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Hi, fetching images per URI was supported (and is also documented in the wiki), but with LMTX 2022.09.11 and one of \externalfigure[http://tug.org/images/logobw.jpg] or \externalfigure[https://picsum.photos/300/200] I only get the usual grey box. No error message. Do I need any setup, was this discarded in LMTX, or what’s wrong? Hraban
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Hi Hraban,
fetching images per URI was supported (and is also documented in the wiki), but with LMTX 2022.09.11 and one of
\externalfigure[http://tug.org/images/logobw.jpg] or \externalfigure[https://picsum.photos/300/200]
I only get the usual grey box. No error message.
Neither of those links are valid images themselves, they are both redirects. The following works though: \starttext \externalfigure[https://tug.org/images/logobw.jpg] \stoptext I can't seem to get the second one to work since its redirected URL is a bit odd.
Do I need any setup, was this discarded in LMTX, or what’s wrong?
I have no idea if ConTeXt would ever follow redirects before, but I agree that it would be a useful feature. Thanks, -- Max
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Am 04.10.22 um 07:35 schrieb Max Chernoff:
Hi Hraban,
fetching images per URI was supported (and is also documented in the wiki), but with LMTX 2022.09.11 and one of
\externalfigure[http://tug.org/images/logobw.jpg] or \externalfigure[https://picsum.photos/300/200]
I only get the usual grey box. No error message.
Neither of those links are valid images themselves, they are both redirects. The following works though:
\starttext \externalfigure[https://tug.org/images/logobw.jpg] \stoptext
Oops, should have checked better. Thank you! But yes, following redirects or at least an error message would be nice. Hraban
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Henning Hraban Ramm
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Max Chernoff