From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: thumbs.el and transparency Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:50:39 +1300 Message-ID: <17369.42655.432593.593516@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> References: <17366.53124.274532.548329@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <87y814vhxj.fsf@jurta.org> <17367.17105.271024.157799@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <17369.17978.521026.397616@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138337529 21106 80.91.229.2 (27 Jan 2006 04:52:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 04:52:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Mathias Dahl Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 27 05:52:07 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F2Lab-0005JK-Ke for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 05:52:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F2LdQ-0006q3-Sa for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:54:56 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1F2Ld7-0006my-94 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:54:37 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1F2Ld5-0006m9-Cn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:54:36 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F2Ld5-0006lx-1M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:54:35 -0500 Original-Received: from [202.37.101.8] (helo=viper.snap.net.nz) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1F2Lah-0000H2-MO; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:52:08 -0500 Original-Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (p238-tnt1.snap.net.nz [202.124.110.238]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A64373AB52; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:51:32 +1300 (NZDT) Original-Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 500) id C5DCF8884; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:50:39 +1300 (NZDT) Original-To: Miles Bader In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.0.50.51 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:49609 Archived-At: Miles Bader writes: > Nick Roberts writes: > > I think Richard's point is that we should only follow a standard that does > > what we want. If the Thumbnail Managing Standard doesn't deal with > > transparency, then it seems unsuitable > > "Not dealing with" transparency doesn't means this standard is useless, > simply that it cannot provide guidance on that particular issue. > Mathias notes that the standard uses the PNG format, so it would seem to I didn't say it was useless. If the PNG format can deal with transpareny, as you seem to be saying, then I've drawn the wrong conclusion and perhaps the standard is suitable. Nick