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My problem:

I am attempting to register a shape with the python turtle module, however it is refusing to work. The gif in question is this and it is located in my downloads folder with the title tenor.gif. I am running this code in the IDE, Canopy, in Python 3.

If I restart the kernel and then run the code, I consistently get the same output, verifying I have the right directory:

%run "C:/Users/AlexPC/Python Programs/Chess.py"

C:UsersAlexPCDownloads

C:UsersAlexPCDownloads

and the same error:

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TclError                                  Traceback (most recent call last)

C:UsersAlexPCPython ProgramsChess.py in <module>()

     37 print(os.getcwd())

     38 s.register_shape("tenor.gif")

---> 39 t.shape("tenor.gif")

     40 

     41 

C:UsersAlexPCAppDataLocalEnthoughtCanopyedmenvsUserlibturtle.py in shape(self, name)

   2775         if not name in self.screen.getshapes():

   2776             raise TurtleGraphicsError("There is no shape named %s" % name)

-> 2777         self.turtle._setshape(name)

   2778         self._update()

   2779 

C:UsersAlexPCAppDataLocalEnthoughtCanopyedmenvsUserlibturtle.py in _setshape(self, shapeIndex)

   2504             self._item = screen._createpoly()

   2505         elif self._type == "image":

-> 2506             self._item = screen._createimage(screen._shapes["blank"]._data)

   2507         elif self._type == "compound":

   2508             self._item = [screen._createpoly() for item in

C:UsersAlexPCAppDataLocalEnthoughtCanopyedmenvsUserlibturtle.py in _createimage(self, image)

    721         """Create and return image item on canvas.

    722         """

--> 723         return self.cv.create_image(0, 0, image=image)

    724 

    725     def _drawimage(self, item, pos, image):

<string> in create_image(self, *args, **kw)

C:UsersAlexPCAppDataLocalEnthoughtCanopyedmenvsUserlibtkinter__init__.py in create_image(self, *args, **kw)

   2327     def create_image(self, *args, **kw):

   2328         """Create image item with coordinates x1,y1."""

-> 2329         return self._create('image', args, kw)

   2330     def create_line(self, *args, **kw):

   2331         """Create line with coordinates x1,y1,...,xn,yn."""

C:UsersAlexPCAppDataLocalEnthoughtCanopyedmenvsUserlibtkinter__init__.py in _create(self, itemType, args, kw)

   2318         return self.tk.getint(self.tk.call(

   2319             self._w, 'create', itemType,

-> 2320             *(args + self._options(cnf, kw))))

   2321     def create_arc(self, *args, **kw):

   2322         """Create arc shaped region with coordinates x1,y1,x2,y2."""

TclError: image "pyimage1" doesn't exist 

My code:

from turtle import Turtle, Screen

import os





t = Turtle("square")

t.shapesize(4,4)

t.hideturtle()

t.pu()  

t.goto(-280,-280)



s = Screen()

s.clearscreen()

s.tracer(False)

s.screensize(800,800)



#register the piece shapes

print(os.getcwd())

os.chdir("C:\Users\AlexPC\Downloads")

print(os.getcwd())

s.register_shape("tenor.gif")

t.shape("tenor.gif")

A couple of issues. First, your image link led to an animated GIF -- there's nothing in the turtle documentation about animated GIF support. You'll likely just get a static GIF image at best, nothing at worst.

Second, your example code has unrelated and unecessary stuff. Let's simplify and focus on the problem:

from turtle import Turtle, Screen

import os



screen = Screen()

screen.screensize(800, 800)

os.chdir(""C:\Users\AlexPC\Downloads"")

screen.register_shape("tenor.gif")



turtle = Turtle("tenor.gif")

turtle.penup()  

turtle.goto(-280, -280)



screen.mainloop()

This worked for me on a Unix system, putting the image in a "Downloads" directory under my current directory and using a relative os.chdir() to relocate there -- I don't know if this is a Windows-specific problem. Give the above a try to see if it works any better for you.