bug-gnu-emacs
[Top][All Lists]
Advanced

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

bug#21738: 25.0.50; eww freezes/crashes at times


From: Glenn Morris
Subject: bug#21738: 25.0.50; eww freezes/crashes at times
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 12:59:02 -0400
User-agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/)

Kaushal Modi wrote:

> C-x C-f SOMEFILE.png
>
> When in the same buffer when I did
>
> C-x C-f SOMEOTHERFILE.png
>
> my emacs froze just like in that eww experiment!

I was going to say that this uses libpng, not ImageMagick.
But I see this has been changed in master v 24.5.
I see no relevant NEWS entry.

Previously (IIRC) we recommended against making such a change, precisely
because ImageMagick seemed to be a bit flakier than more "traditional"
image libraries.

(eww/shr is different since it uses ImageMagick so it can rescale.)





reply via email to

[Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread]