On Saturday, June 15, 2013 3:10:07 PM UTC-7, alex23 wrote: > On Jun 16, 7:29 am, lucabrasi...@gmail.com wrote: > > > I get this error when I try to save .dxf files in Inkscape: > > > > > > Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: can't initialize sys standard streams > > > > > > Then it seems to recover but it doesn't really recover. It saves the files > > and then DraftSite won't open them. Here is what the > thing says when > > Inkscape tried to fix the saving problem. > > > > What do you mean by "Inkscape tried to fix the saving problem"? > > > > > File "D:\Program Files (x86)\Inkscape\python\Lib\encodings\__init__.py", > > line 123 > > > raise CodecRegistryError,\ > > > ^ > > > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > > > > Here's a report of a similar issue with Blender (which also provides a > > local install of Python under Windows): > > http://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://blenderclan.tuxfamily.org/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php%3Ftopic_id%3D36497&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dinkscape%2BCodecRegistryError > > > > (Sorry for the ugly url, it's a Google translation of a french > > language page) > > > > Do you have a separate installation of Python? It's possible it may be > > conflicting. If you rename it's folder to something else (which will > > temporarily break that install), do you still see this same issue in > > Inkscape?
Inkscape told me to not worry about the problem. That somehow it had made a mistake and then it showed a little window with this information. > File "D:\Program Files (x86)\Inkscape\python\Lib\encodings\__init__.py", line > 123 > raise CodecRegistryError,\ > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid syntax I said Inkscape but maybe it is system message and not from Inkscape. I will try your suggestions now, and thanks to everyone for responding so quickly. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list