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Re: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme
From: |
David Kastrup |
Subject: |
Re: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme |
Date: |
Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:53:30 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.91 (gnu/linux) |
"Drew Adams" <address@hidden> writes:
>> It is mainly for images, but it is not the only way Emacs can display
>> images.
>
> It's not about image display; it's about image browsing.
>
>> What is special about tumme is that it displays small versions
>> of things. I.e., thumbnails.
>
> That might be special or new for Emacs now, but nearly all image viewers and
> editors use thumbnail images. I don't think that is special enough to be
> reflected in the library name. Especially since this library could be
> extended in the future to do more with images and other multimedia file
> types.
>
> As I said before:
>>> What is important for naming is that this is an
>>> editor/browser/viewer of the images contained in a directory.
>
> and
>>> it's not the thumbnails themselves that constitute the feature
>>> - it's the extension of editing/browsing/viewing to new file
>>> types, including images.
>
> Tumme adds image browsing to Emacs. It extends Dired-like behavior to other
> file types and displays thumbnail images of those files. That thumbnail
> images are used for image browsing is taken for granted by users, a
> no-brainer. The thumbnail feature will become less novel/noticeable in the
> future, and the library might well be extended to do more things with the
> files and treat more file types.
>
> I suggest emphasizing the library's Dired-like, image-browser
> behavior. I also propose integrating it with Dired, after the
> release.
Too late. Try C-t C-h in dired.
--
David Kastrup
- RE: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme, (continued)
- RE: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme, Drew Adams, 2007/04/19
- Re: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme, Richard Stallman, 2007/04/18
- Re: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme, Kim F. Storm, 2007/04/19
- Re: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme, David Kastrup, 2007/04/19
- Re: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme, Mathias Dahl, 2007/04/19
- Re: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme, David Kastrup, 2007/04/19
- Re: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme, Markus Triska, 2007/04/19
- Re: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme, Mathias Dahl, 2007/04/19
- Re: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme, Richard Stallman, 2007/04/20
- RE: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme, Drew Adams, 2007/04/20
- Re: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme,
David Kastrup <=
- RE: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme, Drew Adams, 2007/04/20
- Re: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme, Richard Stallman, 2007/04/21
- Re: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme, Nick Roberts, 2007/04/21
- Re: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme, Chong Yidong, 2007/04/21
- RE: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme, Drew Adams, 2007/04/22
- Re: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/04/22
- Re: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme, Mathias Dahl, 2007/04/22
- Re: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme, David Kastrup, 2007/04/22
- Re: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/04/22
- Re: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/04/22