Document EXIF image rotation

* doc/lispref/display.texi (ImageMagick Images): Mention EXIF rotation.

diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi
index 26f3de40e919904a784460b8a1d953e146cc6c15..608ce0ef8c73fcddfab8b5bf7a6a1776ce2e8932 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/lispref/display.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi
@@ -5213,7 +5213,9 @@ when the image does not have an associated file name, to provide a
 hint to ImageMagick to help it detect the image type.
 
 @item :rotation @var{angle}
-Specifies a rotation angle in degrees.
+Specifies a rotation angle in degrees.  If no rotation is explicitly
+specified, and the @acronym{EXIF} headers specify a rotation, the
+rotation from the @acronym{EXIF} headers are used instead.
 
 @item :index @var{frame}
 @c Doesn't work: http://debbugs.gnu.org/7978

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 957b0c247912dcdc170f216e8e9f71032ef9e9dc..37eb2bcf42bf3e84ca033e726a8e3985d3320dee 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -717,6 +717,10 @@ character-folds into STRING.
 text in the region.  The search engine to use for this is specified by
 the customizable variable `eww-search-prefix'.
 
++++
+*** Images that have rotation specified in the EXIF headers are now
+automatically rotated (if displayed as ImageMagick images).
+
 +++
 *** Query-replace history is enhanced.
 When query-replace reads the FROM string from the minibuffer, typing