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Gnus: obsoleting picons support?

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From: Andrew Cohen <acohen <at> ust.hk>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 76035 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#76035: Gnus: obsoleting picons support?
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 08:26:33 +0800

>>>>> "SK" == Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> writes:

    SK> Severity: wishlist See the defcustom `gnus-picon-databases` and
    SK> related code.

    SK> This seems to owe to an early-web experiment from, by the looks
    SK> of things, 1997:

    SK>     "picons" is short for "personal icons". They're small,
    SK> constrained images used to represent users and domains on the
    SK> net, organized into databases so that the appropriate image for
    SK> a given e-mail address can be found. Besides users and domains,
    SK> there are picons databases for Usenet newsgroups and weather
    SK> forecasts. The picons are in either or both monochrome XBM and
    SK> color XPM formats, plus a GIF format.


I asked on emacs.gnus.general and found no one actively usings it
(although only a handful of responses).

I used to use it personally, but stopped a decade ago. I am in favor of
obsoleting it (although there might always be someone out there who is
using it).

Best,
Andy
-- 
Andrew Cohen

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