Subject: bug#8681: 23.3; (gnus-face-from-file ...) bug in Gnus v5.13 on GNU Emacs 23.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) on Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 3

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 15:27:05 -0400

Benjamin L. Russell wrote:

> For some reason, now Gnus v5.13 in GNU Emacs 23.3.1
> (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) on Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 3,
> refuses to invoke the (gnus-face-from-file ...) function correctly in
> ~/.gnus.el.

The Gnus manual says:

   `gnus-face-from-file' takes a JPEG file as the parameter, and then
   converts the file to Face format by using the
   `gnus-convert-image-to-face-command' shell command.

gnus-convert-image-to-face-command has the default value:

  "convert -scale 48x48! %s -colors %d png:-"

I know nothing about MS Windows, but I'd be surprised if this works there.