From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Image mode Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:00:05 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87k5yxeg19.fsf@jurta.org> <45C70ECD.70208@gmail.com> <86ejp4q1zn.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <86abzsq0zx.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1170702050 27499 80.91.229.12 (5 Feb 2007 19:00:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 19:00:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Juanma Barranquero" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 05 20:00:40 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HE94v-0000pe-VA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:00:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HE94v-0004wE-Li for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:00:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HE94h-0004u8-Ch for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:00:23 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HE94f-0004sM-IF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:00:22 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HE94f-0004s6-4j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:00:21 -0500 Original-Received: from mercure.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.24.67]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HE94e-00036y-2A; Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:00:20 -0500 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 649042CF273; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 14:00:19 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (faina.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.26.177]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88E943FE1; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 14:00:05 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 6C84F4C6D25; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 14:00:05 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Mon\, 5 Feb 2007 13\:00\:09 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-2.82, requis 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -2.82) X-DIRO-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:65933 Archived-At: > And now, we're FINALLY BACK TO THE START!! Congratulations!! > :) :) > Sorry, I couldn't resist. > This whole kerfuffle started like this: someone asks for Emacs to > recognize uppercase image extensions, some other developer talks about > doing that (generically) for all `auto-mode-alist', Richard says "No > way" (because it is not the correct thing to do), Yup. This "no way" wasted us a lot of time already. And it still hasn't been justified. Stefan