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 [This doc](http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/AutoImageFileMode) says it has been replaced by image-mode.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: 
It can depend on what version and where you got your windows emacs binary. If you have the windows emacs23 binary from the gnu ftp site then I don't think it is compiled with image support (at least this was the case several months ago). I use the patched windows emacs23 binary from [EmacsW32](http://www.ourcomments.org/Emacs/EmacsW32.html) which does have image support. I also have `(auto-image-file-mode)` in my `.emacs` file.
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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