From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: pbm files and elisp manual Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 00:11:49 +0000 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <15829.36165.728341.655502@nick.uklinux.net> References: <15828.3453.22611.884316@nick.uklinux.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1037406472 18436 80.91.224.249 (16 Nov 2002 00:27:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 00:27:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18CqoR-0004n9-00 for ; Sat, 16 Nov 2002 01:27:51 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18Cr1X-0006Rk-00 for ; Sat, 16 Nov 2002 01:41:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18Cqpb-00048k-00; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 19:29:03 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 18CqaR-0004lf-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 19:13:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 18CqaN-0004jp-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 19:13:22 -0500 Original-Received: from bts-0480.dialup.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.49.224] helo=nick.uklinux.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18CqaM-0004hL-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 19:13:18 -0500 Original-Received: by nick.uklinux.net (Postfix, from userid 501) id DDDA276037; Sat, 16 Nov 2002 00:11:52 +0000 (GMT) Original-To: bob@rattlesnake.com In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: VM 6.97 under Emacs 21.1.1 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:9469 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:9469 Robert J. Chassell writes: > > ... I see > > that all the xpm files have a pbm counterpart. I don't know why > > they are needed (do people really have binary displays ?) > > People run Emacs on impoverished hardware. Or they work remotely over > communications lines running at 150 baud. One of the great advantages > of Emacs is that it discriminates less than other programs. You can > use GNU Emacs to work in difficult circumstances. At 150 baud I would have thought people would stick to text and not use images. Anyway, trying to be pragmatic about it, I've created and installed some pbm files. If anyone who has compiled emacs without support for XPM images and/or uses pbm icons finds them unsuitable then please feel free to edit them. Nick