BITMAP-MULE 8.0

[Katsumi Yamaoka]

Get it from ftp://ftp.jpl.org/pub/elisp/bitmap/bitmap-mule-8.0.tar.gz
 or http://www.jpl.org/elips/bitmap/bitmap-mule-8.0.tar.gz

** It is not for XEmacs.

[Status] alpha

[Required Environment]

  Emacsen:   Mule 1.1 PL04 based on Emacs 18.59,
             Mule 2.x based on Emacs 19.x,
             FSF Emacs 20.1 or later
  APEL:      9.22 or later

[Changes]

  There are a lot of changes.  See ChangeLog files for fine details.


BITMAP-MULE is a package for displaying bitmap images inline under FSF
Emacsen with MULE.  It includes the following modules:

  bitmap.el:            kernel of bitmap-mule
  bitmap-bi.el:         functions for Emacs 20.2 or earlier
  bitmap-ci.el:         functions for Emacs 20.3 or later
  po.el:                tiny BDF font editor
  smiley-mule.el:       smiley faces encoder/decoder
  x-face-mule.el:       inline X-Face decoder
  x-face-18.el:         X-Face decoder for Emacs 18
  gnus-bitmap.el:       Gnus/gnus related functions
  vm-bitmap.el:         VM related functions
  etl8x16-bitmap.bdf:   font for BITMAP 8x16

** Please never forget to install the BITMAP font suitably in your
** environment.

Please read README.en file for installation and commentaries in the
beginning of x-face-mule.el, smiley-mule.el etc. for setting up the
startup file.  For example, please put the following lines in .emacs
file if you are using Pterodactyl Gnus v0.97:

(if window-system
    (progn
      (autoload 'gnus-bitmap-splash "gnus-bitmap")
      (add-hook 'gnus-load-hook 'gnus-bitmap-splash)
      (setq gnus-treat-display-smileys t)))

Enjoy,
-- 
Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka ＠ jpl.org>