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> From: Clément Pit-Claudel <cpitclaudel@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 12:34:32 -0500
> 
> > Though I wonder what would be the use cases for rotating images in
> > Emacs by angles other than integral multiples of 90 deg.
> 
> I've used rotated images to display a spinning 'busy' indicator in the modeline in the past.  The corresponding package currently ships with a set of pre-rotated images, but generating them in Emacs would be more convenient.

Before you decide this is more convenient, I suggest to check
performance.