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24.3.50; hurdles getting Emacs to show images on MS Windows

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Message #17 received at 14762 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 14762 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: Re: bug#14762: 24.3.50;
 hurdles getting Emacs to show images on MS Windows
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 11:32:02 +0200

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 22:32:59 -0800
> Cc: 14762 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:
> 
> > 4. Better - much better - would be to include image support in GNU Emacs
> > out of the box.  On MS Windows.  And that is what users, especially new
> > users, EXPECT, and SHOULD expect.
> 
> Doesn't the Emacs Windows builds come with all the appropriate DLLs
> these days?

No.  The binary was compiled against those DLLs, but the DLLs
themselves need to be downloaded and installed by the end users.

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