From 50f9436146ae1814d4f4c6670bccac7c76db292f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Kangas Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2021 04:48:12 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] image-dired: Doc fix to better explain thumbnail generation * doc/emacs/dired.texi (Image-Dired): Improve description by explaining that the generation of thumbnails is asynchronous. --- doc/emacs/dired.texi | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/emacs/dired.texi b/doc/emacs/dired.texi index 540abc3f3b9..9cdd4b805e6 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/dired.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/dired.texi @@ -1507,10 +1507,10 @@ buffer containing image-dired, corresponding to the marked files. You can also enter Image-Dired directly by typing @kbd{M-x image-dired}. This prompts for a directory; specify one that has image files. This creates thumbnails for all the images in that -directory, and displays them all in the thumbnail buffer. This -takes a long time if the directory contains many image files, and it -asks for confirmation if the number of image files exceeds -@code{image-dired-show-all-from-dir-max-files}. +directory, and displays them all in the thumbnail buffer. The +thumbnails are generated in the background and are loaded as they +become available. This command asks for confirmation if the number of +image files exceeds @code{image-dired-show-all-from-dir-max-files}. With point in the thumbnail buffer, you can type @key{RET} (@code{image-dired-display-thumbnail-original-image}) to display a -- 2.39.2