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From: daniel@bigwalter.net (Daniel Jensen)
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Subject: Re: doc-view.el and emacs 21
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David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:

> daniel@bigwalter.net (Daniel Jensen) writes:
>
>> David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>>> daniel@bigwalter.net (Daniel Jensen) writes:
>>>
>>>> I haven't had a close look at doc-view.el, but I doubt it would be
>>>> impossible to work something out for Emacs 21. I could look into
>>>> this later today, but I'll have to get acquainted with the program
>>>> first.
>>>
>>> Why bother?  Emacs 22.1 has been released.
>>
>> That is a valid point, but it shouldn't be a bother. (If it is, I
>> don't think I'll do it anyway.)
>
> Emacs 21 does not support image slicing, either.  And backporting
> seems a bit pointless: if people are willing to install new software
> anyway, they'd be much better served installing Emacs 22 for so many
> reasons.

Yeah, you're right. It quite feasible to get it to run with Emacs 21,
but it won't work satisfactory.