Re: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme

[David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>]

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>> It is mainly for images, but it is not the only way Emacs can display
>> images.
>
> It's not about image display; it's about image browsing.
>
>> What is special about tumme is that it displays small versions
>> of things. I.e., thumbnails.
>
> That might be special or new for Emacs now, but nearly all image viewers and
> editors use thumbnail images. I don't think that is special enough to be
> reflected in the library name. Especially since this library could be
> extended in the future to do more with images and other multimedia file
> types.
>
> As I said before:
>>> What is important for naming is that this is an
>>> editor/browser/viewer of the images contained in a directory.
>
> and
>>> it's not the thumbnails themselves that constitute the feature
>>> - it's the extension of editing/browsing/viewing to new file
>>> types, including images.
>
> Tumme adds image browsing to Emacs. It extends Dired-like behavior to other
> file types and displays thumbnail images of those files. That thumbnail
> images are used for image browsing is taken for granted by users, a
> no-brainer. The thumbnail feature will become less novel/noticeable in the
> future, and the library might well be extended to do more things with the
> files and treat more file types.
>
> I suggest emphasizing the library's Dired-like, image-browser
> behavior. I also propose integrating it with Dired, after the
> release.

Too late.  Try C-t C-h in dired.

-- 
David Kastrup