Re: [Q] Re: Version of image-mode.el which doesn't use format-alist

>> > When using this image-mode.el, starting up XEmacs spits out >> messages to > the console like these: > Loading image-mode... >> > Loading image-mode...done > I wonder if this could be avoided >> somehow? >> I don't know; I have no idea why it would do this if other >> modes don't. Ville> Anybody? Other modes _do_ do this if they're called early enough. I forget how that happens offhand. Does it happen with -vanilla?

Ville> Yep, that's how I've understood the consensus too. But Ville> removing stuff from format-alist sounds a bit scary to me; Ville> that might cause problems eg. if we later for some reason Ville> decide to put the entries back there. This stuff was just plain broken; having image-mode-install take them out isn't going to break things worse. As long as users get what they expect, they aren't going to put those back into format-alist, and we definitely will not do so.