From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Please install: Some improvements to doc-view.el Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:47:14 -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> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1191707275 10167 80.91.229.12 (6 Oct 2007 21:47:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 21:47:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 06 23:47:52 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 1IeHUs-0004Ck-H3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Oct 2007 23:47:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IeHUn-0000Bp-OM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:47:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IeHUk-0000Bi-6s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:47:34 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IeHUh-0000BW-Hw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:47:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IeHUh-0000BT-Bm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:47:31 -0400 Original-Received: from bas-flu-bbcs-dynip-209-209.vtx.ch ([83.228.209.209] helo=ceviche.home) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IeHUc-0001XM-EN; Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:47:26 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id A9CB8B40AF; Sat, 6 Oct 2007 17:47:14 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87wsu1sear.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> (Tassilo Horn's message of "Fri\, 05 Oct 2007 18\:43\:08 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:80352 Archived-At: > But what if we use my change in `dired-view-file' and add an additional > test for (featurep 'doc-view)? Then users would only be asked if > doc-view should be used for pdf/ps/dvi files if they required it > explicitly. If they do so, we can be sure that they have the needed > external programs installed. But this would mean that merely loading doc-view.el changes the behavior of dired-view-file. Since loading a package should not change the behavior of Emacs (because the load may take place for all kinds of reasons), I think it's not a good solution, Stefan