Colin Rafferty <craffert(a)ms.com> writes:
> Why did you remove all the image formats from format-alist?
Because they were creating many problems. Because of them, it was
almost impossible to say edit an XPM file. They tried to do their
stuff even on textual devices, which was clearly wrong. They even
hooked into the insertion code so `C-x i' didn't work.
The "format" decoding functions are designed for converting data for
one format to another. If you convert something to image, it is no
longer editable.
If we wish to add such functionality, it will have to be done at a
higher level.
