From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#651: suggestion: replace xpm images format by png Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 20:15:22 +0200 Message-ID: <87ftkikjph.fsf@gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="66833"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 651@debbugs.gnu.org To: xah lee Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 26 20:16:59 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iDYK1-000HCZ-Ff for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Sep 2019 20:16:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42122 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iDYJx-0007j0-44 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Sep 2019 14:16:53 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37266) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iDYJB-0007fs-58 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Sep 2019 14:16:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iDYJ9-0000Nv-4M for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Sep 2019 14:16:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:35961) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iDYJ8-0000NL-PS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Sep 2019 14:16:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iDYJ8-0005Pz-JJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Sep 2019 14:16:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 18:16:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 651 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 651-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B651.156952173819541 (code B ref 651); Thu, 26 Sep 2019 18:16:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 651) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Sep 2019 18:15:38 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44780 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iDYIk-00054m-8c for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 26 Sep 2019 14:15:38 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:38190) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iDYId-0004uf-63 for 651@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 26 Sep 2019 14:15:34 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=marnie) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iDYIV-0006Ey-3q; Thu, 26 Sep 2019 20:15:27 +0200 In-Reply-To: (xah lee's message of "Tue, 5 Aug 2008 06:52:27 -0700") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:167304 Archived-At: xah lee writes: > Summary: Suggesting that xpm format images used in emacs be replaced > by png. > > Detail: > > In emacs, it seems the default image format is xpm. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_PixMap > > For example, the emacs logo, widget graphics, all seems to be xpm > format at dir =E2=80=9Cetc/images/=E2=80=9D. > > The xpm image format is some 19 years old tech based on ascii text, > very bulky. png or svg are perhaps good candidates. The suggestion is 11 years old, but I still don't think this is something that we're going to do. Emacs may be build without support for these other image formats, and it's still nice to show at least some icons. So I'm closing this bug report. --=20 (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no