Re: docview issues on windows: pdf and png files

[Vinh Nguyen]

Thanks for the response Eli.

I can confirm that if I use the emacs w32 in cygwin, with libpng
installed via cygwin, then doc-view does indeed work with pdf and png
files.

I can also confirm that in order for the compiled emacs 24.3 binaries
(available on gnu) to work with png and pdf files, then one would need
the libpng14-14.dll file in the emacs bin directory (I used an older
version of libpng before).

Thanks so much!
-- Vinh


On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Vinh Nguyen <vinhdizzo@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am having issues with rendering pdf files using doc view on windows.
> I downloaded emacs 24.3 windows binaries, have ghostscript installed
> via cygwin (M-! gs confirms gs works), and placed libpng dll (libxpm,
> jpeg, etc) in my emacs/bin directory (and installed via the setup
> installation file). I’ve also installed these libraries using cygwin.
> When I open an actual png file (ghostscript converts pdf to png, so
> testing this), the image also does not render. I get this message:
> “Cannot display image: (Invalid image specification)”.
>
> Would appreciate if anyone could guide me to getting this to work on
> windows. Thanks so much!
>
> -- Vinh