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From: Martin Buchholz <mrb@Eng.Sun.COM>
To: Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr>
Cc: XEmacs Developers <xemacs-beta@xemacs.org>
Subject: Re: [Marc Nozell <marc@nozell.com>] xpm bug in Gnus v5.4.56
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Reply-To: Martin Buchholz <mrb@Eng.Sun.COM>

>>>>> "Hrv" == Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:

Hrv> Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@wonderworks.com> writes:
>> > > If you use valid instantiator, the instantiation code will then
>> > > fallback through the list if the GIF/JPEG/whatever image cannot be
>> > > instantiated.
>> > 
>> > Well, if the feature is not present, it's a decent reason not to
>> > instantiate the image. :-)
>> 
>> But if the feature is present the image still might not
>> instantiate.

Hrv> Yes, I know.  What I dispute is the second case: when the feature is
Hrv> *not* present, I'd like it to *not* instantiate silently, instead of
Hrv> raising an error.

I'm not sure you still need support on this point, but ...

I agree completely.

Martin

