root/trunk/lisp/gnus/compface.el

;;; compface.el --- functions for converting X-Face headers

;; Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

;; Author: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
;; Keywords: news

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;;; Commentary:

;;; Code:

;;;###
(defun uncompface (face)
  "Convert FACE to pbm.
Requires the external programs `uncompface', and `icontopbm'.  On a
GNU/Linux system these might be in packages with names like `compface'
or `faces-xface' and `netpbm' or `libgr-progs', for instance."
  (with-temp-buffer
    (insert face)
    (let ((coding-system-for-read 'raw-text)
          ;; At least "icontopbm" doesn't work with Windows because
          ;; the line-break code is converted into CRLF by default.
          (coding-system-for-write 'binary))
      (and (eq 0 (apply 'call-process-region (point-min) (point-max)
                        "uncompface"
                        'delete '(t nil) nil))
           (progn
             (goto-char (point-min))
             (insert "/* Width=48, Height=48 */\n")
             ;; I just can't get "icontopbm" to work correctly on its
             ;; own in XEmacs.  And Emacs doesn't understand un-raw pbm
             ;; files.
             (if (not (featurep 'xemacs))
                 (eq 0 (call-process-region (point-min) (point-max)
                                            "icontopbm"
                                            'delete '(t nil)))
               (shell-command-on-region (point-min) (point-max)
                                        "icontopbm | pnmnoraw"
                                        (current-buffer) t)
               t))
           (buffer-string)))))

(provide 'compface)

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;;; compface.el ends here