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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 <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
* lisp/gnus/legacy-gnus-agent.el: Add Copyright notice.
2006-12-12 Reiner Steib <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
* man/gnus.texi (X-Face): Clarify. Say which programs are required on
Windows.
Revision: emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--devo--0--patch-558
author | Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> |
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date | Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:24:41 +0000 |
parents | 7d511b8dc9c6 |
children | 4104d9a4dfbd |
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--- a/man/gnus.texi Wed Dec 13 07:04:32 2006 +0000 +++ b/man/gnus.texi Thu Dec 14 01:24:41 2006 +0000 @@ -22175,21 +22175,26 @@ 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 +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}. - -The variable that controls this is the -@code{gnus-article-x-face-command} variable. If this variable is a +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. +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}).