Re: text/x-diff mime type for mutt usage
Bob Proulx wrote:
> I sometimes see people attach diffs and patch files as a mime type
> text/x-diff. This seems to be a freedesktop.org initiative.
> (Personally I prefer them as plain text in the message. A lot of
> mailing lists reject or strip attachments.)
>
> My mailcap does not know about this and so mutt does not either. I
> see the following:
>
> [-- Attachment #2: some-name-here.patch --]
> [-- Type: text/x-diff, Encoding: 7bit, Size: 1.3K --]
>
> [-- text/x-diff is unsupported (use 'v' to view this part) --]
>
> [-- Attachment #3 --]
> [-- Type: text/plain, Encoding: 7bit, Size: 0.1K --]
>
> What mailcap entry would I need to make that view as text inline in
> mutt? Or would that need to be a mutt configuration?
>
> It has been a while since I have tinkered with mailcap. Any pointers
> to a good mailcap tutorial or howto would be appreciated.
Maybe you could try with...
text/x-diff; cat; copiousoutput
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