From unknown Sun Jun 22 03:49:02 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#1524 <1524@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#1524 <1524@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: 23.0.60; gs.el - This code is experimental. Don't use it. Reply-To: bug#1524 <1524@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2025 10:49:02 +0000 retitle 1524 23.0.60; gs.el - This code is experimental. Don't use it. reassign 1524 emacs submitter 1524 Leo severity 1524 minor thanks From sl392@hermes.cam.ac.uk Tue Dec 9 13:32:36 2008 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2007-08-08) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.0000 Tokens: new, 19; hammy, 75; neutral, 61; spammy, 1. spammytokens:0.855-+--UD:com hammytokens:0.000-+--emacs, 0.000-+--23.0.60, 0.000-+--23060, 0.000-+--Emacs, 0.000-+--H*M:fsf X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.6 required=4.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED autolearn=ham version=3.2.3-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 9 Dec 2008 21:32:36 +0000 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org (fencepost.gnu.org [140.186.70.10]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id mB9LWXou018343 for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2008 13:32:34 -0800 Received: from mx10.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]:54733) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1LAABR-0004Rf-HM for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:31:57 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LAABz-0000nE-Fh for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:32:32 -0500 Received: from ppsw-0.csi.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.8.130]:60022) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LAABy-0000mq-TQ for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:32:31 -0500 X-Cam-AntiVirus: no malware found X-Cam-SpamDetails: not scanned X-Cam-ScannerInfo: http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/email/scanner/ Received: from smaug.linux.pwf.cam.ac.uk ([193.60.95.72]:48348) by ppsw-0.csi.cam.ac.uk (smtp.hermes.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.150]:587) with esmtpsa (LOGIN:sl392) (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:256) id 1LAABu-0003M5-29 (Exim 4.70) for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org (return-path ); Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:32:26 +0000 From: Leo To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org Subject: 23.0.60; gs.el - This code is experimental. Don't use it. Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:32:25 +0000 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: "Leo, Shidai Liu" X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Hi there, I really have no idea what gs.el does. The code looks sketchy leading me to believe the comment in its header actually is true. This code is experimental. Don't use it. Bye, -- .: Leo :. [ sdl.web AT gmail.com ] .: I use Emacs :. From cyd@stupidchicken.com Tue Dec 9 15:51:23 2008 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2007-08-08) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.0000 Tokens: new, 10; hammy, 46; neutral, 40; spammy, 0. spammytokens: hammytokens:0.000-+--23060, 0.000-+--23.0.60, 0.000-+--H*M:fsf, 0.000-+--H*MI:fsf, 0.000-+--UD:el X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=4.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: (at 1524) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 9 Dec 2008 23:51:23 +0000 Received: from cyd.mit.edu (CYD.MIT.EDU [18.115.2.24]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id mB9NpKP0025603 for <1524@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Tue, 9 Dec 2008 15:51:21 -0800 Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CBBD657E09E; Tue, 9 Dec 2008 18:51:24 -0500 (EST) From: Chong Yidong To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Cc: Leo , 1524@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: 23.0.60; gs.el - This code is experimental. Don't use it. Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:51:24 -0500 Message-ID: <87iqps29hf.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > I really have no idea what gs.el does. The code looks sketchy leading me > to believe the comment in its header actually is true. > > This code is experimental. Don't use it. Looks like cruft to me too. Does anyone object to removing this file? 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Don't use it. Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:58:59 +0100 Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: <87iqps29hf.fsf__8562.06533867425$1228867568$gmane$org@cyd.mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: remote1.student.chalmers.se Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.110009 (No Gnus v0.9) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:XDP1YWm9qVrm72GmyoUQTYqim64= Sender: news X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Chong Yidong writes: >> I really have no idea what gs.el does. The code looks sketchy leading me >> to believe the comment in its header actually is true. >> >> This code is experimental. Don't use it. > > Looks like cruft to me too. It is the implementation of this feature: (info "(elisp) PostScript Images") From sl392@cam.ac.uk Fri Jan 9 21:10:58 2009 Received: (at 1524) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 10 Jan 2009 05:10:58 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=4.0 tests=none autolearn=ham version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from ppsw-7.csi.cam.ac.uk (ppsw-7.csi.