Re: doc-view.el and emacs 21

[David Kastrup]

daniel@bigwalter.net (Daniel Jensen) writes:

> David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> daniel@bigwalter.net (Daniel Jensen) writes:
>>
>>> I haven't had a close look at doc-view.el, but I doubt it would be
>>> impossible to work something out for Emacs 21. I could look into
>>> this later today, but I'll have to get acquainted with the program
>>> first.
>>
>> Why bother?  Emacs 22.1 has been released.
>
> That is a valid point, but it shouldn't be a bother. (If it is, I
> don't think I'll do it anyway.)

Emacs 21 does not support image slicing, either.  And backporting
seems a bit pointless: if people are willing to install new software
anyway, they'd be much better served installing Emacs 22 for so many
reasons.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum