stuck on time

[duncan smith]

On 07/12/2019 17:48, RobH wrote:
> I am trying to do this project on a pi zero:
> 
> http://frederickvandenbosch.be/?p=1365
> 
> After overcoming a few errors, I now have the display working and the
> start of the code showing on the display, that being the time.
> 
> It doesn't move on to the next part of the code ie, no rectangle drawn
> def display_time():
>     # Collect current time and date
>     if(time_format):
>         current_time = time.strftime("%I:%M")<<< stays at this line
>     else:
>         current_time = time.strftime("%H:%M")
>        
>     current_date = time.strftime("%d/%m/%Y")
> 
>     # Clear image buffer by drawing a black filled box
>     draw.rectangle((0,0,width,height), outline=0, fill=0
> 
> In the original code you can see that the author used the
> Minecraftia.ttf font, but I had to download the Minecraftia-Regular.ttf
> font. The link the author gave took me to that.
> 
> The Minecraft-Regular.ttf font produced errors when the code was run,
> saying at the end of the error that it cannot open resource.
> 
> I then used the NotoSerif-Regular.ttf font which let the code start
> without error, but as above it is stuck at the time.

One thing you certainly need to do is add a closing brace to the last line.

Duncan