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29.0.50; unhelpful error message when unable to create PDF thumbnail

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From: Mike Kupfer <mkupfer <at> alum.berkeley.edu>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 29.0.50; unhelpful error message when unable to create PDF thumbnail
Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2022 18:43:27 -0800

I have a directory that has a few PDFs--they are magazine downloads
(e.g., IEEE Computer) and apparently have some password protections on
them.

When I try to view the directory using image-dired, I get an image-dired
buffer with some tofu in lieu of the cover thumbnails, plus an error
message in the echo area.  Perhaps that's to be expected, though I'll
note that I do get thumbnails when I browse the directory with a GUI
file browser (e.g., Thunar).

The point of this bug report is that the error message isn't all that
helpful.  I get

  Thumb could not be created for ~/ToRead/a/2022-01/mco202201.issue.pdf:
  exited abnormally with code 1

Looking in *Messages*, I see a bunch of "Cannot find image file"
messages, referring to .jpg files that image-dired apparently expects to
find in ~/.emacs.d/image-dired, but nothing else that appears to be
related to the failure to create the thumbnail.

If I turn on image-dired debugging, I see this line in *Messages*:

  Running convert -size 128x128 /home/kupfer/ToRead/a/2022-01/mco202201.issue.pdf[0] -resize 128x128> -strip jpeg:/home/kupfer/.emacs.d/image-dired/22c69e148696b90d8934e227f0bdedcba4d5314c.jpg

If I run that command by hand, I do get some additional diagnostic
output.  I think image-dired should capture that and report it to the
user.

alto$ convert -size 128x128 /home/kupfer/ToRead/a/2022-01/mco202201.issue.pdf -resize "128x128>" -strip jpeg:/home/kupfer/.emacs.d/image-dired/22c69e148696b90d8934e227f0bdedcba4d5314c.jpg
convert-im6.q16: attempt to perform an operation not allowed by the security policy `PDF' @ error/constitute.c/IsCoderAuthorized/421.
convert-im6.q16: no images defined `jpeg:/home/kupfer/.emacs.d/image-dired/22c69e148696b90d8934e227f0bdedcba4d5314c.jpg' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3229.

I've reproduced this with "emacs -Q".

The revision hash below includes some changes to MH-E and to the
function move-file-to-trash.  It is based on 8721e87a6ec.

regards,
mike

In GNU Emacs 29.0.50 (build 3, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, cairo
 version 1.16.0, Xaw scroll bars) of 2022-11-06 built on alto
Repository revision: f749a1dd7875a83e6415d8c512c5659f0f23c834
Repository branch: master-mdk
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12011000
System Description: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)

Configured using:
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