![]() ![]() I do not wish to suggest FSf people to re-exam old policies, but if this particular problem of not able to open image files in emacs out of the box is related to this, thus i mentions this. I'm aware this is a controversial and has been debated for long. ![]() Again, if the issue of bundling image DLL for emacs does have something to do with licensing, then perhaps this licensing issue needs to be reconsidered. If so, i do think this is a problem that harms GNU Emacs. If i'm correct, this might be because things bundled with GNU Emacs require signed copyright transfer agreement due to FSF's policy, or some complexity related to this. Perhaps there's licensing problem to include image DLL in GNU Emacs.If they can do it, GNU emacs with its tens of developers certainly can manage. For example, all popularly used emacs distros (Lennart's EmacsW32, Aquamacs Mac, Carbon Emacs), all support viewing images out of the box. I disagree about the argument that including DLL is too much work or problematic. ![]() Web app programers are today perhaps more than 50% of professional programers (or some large percentage.) Viewing image files right inside emacs is very convenient, and a common operation.įor example, for web developers, it is often needed to quickly see the image files, either in dired or with Alt+ x find-file-at-point in inline images.Here's parts of my argument sent to the bug list: I cannot believe how emacs developers cannot see this is a critical problem, and actually consider it not a problem. If users want image support for Windows, they can download them elsewhere. It is problematic due to licensing issues, and or creates a maintenance problem. The argument from the few replies of Emacs developers, in summary, are: ) However, they don't think this is a bug, and refuse to fix it. However, viewing image does not work out of the box in the GNU Emacs binary for Windows downloaded from FSF's website. (this is a new feature in at least emacs 22) When working in HTML, you can also press Alt+ x find-file-at-point on a inline image link and view that image. In Emacs's Dired mode for viewing directories, you can press Enter on a image file to view the image file. ![]()
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