From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Image mode Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:32:23 +0100 Message-ID: <45C7CC97.7050003@gmail.com> References: <87k5yxeg19.fsf@jurta.org> <45C70ECD.70208@gmail.com> <86ejp4q1zn.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1170721981 10835 80.91.229.12 (6 Feb 2007 00:33:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 00:33:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: lekktu@gmail.com, cyd@mit.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org, juri@jurta.org, storm@cua.dk, miles@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 06 01:32:54 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 1HEEGT-0000Ye-OY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:32:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HEEGS-0002hE-KW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:32:52 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HEEGF-0002f0-KK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:32:39 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HEEGE-0002co-1f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:32:39 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HEEGD-0002cS-St for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:32:37 -0500 Original-Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net ([80.76.149.212]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1HEEG8-0008Sb-TW; Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:32:33 -0500 Original-Received: from c83-254-145-24.bredband.comhem.se ([83.254.145.24]:60753 helo=[127.0.0.1]) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HEEG6-0006AT-6H; Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:32:31 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.9) Gecko/20061207 Thunderbird/1.5.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.4.666 In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 000710-3, 2007-02-05), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1HEEG6-0006AT-6H. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1HEEG6-0006AT-6H 826c5f7d1af0a56a9bcc238f95fa0414 X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6? (barebone, rare!) 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:65983 Archived-At: Richard Stallman wrote: > Files for which the user is likely surprised that they are image > files. It seems like inappropriate file extensions (either those > suggesting a different major mode, or those suggesting nothing at all) > would be a good indicator. > > I didn't believe this before, and I don't believe it now. > There is no rational reason to assume that an extension of .jpg > means the file can't do harm. Most users do NOT feel suspicious > of files on account of a name ending in .jpg. > > If indeed it is safe to open images if and only if their extensions > say they are images, the reason would have to be something more subtle > than what people have said here so far. You can for example have heard that a new security bug was discovered in jpeg libraries. Then you would avoid opening jpeg images until this has been fixed. In such a case it is important to know how your program will open the images. (Will the program use the jpeg libraries?)