From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Please install: Some improvements to doc-view.el Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:49:46 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87bqbhkhc6.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> <58152.128.165.0.81.1191330286.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> <878x6ljwb4.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> <87fy0r2u3z.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> <87wsu1sear.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> <878x6gqqfa.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> <87abqt2x52.fsf@jurta.org> <87bqb8rmk2.fsf@jurta.org> <87ejfwgf5k.fsf@jurta.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1192654313 11315 80.91.229.12 (17 Oct 2007 20:51:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:51:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Leo Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 17 22:51:54 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 1IiFrs-0007Fh-Nn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:51:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IiFrl-00008B-6z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:51:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IiFps-0007qA-JJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:49:48 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IiFpr-0007p5-3s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:49:48 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IiFpq-0007p1-TX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:49:46 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IiFpq-0000LY-Mg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:49:46 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IiFpq-0003Jp-AC; Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:49:46 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Leo on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:15:06 +0100) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:81093 Archived-At: > > I think on Gnus attachments of PDF/PS/DVI files it should now use doc-view. > > > > What do others think about this question? Does anyone disagree with that? > > Only if it also works for Emacs running in terminal. > > If you are not running on a terminal, will the external program work? > I doubt it. Yes. By terminal I mean "XTerm" etc. That is a good point. If the current terminal is not graphical, Gnus should fall back on the external displayer, since in some cases that will work.