Re: Please install: Some improvements to doc-view.el

[Leo]

On 2007-10-17 21:49 +0100, Richard Stallman wrote:
>     >     >     I think on Gnus attachments of PDF/PS/DVI files it should now 
> use doc-view.
>     >     >
>     >     > What do others think about this question?  Does anyone disagree 
> with that?
>     >
>     >     Only if it also works for Emacs running in terminal.
>     >
>     > If you are not running on a terminal, will the external program work?
>     > I doubt it.
>
>     Yes. By terminal I mean "XTerm" etc.
>
> That is a good point.  If the current terminal is not graphical,
> Gnus should fall back on the external displayer, since in some
> cases that will work.

Many programs can display images in terminals (including the linux
consoles) for example 'elinks' and 'w3m'. I'd be best if Emacs can also
do it.

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