diff --git a/IPython/frontend/qt/console/console_widget.py b/IPython/frontend/qt/console/console_widget.py
index 60f6052..ff0271f 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/qt/console/console_widget.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/qt/console/console_widget.py
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ class ConsoleWidget(Configurable, QtGui.QWidget):
# predictable...
img_re = re.compile(r')
')
f.write(img_re.sub(
- lambda x: self.image_tag(x, path = path, format = "PNG"),
+ lambda x: self.image_tag(x, path = path, format = "png"),
str(self._control.toHtml().toUtf8())))
finally:
f.close()
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ class ConsoleWidget(Configurable, QtGui.QWidget):
html = ('\n'+
html[offset+6:])
f.write(img_re.sub(
- lambda x: self.image_tag(x, path = None, format = "SVG"),
+ lambda x: self.image_tag(x, path = None, format = "svg"),
html))
finally:
f.close()
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/qt/console/rich_ipython_widget.py b/IPython/frontend/qt/console/rich_ipython_widget.py
index 076118e..b0a9893 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/qt/console/rich_ipython_widget.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/qt/console/rich_ipython_widget.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class RichIPythonWidget(IPythonWidget):
(e.g., link, embedded image, ...). As a side effect, files may
be generated in the directory given by path."""
- if(format == "PNG"):
+ if(format == "png"):
try:
image = self._get_image(match.group("name"))
except KeyError:
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class RichIPythonWidget(IPythonWidget):
return '
' % (
re.sub(r'(.{60})',r'\1\n',str(ba.toBase64())))
- elif(format == "SVG"):
+ elif(format == "svg"):
try:
svg = str(self._name_to_svg[match.group("name")])
except KeyError: