@node File Conveniences
@section Convenience Features for Finding Files
+ In this section, we introduce some convenient facilities for finding
+recently-opened files, reading file names from a buffer, and viewing
+image files.
+
@findex recentf-mode
@vindex recentf-mode
@findex recentf-save-list
@code{recent-file-list} to a file, and @kbd{M-x recentf-edit-list}
edits it.
-@findex auto-image-file-mode
-@findex mode, auto-image-file
-@cindex images, visiting
-@cindex visiting image files
-@vindex image-file-name-regexps
-@vindex image-file-name-extensions
- When Auto-image-file minor mode is enabled, visiting an image file
-displays it as an image, not as text. Likewise, inserting an image
-file into a buffer inserts it as an image. This works only when Emacs
-can display the relevant image type. The variables
-@code{image-file-name-extensions} or @code{image-file-name-regexps}
-control which file names are recognized as containing images.
-
The @kbd{M-x ffap} command generalizes @code{find-file} with more
powerful heuristic defaults (@pxref{FFAP}), often based on the text at
point. Partial Completion mode offers other features extending
@code{find-file}, which can be used with @code{ffap}.
@xref{Completion Options}.
+@findex thumbs-mode
+@findex mode, thumbs
+ Thumbs mode is a major mode for viewing directories containing many
+image files. To use it, type @kbd{M-x thumbs} and specify the
+directory to view. The images in that directory will be displayed in
+a @samp{Thumbs} buffer as @dfn{thumbnails}; type @kbd{RET} on a
+thumbnail to view the full-size image. Thumbs mode requires the
+@file{convert} program, which is part of the ImageMagick software
+package.
+
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