How to open and edit images in Emacs

Question

I have searched a lot about opening image inside emacs. I think ImageMagick will do the trick but what I don\'t seem to be able to find is a way to use this inside Emac and

Answer 1

What about image-dired ? It is already included in emacs. Just type M-x image-dired and choose an appropriate directory.

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Answer 2

Not sure what you mean ; You can open an image "inside Emacs" just like any other file, just C-x C-f to find it, and C-c C-c to toggle the bitmap rendering.

Code-wise, it looks like this:

(defimage test-image
    ((:file "~/Pictures/greenbug.xpm")))

(insert-image test-image)

Or even simpler

(insert-image (create-image "~/Pictures/greenbug.xpm"))

Answer 3

Are you looking for something like the Emacs Image Manipulation mode? It uses mogrify from ImageMacgick.