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authorStefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>2021-10-25 04:48:12 +0200
committerStefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>2021-10-25 04:54:00 +0200
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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.
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@@ -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