From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: image-dired shows images as text Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:53:21 +1300 Message-ID: <18295.9281.456831.104988@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1198990448 26888 80.91.229.12 (30 Dec 2007 04:54:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 04:54:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Allan Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 30 05:54:21 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J8qBo-0007Cj-QS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 05:54:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J8qBT-0007tx-0J for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 23:53:59 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J8qBA-0007s8-QJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 23:53:40 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J8qB9-0007ou-4E for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 23:53:40 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J8qB8-0007oe-V8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 23:53:38 -0500 Original-Received: from viper.snap.net.nz ([202.37.101.8]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J8qB8-0007Fo-FD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 23:53:38 -0500 Original-Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (69.61.255.123.dynamic.snap.net.nz [123.255.61.69]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A93E3DA18B; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:53:27 +1300 (NZDT) Original-Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 890BF8FC6D; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:53:22 +1300 (NZDT) Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 23.0.50.19 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:50389 Archived-At: > The very good news is that I have got it to work by changing "path" to have > ImageMagick as the first member of the list and by changing the values you > mention to the default "convert" or "convert.exe". I finally have the > thumbnails displaying in a seperate window (!) The only function that I > don't understand is "image-dired-dired-display-external" - display in > external viewer, which does not seem to do anything when I select a > thumbnail before invoking it. I think that this workaround/solution might > have helped the OP possibly as well if he is still reading this thread. The > other advantage of changing "PATH" is that in a command prompt window the > ImageMagick command line "convert" program works as it should. I'm glad it works. The disadvantage of putting ImageMagick first in your path is that there may be another clash of filenames when you actually mean to use a Windows program. What value do you have for image-dired-external-viewer? I have "/usr/bin/display" which evidently is another program from ImageMagick. This means that using my approach of using the absolute filename would require customising image-dired-external-viewer as well as image-dired-cmd-create-thumbnail-program, and there may be other programs too. Perhaps an option image-dired-program-directory would be better. -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob