Re: xcf thumbnail image file support?

[joakim@verona.se]

Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org> writes:

> joakim@verona.se wrote:
>> Hello list,
>>
>> Has anyone started work on displaying xcf thumbnail previews for
>> emacs?
>>   
> Do xcf files contain jpeg or png thumbnails within their metadata, or
> would we need another library to decode the image? If its the former,
> then a general image metadata mode to handle metadata and thumbnails in
> jpeg (exif) and tiff files as well as xcf might be a good approach.

I' not quite sure but it seems gimp saves thumbnails in ~/.thumbnails,
which aparently is a form of standard:
http://jens.triq.net/thumbnail-spec/

So the original question should be rephrased as:
Is there work in progress to make emacs support the "thumbnail
managing standard"?

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Joakim Verona