From c7e190dab47875a958ca022ea953e6bed84b238d 2012-05-17 19:00:58
From: Ian Murray <ian.c.murray@gmail.com>
Date: 2012-05-17 19:00:58
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed #735.  More useful error message in html output

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diff --git a/IPython/frontend/qt/console/rich_ipython_widget.py b/IPython/frontend/qt/console/rich_ipython_widget.py
index 9570f01..18edd49 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/qt/console/rich_ipython_widget.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/qt/console/rich_ipython_widget.py
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ class RichIPythonWidget(IPythonWidget):
             try:
                 svg = str(self._name_to_svg_map[match.group("name")])
             except KeyError:
-                return "<b>Couldn't find image %s</b>" % match.group("name")
+                return "<b>Cannot convert a PNG to SVG.  </b>To fix this, add this to your config: <span>c.InlineBackendConfig.figure_format = 'svg'</span>"
 
             # Not currently checking path, because it's tricky to find a
             # cross-browser way to embed external SVG images (e.g., via