Re: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme

[David Kastrup]

Dieter Wilhelm <address@hidden> writes:

> "Robert J. Chassell" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>
>> I hardly ever look at images or movies.  Indeed, I know so little that
>> was confused by the similarity between
>>
>>     ;;; thumbs.el --- Thumbnails previewer for images files
>>     ;;; thumbnails.el --- use dired to browse and manipulate your images
>>
>
> It's mainly about this ambiguous situation in the manual of Emacs.
>
> As far as I can tell, there will likely be a strong recommendation
> of tumme aka thumbnails aka dired-image (or whatever 8-)) in the
> manual.  And thumbs will remain as an option for people who long for
> the freedom of looking for alternatives.  (At least for the viewing
> part of tumme, less so for the image managing part.)

They would have this freedom even if we did not distribute thumbs as
part of Emacs.  That might be the least confusing option.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum