Comments on: Obscure Emacs variable of the week http://inasmuch.as/2009/02/06/obscure-emacs-variable-of-the-week/ ...Life's but a walking shadow Tue, 01 May 2012 12:08:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: tkg http://inasmuch.as/2009/02/06/obscure-emacs-variable-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-4479 tkg Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:02:16 +0000 http://tkg.menteith.com/2009/02/06/obscure-emacs-variable-of-the-week/#comment-4479 You can just `customize' it: M-x customize-variable RET fancy-splash-image RET Also, you can use a JPEG without converting it. (And I said groups who need it, not groups who'd do it for fun.) You can just `customize’ it: M-x customize-variable RET fancy-splash-image RET

Also, you can use a JPEG without converting it.

(And I said groups who need it, not groups who’d do it for fun.)

]]> By: Dave Pawson http://inasmuch.as/2009/02/06/obscure-emacs-variable-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-4478 Dave Pawson Sat, 07 Feb 2009 09:47:31 +0000 http://tkg.menteith.com/2009/02/06/obscure-emacs-variable-of-the-week/#comment-4478 See http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~elf/emacs/logo/logo-appendix.html for the .emacs entry; (setq fancy-splash-image (expand-file-name "~/images/pig.xpm")) I used image-magick to convert from .jpg to .xpm $convert xx.jpg xx.xpm Neat Tony. (The third group who'd do this are emacs ... heavy users :-) See http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~elf/emacs/logo/logo-appendix.html
for the .emacs entry;

(setq fancy-splash-image (expand-file-name “~/images/pig.xpm”))

I used image-magick to convert from .jpg to .xpm
$convert xx.jpg xx.xpm

Neat Tony.
(The third group who’d do this are emacs … heavy users :-)

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