image-dired question

image-dired question

[Steven Arntson]

Emacs 24.3.1, Ubuntu 13.10

I'm just learning about image-dired, and am having a quirk of
functionality that has stumped me. In a dired buffer, I mark several
files (such as a-file01.JPG, another-file02.JPG, and five or so
more). C-t d opens them in a neat-looking row, with the first flashing
because point is on it.

RET opens this first file in another buffer---very neat!

However, when I hit space to move forward to the next image, point goes
to the end of the row, and the minibuffer tells me "no thumbnail at
point." If I use back-arrow key or C-b to try to backtrack to any of the
other thumbnails, point returns to the first one. So far I haven't been
able to expand anything but that first thumbnail.

Thank you!
steven arntson

Re: image-dired question

[marcowahlsoft]

Hi Steven,

> Emacs 24.3.1, Ubuntu 13.10
>
> I'm just learning about image-dired, and am having a quirk of
> functionality that has stumped me. In a dired buffer, I mark several
> files (such as a-file01.JPG, another-file02.JPG, and five or so
> more). C-t d opens them in a neat-looking row, with the first flashing
> because point is on it.
>
> RET opens this first file in another buffer---very neat!
>
> However, when I hit space to move forward to the next image, point goes
> to the end of the row, and the minibuffer tells me "no thumbnail at
> point." If I use back-arrow key or C-b to try to backtrack to any of the
> other thumbnails, point returns to the first one. So far I haven't been
> able to expand anything but that first thumbnail.

I see the same here on Arch with Emacs 24.3.1.  This looks like a bug.

Possibly you want to move the cursor with M-x forward-char and backward-char
until the fix.

BTW the problem does not occur with the current Emacs 24.4 development
version.  So you might switch there.


HTH,  Marco
-- 
Marco Wahl -- Freelancer
http://www.wahlzone.de

Re: image-dired question

[Steven Arntson]

marcowahlsoft@gmail.com writes:

> Hi Steven,
>
>> Emacs 24.3.1, Ubuntu 13.10
>>
>> I'm just learning about image-dired, and am having a quirk of
>> functionality that has stumped me. In a dired buffer, I mark several
>> files (such as a-file01.JPG, another-file02.JPG, and five or so
>> more). C-t d opens them in a neat-looking row, with the first flashing
>> because point is on it.
>>
>> RET opens this first file in another buffer---very neat!
>>
>> However, when I hit space to move forward to the next image, point goes
>> to the end of the row, and the minibuffer tells me "no thumbnail at
>> point." If I use back-arrow key or C-b to try to backtrack to any of the
>> other thumbnails, point returns to the first one. So far I haven't been
>> able to expand anything but that first thumbnail.
>
> I see the same here on Arch with Emacs 24.3.1.  This looks like a bug.
>
> Possibly you want to move the cursor with M-x forward-char and backward-char
> until the fix.
>
> BTW the problem does not occur with the current Emacs 24.4 development
> version.  So you might switch there.
>
>
> HTH,  Marco


That workaround works, and I'll hold out for the fix---thank you!

-steven