From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Antero Mejr via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#63531: [PATCH] View DICOM and Sixel images using image-convert Date: Tue, 16 May 2023 17:38:06 +0000 Message-ID: <87ttwcrxc1.fsf@mailbox.org> References: <87cz31fa0q.fsf@mailbox.org> <83h6scz1ma.fsf@gnu.org> <871qjgtc37.fsf@mailbox.org> Reply-To: Antero Mejr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="3846"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 63531@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue May 16 19:39:16 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pyydo-0000kd-IU for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 16 May 2023 19:39:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pyyde-0006nC-1N; Tue, 16 May 2023 13:39:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pyyda-0006mO-Mi for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 May 2023 13:39:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pyyda-00018H-5K for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 May 2023 13:39:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pyydZ-00008B-Sm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 May 2023 13:39:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Antero Mejr Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 16 May 2023 17:39:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 63531 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 63531-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B63531.1684258700439 (code B ref 63531); Tue, 16 May 2023 17:39:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 63531) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 May 2023 17:38:20 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47628 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pyycu-00006y-2w for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 16 May 2023 13:38:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mout-p-101.mailbox.org ([80.241.56.151]:34648) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pyycr-00006b-Cx for 63531@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 16 May 2023 13:38:18 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp2.mailbox.org (smtp2.mailbox.org [IPv6:2001:67c:2050:b231:465::2]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-384) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mout-p-101.mailbox.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4QLNk947x4z9sWp; Tue, 16 May 2023 19:38:09 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mailbox.org; s=mail20150812; t=1684258689; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=dTty6g0u38EW5Shzdv3oqc3sP1CiQaaeaF0uBOQPCT8=; b=yGyFlwo7EvNTKecifLTjIKPi3DxRZPSgIaI95dI12uUxAS0KurF6m4nC8W97lqchVGE7wo 5CaEwHxiHuPnUO/lBWlr58LIGXM+8qqPouP3PcWro/X/ALIMHCYAVMDtRlUkdGpgV9CxTi Ba3Rq4yYzIIWBU3Twy8Ru4By9skiARsODJYvS12lrXMIUJS2VNH8soqC3RZjSol/Aqg6ku MvrXbhMfUu8ePoPgKZIUOuKi6CWqgCyiu3F7QAnImx7z8ktzhXQiTv4F73IxrAr5vT08Fh 6NulAkxV3+AEkO0s3Pnk2LqsXuifWKKPXFHQEk44abmEpPsrp0US2h4s5oJdXg== In-Reply-To: <871qjgtc37.fsf@mailbox.org> (Antero Mejr's message of "Tue, 16 May 2023 17:34:04 +0000") X-MBO-RS-ID: f6c6e70a3f44e990795 X-MBO-RS-META: 8x7dtaqpgqkfd1irk6yyj9689juskzox X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:261800 Archived-At: Antero Mejr writes: > Eli Zaretskii writes: > >>> Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 23:30:13 +0000 >>> From: Antero Mejr via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, >>> the Swiss army knife of text editors" >>> >>> These patches add .dcm and .six to auto-mode-alist, so they can be >>> viewed with image-convert. The Six patch also adds SIX as an ImageMagick >>> type. >> >> Do we want to include their support in Emacs? AFAIU, these aren't >> free formats. > > I'm not an lawyer but to the best of my knowledge neither format has any > sort of licensing, trademark, or patent encumberances. > > DICOM is free to implement and view without licenses. The specification > is available online but the spec itself is copyright of NEMA. It's a > metadata wrapper over JPEG mainly. > > I think the Sixel "format" is more of a simple convention than a formal > specification with licenses, patents, etc. Implementations use the DEC > VT330 manual as a "spec" I guess. > >> And since supporting them boils down to customizing >> auto-mode-alist, why cannot users do that themselves? > > For usability I think it's good for things to (mostly) work out of the > box. Forgot to CC the mailing list, sorry.