img2pytk.py ; any users out there ?

[Gary Duncan]

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I've been away from this group for a while and have now on return,
noticed "the old order changeth, giving away to the newbies" ;)

(It's almost an embarassment to actually discuss a real-live working
bit of Python, instead of referring to theoretical issues concerning
Haskells/monads/gonads - whatever they are )

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I've found this little utility quite handy for generating .py files
for displaying images ; the image strings can also be cut out
and transplanted elsewhere. (Google for Tkinter, PhotoImage if curious)

The original had a serious/fatal performance problem concerning big
images which I've fixed (string concatenation issue; ''.join() needed
:). Also
the image wasn't shrunk to fit on the window; this has been fixed.

In fairness, I think the original program was conceived to handle
itsy-bitsy images of say about 100pix square, so I don't want to
appear critical of the author.
So the question is ;

is this utility used much ? If so I'd distribute the 'fixed' version,
otherwise keep it for my own private use .

- Gary

[Georgy Pruss]

"Gary Duncan" <gm******@netspace.net.au> wrote in message news:3F**************@netspace.net.au...

The original had a serious/fatal performance problem concerning big
images which I've fixed (string concatenation issue; ''.join() needed

You can even change it to "literal concatenation" :)

img00 = tk.PhotoImage(format='gif',data=
'R0lGODlhQABVAPcAAAoFB45/ZE8zb1BDMGxZcEwWPvHAqGpgpoiBuh4jFbRe'
'cMSgisQydHRmT0IEFY+CindtcicOJBEUC09JUHQlQFIkMUNGc rF5bMldpKBQ'
...........
'zlh8z1/d1RDNBxBABlaA1fZsz1bA1MltBV+g3AxMDYSpEZU9tRIQEAA7' )

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Georgy Pruss
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