Re: .gif image fails to display correctly

[Kim F. Storm]

"Chris Moore" <address@hidden> writes:

> On 3/22/07, Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Chong Yidong <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> > Animated gifs aren't supported in Emacs.
>>
>> Mine does :-)
>>
>> ;;; animage.el --- animated image API
>
> That's quite nice, but it doesn't work on the high-colour image
> either.  Each frame is cleared before displaying the next.

That's a problem with the C-level GIF file parser - it doesn't
interpret the finer details of GIF images.  I'll look into that
after the release.

>
> Also, even after killing the image buffer, Emacs continues to use all
> available CPU time.  Shouldn't killing the buffer stop the animation
> loop from running?

It stops when the timer runs out.  Adding a "buffer live" check seems
like a good idea.

>
> And: are you looping all animated gifs?  Some aren't supposed to loop, I 
> think.

Probably yes...

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