From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7716: 23.2.91; Pretest Windows binary doesn't support PNG images Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:19:38 -0800 Message-ID: <5C23A15FBDE24F15A94C862C18A0E63B@us.oracle.com> References: <96CD750011454F0284E48443756AFAFE@us.oracle.com> <2CBDA6B5DFE94625B7148D772661D4DC@us.oracle.com> <83wrn0e4bl.fsf@gnu.org> <83pqsrebkk.fsf@gnu.org> <83bp4bdtrd.fsf@gnu.org> <0BCD9F01D7EF490E95DBE4B7A6114995@us.oracle.com> <8362ujdmdu.fsf@gnu.org> <9E74C35E9AFE4DB6942F94A6264F6621@us.oracle.com> <834oa3dkv5.fsf@gnu.org> <65313A23AC1747308EF7F0DE349A99C1@us.oracle.com> <4A871458F8874E7D89CBB8D1A34E05A5@us.oracle.com> <83y66shyma.fsf@gnu.org> <992A1FF535834870AA382D0C5871D019@us.oracle.com> <83vd1vi8k1.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1294774023 10061 80.91.229.12 (11 Jan 2011 19:27:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:27:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: sean.sieger@gmail.com, 7716@debbugs.gnu.org To: "'Eli Zaretskii'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 11 20:26:58 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pcjrt-0004l8-PC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:19:43 -0800 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.216.144) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:19:37 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <83vd1vi8k1.fsf@gnu.org> Thread-Index: Acuxv6oMGwhqd4i7Ql+ok1fjjP9pQwAA0U4A X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5994 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:14:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:43261 Archived-At: > You need to download a newer version of libpng. > You will find libpng 1.4.x here: > http://www.gtk.org/download-windows.html > With this newer version, PNG support should work. You may need to > restart Emacs, though (but I'm not sure, so try without first). Works fine; thanks! Comments: 1. This stuff is not obvious. 2. Consider updating GNUWin32 or asking them to update the site. 3. The README.W32 mentions the site you just cited. But it also mentions GnuWin32. The README.W32 should make clear just what you need (which versions) and where to get it (all!). Mention any considerations about versions such as what you described. 4. Emacs should also support *.ico files (MS Windows icon images). AFAIK, none of the downloads listed provide this support. Tassilo Horn suggested installing ImageMagick to get icon support, but I did that and it didn't work. He has since said that he suspects that Emacs needs to built with ImageMagick present for this to work (icon support). This should not be so complicated. Windows users - above all other users (since more Windows users are not programmers) - should be given a failsafe, braindead-simple way to get images to work in Emacs. Just one opinion. Thx.