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Merge from gnus--rel--5.10 Patches applied: * gnus--rel--5.10 (patch 173-175) - Merge from emacs--devo--0 - Update from CVS - Update from CVS: lisp/legacy-gnus-agent.el: Add Copyright notice. 2006-12-13 Reiner Steib <[e-mail]> * lisp/gnus/legacy-gnus-agent.el: Add Copyright notice. 2006-12-12 Reiner Steib <[e-mail]> * man/gnus.texi (X-Face): Clarify. Say which programs are required on Windows. Revision: [e-mail]/emacs--devo--0--patch-558

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@samp{compface} support (which most XEmacs versions has), or that you
have suitable conversion or display programs installed.  If your Emacs
has image support the default action is to display the face before the
@code{From} header.  If there's no native @code{X-Face} support, Gnus
will try to convert the @code{X-Face} header using external programs
from the @code{pbmplus} package and friends.  For XEmacs it's faster if
XEmacs has been compiled with @code{X-Face} support.  The default action
under Emacs without image support is to fork off the @code{display}
program.

On a GNU/Linux system, the @code{display} program is from the
ImageMagick package.  For external conversion programs look for packages
with names like @code{netpbm}, @code{libgr-progs} and @code{compface}.

The variable that controls this is the
@code{gnus-article-x-face-command} variable.  If this variable is a
string, this string will be executed in a sub-shell.  If it is a
function, this function will be called with the face as the argument.
If @code{gnus-article-x-face-too-ugly} (which is a regexp) matches
the @code{From} header, the face will not be shown.

(Note: @code{x-face} is used in the variable/function names, not
@code{xface}).

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@samp{compface} support (which most XEmacs versions has), or that you
have suitable conversion or display programs installed.  If your Emacs
has image support the default action is to display the face before the
@code{From} header.  If there's no native @code{X-Face} support, Gnus
will try to convert the @code{X-Face} header using external programs
from the @code{pbmplus} package and friends, see below.  For XEmacs it's
faster if XEmacs has been compiled with @code{X-Face} support.  The
default action under Emacs without image support is to fork off the
@code{display} program.

On a GNU/Linux system, the @code{display} program is included in the
ImageMagick package.  For external conversion programs look for packages
with names like @code{netpbm}, @code{libgr-progs} and @code{compface}.
On Windows, you may use the packages @code{netpbm} and @code{compface}
from @url{http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net}.  You need to add the
@code{bin} directory to your @code{PATH} environment variable.
@c In fact only the following DLLs and binaries seem to be required:
@c compface1.dll uncompface.exe libnetpbm10.dll icontopbm.exe

The variable @code{gnus-article-x-face-command} controls which programs
are used to display the @code{X-Face} header.  If this variable is a
string, this string will be executed in a sub-shell.  If it is a
function, this function will be called with the face as the argument.
If @code{gnus-article-x-face-too-ugly} (which is a regexp) matches the
@code{From} header, the face will not be shown.

(Note: @code{x-face} is used in the variable/function names, not
@code{xface}).

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