Re: Inline images, was Re: Variable slur thickness

[David Wright]

On Thu 10 Mar 2016 at 10:19:29 (-0600), Cynthia Karl wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Mar 2016 06:04:57 -0700 (MST) tisimst <address@hidden> schrieb:
> > 
> > HTH,
> > Abraham
> > 
> > P.S. Some of the power users on this list filter inline images, so if you
> > wouldn't mind making the image an attachment next time, I know they'll
> > appreciate it. :-)
> 
> Why on earth would anyone filter inline images?  They are extremely 
> convenient.  They’re right there in the email, one doesn’t have to change 
> context to a browser and interrupt the flow of reading the message.

There are plenty of explanations on the web about the disadvantages of
inline images. Myself, I don't filter them, but I read emails as text,
which amounts to the same thing.

> On the other hand, for me who gets the lilypond-user messages in the Digest 
> form, attachments suck big time.  For example, below after the "-------- next 
> part ————“ line is a link to such an attachment (I think).  When I click on 
> that link, the result is:
> 
> > Not Found
> > 
> > The requested URL 
> > /archive/html/lilypond-user/attachments/20160310/4addc8f3/attachment.html 
> > was not found on this server.

Agreed, there is a problem. The links are set wrongly, yet the
attachments exist elsewhere. For example, the attachment given
in the digest as
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/attachments/20160312/6eba7c13/attachment.png
is actually at
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2016-03/pngHJxj6irVRF.png

> That’s not very convenient at all.  Am I the only one with this problem?  
> What’s the solution?

Dunno. Step one is emailing the webmaster, which I've done.

> Maybe it would be nice if inline images were also added as attachments?

Yes; maybe they will.

Cheers,
David.