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31.0.50; Support images in HTML versions of ELPA package manuals

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Message #44 received at 73425 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 73425 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, me <at> eshelyaron.com, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#73425: 31.0.50; Support images in HTML versions of ELPA
 package manuals
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 17:19:30 +0300

> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
> Cc: me <at> eshelyaron.com,  73425 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 12:46:25 +0000
> 
> >> Some kind of --embed flag, that would inline images.  So instead of
> >> generating
> >> 
> >>   <img src="/path/to/image.png" />
> >> 
> >> makeinfo could produce
> >> 
> >>   <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANS..."
> >
> > Ah, apologies for my misunderstanding.  No, such inlining is not
> > supported by Texinfo for HTML, AFAIK, they only support external image
> > files for HTML.  (DVI and PDF outputs do embed the image, I believe.)
> 
> What about the Info viewer in Emacs?

Same: it displays external image files, given a special control
sequence which refers to it.

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