GNU bug report logs - #963
no support for viewing bmp images?

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Emacs 24.1 will be able to view bmp files through the ImageMagick
library. However, it looks like this is not implemented for the Nextstep
port (from examining configure), nor for MS Windows (?), ref thread

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2010-09/msg01579.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2010-10/msg00002.html

The documentation doesn't seem to make this explicit, it probably
should.

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Subject: no support for viewing bmp images?
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I tried to open a bmp image file, but when it opened in a buffer it =20
shows ascii.
for example, i can view jpg, gif, png image files.


In GNU Emacs 22.2.1 (powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0, Carbon Version 1.6.0)
  of 2008-04-05 on g5.tokyo.stp.isas.jaxa.jp
Windowing system distributor `Apple Inc.', version 10.4.11
configured using `configure  '--prefix=3D/Applications/Emacs.app/=20
Contents/Resources' '--with-carbon' '--without-x' '--libexecdir=3D/=20
Volumes/Emacs/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/libexec' 'CFLAGS=3D-Os -arch =20
i386 -arch ppc -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -DUSE_ATSUI -=20=

DUSE_MAC_TSM''

Recent messages:
./Snapshot_001.bmp
./Snapshot_002.bmp
./Snapshot_003.bmp
./Snapshot_004.bmp

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