[Image-SIG] _grabscreen???

Fredrik Lundh fredrik at pythonware.com
Thu Apr 1 18:12:07 CEST 2010


I'm afraid ImageGrab isn't available for Mac OS X; it's Windows only in 1.1.7.

(Contributions from mac hackers are welcome!)

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On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 1:17 AM, Scott Hastings <hastings at indiana.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm having a difficult time using the python imaging library on my mac.
>  Being naive, I installed a universal binary that someone compiled from
>  "http://pythonmac.org/packages/py25-fat/index.html".  This is after trying
> for a few hours to install from the source code; however, couldn't get it to
> run without a laundry list of errors.
>
> With the binary version, I have been successful running most modules;
> however, cannot an essential function for my module to work, the
> ImageGrab().  When running, it reports an error: ImportError: No module
> named _grabscreen
>
> How do I fix this? or Work around?
>
> I'm not adverse to reinstalling from the sourcecode, re-formating my mac, or
> buying a cheap PC!  It's important that I can do a screen capture with
> python.
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> Cheers,
> Scott
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