Added a warning dialog box when attempting to convert a PNG to SVG (i…

…python#735)
mattvonrocketstein · May 17, 2012 · 923fbdf · 923fbdf
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diff --git a/IPython/frontend/qt/console/rich_ipython_widget.py b/IPython/frontend/qt/console/rich_ipython_widget.py
@@ -231,6 +231,10 @@ def _get_image_tag(self, match, path = None, format = "png"):
             try:
                 svg = str(self._name_to_svg_map[match.group("name")])
             except KeyError:
+                QtGui.QMessageBox.warning(self, 'Error converting PNG to SVG.',
+                    'Cannot convert a PNG to SVG.  To fix this, add this to your ipython config:\n'
+                    'c.InlineBackendConfig.figure_format = \'svg\'',
+                                          QtGui.QMessageBox.Ok)
                 return "<b>Cannot convert a PNG to SVG.  </b>To fix this, add this to your config: <span>c.InlineBackendConfig.figure_format = 'svg'</span>"
 
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