From 0aa4647f9cc53f3ded2c1bdea3d9f44962d318c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 15:18:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Restrict the range of image formats to be converted

* lisp/image/image-converter.el (image-converter--filter-formats):
New function.
(image-converter): Mention this in the doc string.
---
 etc/NEWS                      |  8 ++++++++
 lisp/image/image-converter.el | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 79b3aa37320..b4833473ec6 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -664,6 +664,14 @@ sorted there.  The commands have also been extended to work when the
 "parent" buffer is an archive mode (i.e., zip file or the like) or tar
 mode buffer.
 
+---
+*** 'image-converter' is now restricted to formats in 'auto-mode-alist'.
+When using external image converters, the external program is queried
+for what formats it supports.  This list may contain formats that are
+problematic in some contexts (like PDFs), so this list is now filtered
+based on 'auto-mode-alist'.  Only file names that map to 'image-mode'
+are now supported.
+
 ** EWW
 
 +++
diff --git a/lisp/image/image-converter.el b/lisp/image/image-converter.el
index ee1dc845fb5..c31a3b8d3cf 100644
--- a/lisp/image/image-converter.el
+++ b/lisp/image/image-converter.el
@@ -33,8 +33,15 @@
   "Type of the external image converter to use.
 The value should a symbol, either `imagemagick', `graphicsmagick',
 or `ffmpeg'.
+
 If nil, Emacs will try to find one of the supported converters
-installed on the system."
+installed on the system.
+
+The actual range of image formats that will be converted depends
+on what image formats the chosen converter reports being able to
+handle.  `auto-mode-alist' is then used to further filter what
+formats that are to be supported: Only the suffixes that map to
+`image-mode' will be handled."
   :group 'image
   :type 'symbol
   :version "27.1")
@@ -186,12 +193,25 @@ data is returned as a string."
   "Find an installed image converter."
   (catch 'done
     (dolist (elem image-converter--converters)
-      (when-let ((formats (image-converter--probe (car elem))))
+      (when-let ((formats (image-converter--filter-formats
+                           (image-converter--probe (car elem)))))
         (setq image-converter (car elem)
               image-converter-regexp (concat "\\." (regexp-opt formats) "\\'")
               image-converter-file-name-extensions formats)
         (throw 'done image-converter)))))
 
+(defun image-converter--filter-formats (suffixes)
+  "Filter SUFFIXES based on `auto-mode-alist'.
+Only suffixes that map to `image-mode' are returned."
+  (cl-loop with case-fold-search = (if (not auto-mode-case-fold)
+                                       nil
+                                     t)
+           for suffix in suffixes
+           when (eq (cdr (assoc (concat "foo." suffix) auto-mode-alist
+                                #'string-match))
+                    'image-mode)
+           collect suffix))
+
 (cl-defmethod image-converter--convert ((type (eql graphicsmagick)) source
                                         image-format)
   "Convert using GraphicsMagick."
-- 
2.39.2