Lisp_Object Vimage_types;
+/* An alist of image types and libraries that implement the type. */
+
+Lisp_Object Vimage_library_alist;
+
/* Cache for delayed-loading image types. */
static Lisp_Object Vimage_type_cache;
struct image_type *type;
/* We must initialize the image-type if it hasn't been already. */
- if (NILP (Finit_image_library (symbol, Qnil)))
+ if (NILP (Finit_image_library (symbol, Vimage_library_alist)))
return 0; /* unimplemented */
for (type = image_types; type; type = type->next)
void
syms_of_image ()
{
+ extern Lisp_Object Qrisky_local_variable; /* Syms_of_xdisp has already run. */
+
/* Must be defined now becase we're going to update it below, while
defining the supported image types. */
DEFVAR_LISP ("image-types", &Vimage_types,
To check whether it is really supported, use `image-type-available-p'. */);
Vimage_types = Qnil;
+ DEFVAR_LISP ("image-library-alist", &Vimage_library_alist,
+ doc: /* Alist of image types vs external libraries needed to display them.
+
+Each element is a list (IMAGE-TYPE LIBRARY...), where the car is a symbol
+representing a supported image type, and the rest are strings giving
+alternate filenames for the corresponding external libraries.
+
+Emacs tries to load the libraries in the order they appear on the
+list; if none is loaded, the running session of Emacs won't
+support the image type. Types 'pbm and 'xbm don't need to be
+listed; they're always supported. */);
+ Vimage_library_alist = Qnil;
+ Fput (intern ("image-library-alist"), Qrisky_local_variable, Qt);
+
Vimage_type_cache = Qnil;
staticpro (&Vimage_type_cache);