PIL and Windows file formats?

[Erik Max Francis]

Christopher Lee wrote:

> Is the PIL directory part of your python path?  The png image plugin
> is
> only loaded automatically if the PIL directory is on your pythonpath.
> 
> [Are you perhaps using PIL as a package (as in import PIL.Image )?]
> 
> You can load the plugin yourself.  In a message on the image-sig list,
> /F
> suggested:
> 
>     from PIL import Image, PngImagePlugin # etc.

Aha.  That didn't occur to me; I had presumed all the relevant formats
would be loaded automatically (or, rather, PIL.Image would know to load
them as needed).

I'm seeing other issues now, but they seem to be general Windows
misbehaviors rather than this stumbling block.  Thanks!

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