Question: I read about auto-image-file-mode , which I think displays image files as images within emacs. I'd like to use it. [This doc](http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/AutoImageFileMode) says it has been replaced by image-mode. 

I can't get either to work. 

Any help?

Answer: 
I got it to work, by downloading the packages for PNG and JPG [from GnuWin32](http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages.html), and putting the required DLLs into the \emacs\bin directory: 

```
From LibPng: 
  libpng-config
  libpng12-config
  libpng12.dll
  libpng3.dll
  zlib1.dll

From jpeg: 
  jpeg62.dll

```

Now it works. Here's a screen-shot of editing a SO question, being displayed in emacs.

[![alt text](https://i.stack.imgur.com/n9Wa3.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/n9Wa3.png)

You could also drop those DLLs on the OS's PATH, before running runemacs.exe. That works, too.
Once you've gotten Emacs to show images, you can also see thumbnail images in these contexts, in addition to Dired (using `image-dired`):

* In buffer `*Completions*` during file-name completion or completion of (file) bookmarks. You need [***Icicles***](http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/Icicles) for this. Showing the thumbnails is optional -- you can toggle it from the minibuffer using `C-x t` (cycles among: showing only images, images + file names, and only file names).
* In buffer `*Bookmark List*` (from `C-x r l`), when you hit `C-h RET` to see info about the current line's bookmark. You need [***Bookmark+***](http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/BookmarkPlus) for this.

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