Re: Several suggestions for image support

[David Kastrup]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

> >> > I already suggested to use two new primitives (that have incidentally
> >> > been requested for other purpose):
> >> > 
> >> >      point-to-pixel
> >> > and
> >> >      pixel-to-point
> >> > 
> >> > which turn a (displayed) buffer position into a display position and vice
> >> > versa.  All the rest should then be reasonably easy to do in Elisp.
> >> 
> >> I don't see how.  Absolutely not.  Emacs moves point out of images.
> >> Without stopping points, point will not remain inside of the image
> >> anywhere.  
> 
> OK, maybe we'd need window-start-to-pixel as well, or somesuch.

Which will not make Emacs' cursor stop in image parts AFAICS, nor
will it enable a cursor display covering only part of the image.

Conversion routines alone will not make Emacs place its cursor on
"sensible" parts of the image.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum