GNU bug report logs - #22442
25.0.50; --with-cairo does not display PNG on GNU/Linux

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 08:28:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: help

Merged with 21110

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu <mituharu <at> math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 22442 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22442: 25.0.50; --with-cairo does not display PNG on GNU/Linux
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 11:24:28 +0200

> From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
> Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 00:27:08 -0800
> 
> To reproduce the problem, configure Emacs --with-cairo, and then run these shell 
> commands:
> 
> wget https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/All_palaeotemps.png
> emacs -Q All_palaeotemps.png
> 
> Emacs shows a blank (or sometimes garbled) screen instead of the image.

Due to this and other issues with Cairo, and the lack of an active
developer who could work on fixing them, should we perhaps say in NEWS
that --with-cairo is still experimental?

Thanks.
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