From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/64764 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Leo Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: unknown file gnus/etc/images/gnus/x-splash Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:56:06 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1181001539 28554 80.91.229.12 (4 Jun 2007 23:58:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 23:58:59 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M13275@lists.math.uh.edu Tue Jun 05 01:58:57 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HvMRs-0003cL-S6 for ding-account@gmane.org; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:58:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HvMQr-0000BY-UB; Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:57:53 -0500 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HvMQp-0000B4-QC for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:57:51 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1HvMQo-000435-Ge for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:57:51 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1HvMQn-0005SM-00 for ; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:57:49 +0200 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1HvMQJ-0000AW-VQ for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:57:20 +0200 Original-Received: from sl392.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.223.202]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:57:19 +0200 Original-Received: from sdl.web by sl392.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:57:19 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 31 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sl392.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACgAAAAoAgMAAADxkFD+AAAADFBMVEUvT09qWs3/pQD///+J kUVcAAAAAWJLR0QAiAUdSAAAAAlwSFlzAAALEwAACxMBAJqcGAAAAAd0SU1FB9cBBwMLOd3veKQA AACuSURBVBjTldE9CgIxEAXgB+lEyFUC2wo5ikdZ8DSypxhMY7H9VuIVwlqkGRgnm59VsHGafIQ3 CZlAtmKIRaHETgYa12lqvEsPYKf8wXHsPGfqPaUM0g9aJPKFXkmNQmSDqwzz4Fpgpz+6WAPY2z5o uPJJpu0uypcl4nyCibMLQ8lCiVjayLoQvw5LsVKQuHPRR958HZbOcVsKeepcLxpByjycGvnKmY+c MBvrtyjfe0vmuLvdq/kAAAAASUVORK5CYII= User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 Emacs 23 (20070531) MULE/6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Fedora 7 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:+20pEFFIOraJYgAH8F2FypeyrfQ= X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:64764 Archived-At: ----- Katsumi Yamaoka (2007-06-05) wrote:----- >> I found an unknown file in both the gnus source dir and the installed >> dir, that is gnus/etc/images/gnus/x-splash. What's the use of that file? > > That is an image file used for Emacsen that has no images > support. The data are bitmap pattern used as a stipple face. > This is technically excellent and arouses my curiosity. > > Though it or the program seems to be broken[1], you can see the > image somehow or other even if you use Emacs having the new > display engine. If you have the /some/where/x-splash file, try > evaluating this form: > > (progn > (require 'gnus) > (let ((fn (symbol-function 'nnheader-find-etc-directory)) > (gnus-group-buffer "*x-splash*")) > (fset 'nnheader-find-etc-directory > (lambda (&rest args) > "/some/where")) > (unwind-protect > (gnus-x-splash) > (fset 'nnheader-find-etc-directory fn)))) > > [1] I'd like to fix it some day. Thanks ;) -- Leo (GPG Key: 9283AA3F)