Re: [pygame] Font Error

[Pete Shinners <pete@shinners.org>]

Gabriele Farina wrote:
> Pygame Parachute Traceback:
>   File "locals.py", line 105, in SetFont
> Fatal Python error: (pygame parachute) Segmentation Fault
>
> What's that error?? I specified "verdana.ttf" as font attribute to
> pygame.font.Font(), and this file is in the same directory of the script who
> calls the function...where's the problem??
this is a bug in the current SDL_ttf. if you specify a file it cannot 
open it will crash. the 'pygame parachute' is something that catches a 
crash and tries to shutdown the graphics and sound cleanly.

even though the font is in the same place as the script, that doesn't 
always mean the "working directory" is set to the same place as the script.

i usually use a nugget of code like this..

    import sys, os
    gamepath = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]))
    os.chdir(gamepath)

this will set the current working directory to the same place as the 
script that was run. regardless of how the script was initially started.