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Re: Putting auto-image-file-mode in Options menu
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Juri Linkov |
Subject: |
Re: Putting auto-image-file-mode in Options menu |
Date: |
Mon, 14 Mar 2005 03:23:02 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
>> There is already "Automatic File De/compression" menu item
>> for auto-compression-mode in the Options menu, but no menu item
>> for auto-image-file-mode. This looks like an unintentional omission.
>
> I think it's omitted because it's a very rarely used feature.
Indeed, auto-image-file-mode is useful only for viewing images.
OTOH, editing image files as plain text in Emacs is a rare
operation too. And even with auto-image-file-mode set to t,
editing is possible after visiting them with find-file-literally.
With all this said, I have a question: is there any reason not
to turn auto-image-file-mode on by default?
I would like to ask the same question for auto-compression-mode too.
What is the reason not to turn it on by default? How often people
visit compressed files for editing without uncompressing?
--
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
- Putting auto-image-file-mode in Options menu, Juri Linkov, 2005/03/13
- Re: Putting auto-image-file-mode in Options menu, Stefan Monnier, 2005/03/13
- Re: Putting auto-image-file-mode in Options menu,
Juri Linkov <=
- Re: Putting auto-image-file-mode in Options menu, David Kastrup, 2005/03/14
- Re: Putting auto-image-file-mode in Options menu, Juri Linkov, 2005/03/15
- Re: Putting auto-image-file-mode in Options menu, Richard Stallman, 2005/03/15
- Re: Putting auto-image-file-mode in Options menu, Juri Linkov, 2005/03/16
- Re: Putting auto-image-file-mode in Options menu, Richard Stallman, 2005/03/19
- Re: Putting auto-image-file-mode in Options menu, David Kastrup, 2005/03/19
- Re: Putting auto-image-file-mode in Options menu, Richard Stallman, 2005/03/20
- Re: Putting auto-image-file-mode in Options menu, David Kastrup, 2005/03/20
- Re: Putting auto-image-file-mode in Options menu, Richard Stallman, 2005/03/21
- Re: Putting auto-image-file-mode in Options menu, Juri Linkov, 2005/03/20