Re: MIME parts not saved

[Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>]

Dan Christensen wrote:
> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

>> Dan Christensen <jdc@uwo.ca> writes:
>>
>>> I would prefer to not have deletion after one minute, but I'm not
>>> sure what other people think.  For example, if I view an image
>>> using eog, the window goes blank as soon as the file is deleted.
>>
>> That's unfortunate, but I think that if you wish to do image treatment
>> (and stuff), it would make more sense to save the image, and then start
>> whatever command you want to use on that saved file.  The `v'-iew
>> related commands are more for viewing.

> All I'm doing is viewing, using the standard gnome image viewer.  I
> pop-up the image of a cat riding a roomba, and by the time I bring my
> laptop over to my wife to impress her, all that eog displays is a blank
> image.  It would save me a lot of embarrassment(*) if Gnus wouldn't
> delete the file until later.  Especially with Katsumi's fancy
> delete-at-exit code, there doesn't seem to be much point in deleting
> the files using a timer...

> There are other programs which are used purely for viewing attachments
> which also choke when the file they are viewing disappears, and it's not
> unusual to need to spend a lot more than a minute reading a document.

> Dan

> (*) Or maybe you think the current behaviour is already saving me
> some embarrassment?

Please let me make a simple question.  Does it take over one
minute when viewing an image by eog?  Someone said it's fast[1].
If it needs more than one minute, how long should we prolong a
timer value?  I don't think it is down-to-earth if it takes over
one minute, though.

Please see also [2] for the privacy issue.

[1] http://community.linuxmint.com/software/view/eog
[2] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/162539