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.137]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n0A5AtXD030591 for <1524@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 21:10:56 -0800 X-Cam-AntiVirus: no malware found X-Cam-SpamDetails: not scanned X-Cam-ScannerInfo: http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/email/scanner/ Received: from [121.207.29.235] (port=5249 helo=localhost) by ppsw-7.csi.cam.ac.uk (smtp.hermes.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.157]:587) with esmtpsa (PLAIN:sl392) (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) id 1LLW7X-0008PO-PY (Exim 4.70) (return-path ); Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:10:53 +0000 From: Leo To: Chong Yidong Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, 1524@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: 23.0.60; gs.el - This code is experimental. Don't use it. In-Reply-To: <87iqps29hf.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> (Chong Yidong's message of "Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:51:24 -0500") Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:10:18 +0000 Message-ID: References: <87iqps29hf.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: "Leo, Shidai Liu" On 2008-12-09 23:51 +0000, Chong Yidong wrote: >> I really have no idea what gs.el does. The code looks sketchy leading me >> to believe the comment in its header actually is true. >> >> This code is experimental. Don't use it. > > Looks like cruft to me too. > > Does anyone object to removing this file? I think it is safe to remove (info "(elisp)PostScript Images") and gs.el now that over a month has passed. Best, Leo From cyd@stupidchicken.com Sat Jan 10 05:22:47 2009 Received: (at 1524) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 10 Jan 2009 13:22:47 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.0 required=4.0 tests=GMAIL autolearn=no version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from cyd.mit.edu (CYD.MIT.EDU [18.115.2.24]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n0ADMiLl027384 for <1524@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:22:45 -0800 Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 98FF757E197; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 08:22:56 -0500 (EST) From: Chong Yidong To: Leo Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, 1524@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: 23.0.60; gs.el - This code is experimental. Don't use it. References: <87iqps29hf.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 08:22:56 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Leo's message of "Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:10:18 +0000") Message-ID: <87priv5m8f.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Leo writes: > I think it is safe to remove (info "(elisp)PostScript Images") and > gs.el now that over a month has passed. It's used in image.c. We should probably try to fix it if it doesn't work properly. From sl392@cam.ac.uk Sat Jan 10 19:51:49 2009 Received: (at 1524) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 11 Jan 2009 03:51:49 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.0 required=4.0 tests=GMAIL autolearn=no version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from ppsw-7.csi.cam.ac.uk (ppsw-7.csi.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.137]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n0B3pjn7028128 for <1524@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:51:47 -0800 X-Cam-AntiVirus: no malware found X-Cam-SpamDetails: not scanned X-Cam-ScannerInfo: http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/email/scanner/ Received: from [121.207.29.235] (port=46753 helo=localhost) by ppsw-7.csi.cam.ac.uk (smtp.hermes.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.157]:587) with esmtpsa (PLAIN:sl392) (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) id 1LLrMV-0002lJ-PR (Exim 4.70) (return-path ); Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:51:44 +0000 From: Leo To: Chong Yidong Cc: 1524@debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Subject: Re: 23.0.60; gs.el - This code is experimental. Don't use it. In-Reply-To: <87priv5m8f.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> (Chong Yidong's message of "Sat, 10 Jan 2009 08:22:56 -0500") Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:51:11 +0000 Message-ID: References: <87iqps29hf.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <87priv5m8f.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: "Leo, Shidai Liu" On 2009-01-10 13:22 +0000, Chong Yidong wrote: > Leo writes: > >> I think it is safe to remove (info "(elisp)PostScript Images") and >> gs.el now that over a month has passed. > > It's used in image.c. We should probably try to fix it if it doesn't > work properly. I don't use it so I don't know whether it has bugs. I suspect it has. But I'm mostly concerned by the comment in the source which advise users not to use it. Best, Leo From monnier@iro.umontreal.ca Sun Jan 11 06:57:50 2009 Received: (at 1524) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 11 Jan 2009 14:57:50 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. 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Message-ID: References: <87iqps29hf.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <87priv5m8f.