Default to using imagemagick?

Default to using imagemagick?

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Is there any reason imagemagick doesn't default to "on"?  I propose the
following patch:

=== modified file 'configure.in'
*** configure.in	2010-09-26 15:18:47 +0000
--- configure.in	2010-09-26 15:25:00 +0000
***************
*** 156,162 ****
  OPTION_DEFAULT_ON([png],[don't compile with PNG image support])
  OPTION_DEFAULT_ON([rsvg],[don't compile with SVG image support])
  OPTION_DEFAULT_ON([xml2],[don't compile with XML parsing support])
! OPTION_DEFAULT_OFF([imagemagick],[compile with ImageMagick image support])
  
  OPTION_DEFAULT_ON([xft],[don't use XFT for anti aliased fonts])
  OPTION_DEFAULT_ON([libotf],[don't use libotf for OpenType font support])
--- 156,162 ----
  OPTION_DEFAULT_ON([png],[don't compile with PNG image support])
  OPTION_DEFAULT_ON([rsvg],[don't compile with SVG image support])
  OPTION_DEFAULT_ON([xml2],[don't compile with XML parsing support])
! OPTION_DEFAULT_ON([imagemagick],[compile with ImageMagick image support])
  
  OPTION_DEFAULT_ON([xft],[don't use XFT for anti aliased fonts])
  OPTION_DEFAULT_ON([libotf],[don't use libotf for OpenType font support])



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  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen

Re: Default to using imagemagick?

[Romain Francoise]

Note: if you flip the default, please make the configure script
disable ImageMagick if --with-x=no, as it does with other image
libraries.

Re: Default to using imagemagick?

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Romain Francoise <romain@orebokech.com> writes:

> Note: if you flip the default, please make the configure script
> disable ImageMagick if --with-x=no, as it does with other image
> libraries.

Yup.

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Re: Default to using imagemagick?

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Is there any reason imagemagick doesn't default to "on"?

Nobody protested, so I flipped the imagemagick defaults.
--without-imagemagick if you don't want it.

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Re: Default to using imagemagick?

[Miles Bader]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
>> Is there any reason imagemagick doesn't default to "on"?
>
> Nobody protested, so I flipped the imagemagick defaults.
> --without-imagemagick if you don't want it.

Probably a good idea.

I was just reading through the ImageMagick API docs though, and man
does it have the Most Gratuitously Awful Naming Scheme Ever --
practically every function/type name is _absurdly_ generic (e.g.,
"ReadStream", "ExceptionInfo", "GetGeometry", ...), and seem almost
intended to cause conflicts with user programs (or other libraries
with poorly named functions).  [this is in C, remember, no namespaces]

Gahhh.. this is the GNU standard image library?!

-Miles

p.s., of course I'm ignoring the cutesy names, which are merely
silly, not an actual hazard...

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