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-rw-r--r--Lib/tkinter/__init__.py12
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py b/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
index ffd4b4b..da2fd53 100644
--- a/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
@@ -3406,16 +3406,20 @@ class PhotoImage(Image):
destImage = PhotoImage(master=self.tk)
self.tk.call(destImage, 'copy', self.name)
return destImage
- def zoom(self,x,y=''):
+ def zoom(self, x, y=''):
"""Return a new PhotoImage with the same image as this widget
- but zoom it with X and Y."""
+ but zoom it with a factor of x in the X direction and y in the Y
+ direction. If y is not given, the default value is the same as x.
+ """
destImage = PhotoImage(master=self.tk)
if y=='': y=x
self.tk.call(destImage, 'copy', self.name, '-zoom',x,y)
return destImage
- def subsample(self,x,y=''):
+ def subsample(self, x, y=''):
"""Return a new PhotoImage based on the same image as this widget
- but use only every Xth or Yth pixel."""
+ but use only every Xth or Yth pixel. If y is not given, the
+ default value is the same as x.
+ """
destImage = PhotoImage(master=self.tk)
if y=='': y=x
self.tk.call(destImage, 'copy', self.name, '-subsample',x,y)