From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Image mode Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 13:08:04 +0100 Message-ID: <8664agq02j.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> 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 1170677320 25656 80.91.229.12 (5 Feb 2007 12:08:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 12:08:40 +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 13:08:34 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 1HE2e9-0003ER-1C for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 05 Feb 2007 13:08:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HE2e8-0007nc-JU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:08:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HE2dv-0007nW-AS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:08:19 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HE2ds-0007nK-SM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:08:18 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HE2ds-0007nH-Mo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:08:16 -0500 Original-Received: from pc3.berlin.powerweb.de ([62.67.228.11]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HE2ds-0006Wh-I5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:08:16 -0500 Original-Received: from quinscape.de (pd95b0fdb.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [217.91.15.219]) by pc3.berlin.powerweb.de (8.9.3p3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA05197 for ; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 13:08:11 +0100 X-Delivered-To: Original-Received: (qmail 22186 invoked from network); 5 Feb 2007 12:08:14 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO lola.quinscape.zz) ([10.0.3.43]) (envelope-sender ) by ns.quinscape.de (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 5 Feb 2007 12:08:14 -0000 Original-Received: by lola.quinscape.zz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id ED1CAC2B7A; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 13:08:04 +0100 (CET) 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/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:65914 Archived-At: "Juanma Barranquero" writes: > On 2/5/07, David Kastrup wrote: > >> Maybe this would even be a workable idea for auto-mode-alist (there >> are actually rather few extensions, like ".Z", where there would be >> some argument against it). > > And now, we're FINALLY BACK TO THE START!! Congratulations!! I said "maybe even". Does not sound like the start. > 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), a bit of > discussion, I propose using content auto-detection, another user or > developer agrees because he has thumbnail images with no > recognizable extension (from his camera), more discussion about > doing lower-case and then case-folded passes over `auto-mode-alist', > Richard says "No way" a few more times, image auto-detection gets > implemented, then security concerns arise... and the rest is > history. So I have not followed all of the discussion. Sue me. Anyway, your history does not list the details of using case folding just on image-file-name-extensions. Was that also discussed to some conclusion, or did it get lost among the auto-mode-alist noise? -- David Kastrup