Variable: thumbs-conversion-program

thumbs-conversion-program is a customizable variable defined in thumbs.el.gz.

Value

"convert"

Documentation

Name of conversion program for thumbnails generation.

This must be the ImageMagick "convert" utility.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 28.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/obsolete/thumbs.el.gz
;; Unfortunately Windows XP has a program called CONVERT.EXE in
;; C:/WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/ for partitioning NTFS systems.  So Emacs
;; can find the one in your ImageMagick directory, you need to
;; customize this value to the absolute filename.
(defcustom thumbs-conversion-program
  (if (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
      ;; FIXME is this necessary, or can a sane PATHEXE be assumed?
      ;; E.g. find-program does not do this.
      "convert.exe"
    "convert")
  "Name of conversion program for thumbnails generation.
This must be the ImageMagick \"convert\" utility."
  :type 'string
  :version "28.1")