Re: Image mode

[David Kastrup]

"Juanma Barranquero" <address@hidden> writes:

> On 2/5/07, Juanma Barranquero <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Completely fine by me.
>
> On second thought, no, it's not fine by me.
>
> If you re-enable `image-toggle-display', having the images *not* shown
> by default is just an inconvenience: the user's gonna do C-c C-c and
> wonder why are we making things hard for him. There's no security
> protection at all, because the user won't be aware there's a security
> risk.
>
> So, if you want to re-enable it, let's scrap the whole last month of
> image changes and start rethinking it all: whether we want content
> auto-detection for images, how to warn the user of the possible risks,
> allowing easy customization for people that already understand the
> issues, etc.

Content auto-detection in connection with an image minor mode starting
in "on" state if the file name extension matches the recognized
content type, starting in "off" state with a notice

    Type C-c C-c to view as detected image type "JPG"

if it doesn't.

-- 
David Kastrup