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 09:57:39 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Leo's message of "Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:51:11 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >>> I think it is safe to remove (info "(elisp)PostScript Images") and >>> gs.el now that over a month has passed. >> It's used in image.c. We should probably try to fix it if it doesn't >> work properly. > I don't use it so I don't know whether it has bugs. I suspect it > has. But I'm mostly concerned by the comment in the source which advise > users not to use it. IIRC David Kastrup would know how broken it is. 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Don't use it. From: Leo To: Stefan Monnier Cc: Leo , Chong Yidong , 1524@debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, kastrup@gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 2009/1/11 Stefan Monnier : >>>> I think it is safe to remove (info "(elisp)PostScript Images") and >>>> gs.el now that over a month has passed. >>> It's used in image.c. We should probably try to fix it if it doesn't >>> work properly. >> I don't use it so I don't know whether it has bugs. I suspect it >> has. But I'm mostly concerned by the comment in the source which advise >> users not to use it. > > IIRC David Kastrup would know how broken it is. Ping? > Stefan > From sl392@hermes.cam.ac.uk Wed Feb 4 08:17:01 2009 Received: (at 1524) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 4 Feb 2009 16:17:01 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. 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References: <87iqps29hf.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <87priv5m8f.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:16:51 +0000 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Sun, 11 Jan 2009 09:57:39 -0500") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: "Leo, Shidai Liu" On 2009-01-11 14:57 +0000, Stefan Monnier wrote: [...] > IIRC David Kastrup would know how broken it is. Here is David's response. ------------------------------------------------ Leo writes: > 2009/1/11 Stefan Monnier : >>>>> I think it is safe to remove (info "(elisp)PostScript Images") and >>>>> gs.el now that over a month has passed. >>>> It's used in image.c. We should probably try to fix it if it >doesn't >>>> work properly. >>> I don't use it so I don't know whether it has bugs. I suspect it >>> has. But I'm mostly concerned by the comment in the source which >advise >>> users not to use it. >> >> IIRC David Kastrup would know how broken it is. > > Stefan's email sent an email address of yours which is no longer in > use. Could you comment this in emacs-devel mailing list? Pass it on if you want to. There are a lot of problems due to Ghostscript rendering directly to Pixmaps. Every image is rendered with its own Ghostscript process, but the parameter passing requires X properties as a global resource. This is done once per Ghostscript session and includes the display dimensions, so it can't really be extended to multiple image rendering without further Ghostscript API changes. The display code triggering the display is rather asynchronous: I've not been able figuring out how it is rooted in the bowels of the display engine. In practice, it worked more or less for a single image rendering per Emacs session. It doesn't scale at all. Serious work both in Ghostscript as well as in Emacs would be required to make this a smooth working feature, and I see no candidate for either. ------------------------------------------------ From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Dec 12 17:20:37 2016 Received: (at 1524-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Dec 2016 22:20:37 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39670 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cGYxZ-00036o-Hn for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2016 17:20:37 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46807) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cGYxX-00036b-W9 for 1524-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2016 17:20:36 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cGYxS-0003Ty-0E for 1524-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2016 17:20:30 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:35752) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cGYxR-0003Tu-UK for 1524-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2016 17:20:29 -0500 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1cGYxR-0000o1-BW; Mon, 12 Dec 2016 17:20:29 -0500 From: Glenn Morris To: 1524-done@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#1524: 23.0.60; gs.el - This code is experimental. Don't use it. References: <87iqps29hf.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <87priv5m8f.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> X-Spook: Venezuela Disaster medical assistance team weapons of X-Ran: Y[G(H'RrJO-}>>6/OL@nLadg)0rDHnjk|H"sz[g-rx$^s*cxU X-Hue: magenta X-Attribution: GM Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 17:20:29 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Leo's message of "Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:16:51 +0000") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-Spam-Score: -8.1 (--------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 1524-done X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -8.1 (--------) Version: 26.1 In 3c65523 I obsoleted it (which breaks it, since obsolete files aren't scanned for autoloads. I've never seen it used.) I think ImageMagick images can do whatever this did, better. From unknown Sun Jun 22 03:49:02 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:24:04 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator