", "48x48!",
> "-threshold", "55%",
> "xbm:-"]
> p = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
> xbmFile, err = p.communicate()
> openImage = Image.open(io.BytesIO(xbmFile))
> 
> should work.

I does work, perfectly.  During my research I didn't run across
anything about using io.  The learning process continues...
I am in your debt again.  Thank you.

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Re: Request More Help With XBM Image

2016-03-01 Thread Peter Otten
Wildman via Python-list wrote:

> I want to take an image file, convert it to XBM format and
> display it.  Thanks to Mr. Otten I can open and display the
> XBM image without any problems.  The script first calls an
> external program for the image conversion then I can open
> and display it.  Of course, I am left with the XBM file that
> needs to be deleted.  It seemed to me to be a better approach
> to use stdout and pipe thereby eliminating the XBM file
> altogether.  Here is code I have so far but I'm not sure
> what to do next...
> 
> convert = "convert " + fileName + " -resize 48x48! -threshold 55% xbm:-"
> p = subprocess.Popen([convert], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
> xbmFile, err = p.communicate()

Why would you need a shell?

> The variable fileName contains the image file path and name.
> The variable convert contains the complete command.  The last
> argument in the command tells the convert utility to covert
> to an XBM and to direct the output to stdout.  After the above
> code runs xbmFile contains the actual image, which is plain
> text.  (X BitMap (XBM) is a plain text binary image format.)
> 
> My question is how do I take the xbmFile variable and convert
> it to an image object that can be displayed?  The technique
> for displaying an image from a file does not work or at least
> I have not been able to get it to work.

I think Image.open() accepts a file-like object, so

import io
...
command = [
"convert", fileName,
"-resize", "48x48!",
"-threshold", "55%",
"xbm:-"]
p = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
xbmFile, err = p.communicate()
openImage = Image.open(io.BytesIO(xbmFile))

should work. 

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Request More Help With XBM Image

2016-02-29 Thread Wildman via Python-list
I want to take an image file, convert it to XBM format and
display it.  Thanks to Mr. Otten I can open and display the
XBM image without any problems.  The script first calls an
external program for the image conversion then I can open
and display it.  Of course, I am left with the XBM file that
needs to be deleted.  It seemed to me to be a better approach
to use stdout and pipe thereby eliminating the XBM file
altogether.  Here is code I have so far but I'm not sure
what to do next...

convert = "convert " + fileName + " -resize 48x48! -threshold 55% xbm:-"
p = subprocess.Popen([convert], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
xbmFile, err = p.communicate()

The variable fileName contains the image file path and name.
The variable convert contains the complete command.  The last
argument in the command tells the convert utility to covert
to an XBM and to direct the output to stdout.  After the above
code runs xbmFile contains the actual image, which is plain
text.  (X BitMap (XBM) is a plain text binary image format.)

My question is how do I take the xbmFile variable and convert
it to an image object that can be displayed?  The technique
for displaying an image from a file does not work or at least
I have not been able to get it to work.

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