From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: thumbs.el and transparency Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:12:17 +0900 Message-ID: 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> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138335177 9101 80.91.229.2 (27 Jan 2006 04:12:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 04:12:57 +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 05:12:54 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 1F2Kyg-00071x-7q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 05:12:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F2L1V-0001Mh-BC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:15:45 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1F2L1D-0001Mb-Eh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:15:27 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1F2L1B-0001MD-Ri for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:15:27 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F2L1B-0001MA-PQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:15:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [203.180.232.82] (helo=mgate02.necel.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1F2Kyo-00069A-6J; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:12:58 -0500 Original-Received: from relay11.aps.necel.com (relay11 [10.29.19.46]) by mgate02.necel.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k0R22fhr021460; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:12:18 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay11.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.20] [10.29.19.20]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:12:18 +0900 Original-Received: from dhapc248.dev.necel.com ([10.114.97.235] [10.114.97.235]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:12:18 +0900 Original-Received: by dhapc248.dev.necel.com (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 1B48D41B; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:12:17 +0900 (JST) Original-To: Nick Roberts System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <17369.17978.521026.397616@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> (Nick Roberts's message of "Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:59:22 +1300") Original-Lines: 13 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:49608 Archived-At: 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 be compatible with proper handling of transparency. -miles -- `Life is a boundless sea of bitterness'