GNU bug report logs - #34346
ImageMagick: hang when opening text (racket) files with .art extension

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>

Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2019 12:32:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 22289

Found in versions 24.3, 26.1

Fixed in version 26.2

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, 34346 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#34346: 26.1; Big hang when opening text (racket) files with .art extension (image-mode)
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 05:30:20 +0200

> From: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 34346 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 21:53:26 +0100
> 
> If the extension does not match Emacs' expectations, it should not freeze it for
> a minute and almost halt the computer to a grind.
> 
> In other words, Emacs should fail gracefully when image-mode does not make sense
> with the actual content of the file.
> 
> Does that make sense?

I does, I just think that your desire is generally unattainable, even
though in the specific case in point perhaps we should simply drop
support for .art extensions.
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