Re: Putting auto-image-file-mode in Options menu

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 05:44:04 +0900
> From: Miles Bader <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden,
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> 
> On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:25:29 -0500, Richard Stallman <address@hidden> wrote:
> >     BTW, shouldn't "image-file.el" (the source file for `auto-image-mode')
> >     be moved to lisp/obsolete, now that image-mode is preferred?
> > 
> > I don't know if it is totally obsolete.  Does anyone think it
> > isn't?
> 
> I'll note my experience:  I actually use `auto-image-mode' a lot
> (surprised Stefan? :), mostly for a quick peek at images in a
> directory I'm visiting witih dired, and image-mode seems to work great
> for that case.

On MS-Windows, auto-image-mode helps me view image files for which no
standard viewer comes with the OS.  PPM images are a case in point.