Re: viewing pdf jpgeg etc attachment
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> > >
> > > Where does xpdf and kuickshow reside? If you specify the
> > > full path for each command in your mailcap, does that work?
> >
> > /usr/bin/xpdf
> > /usr/kde/3.5/bin/kuickshow
> >
> > these file work from the command line, the same command line I'm
> > starting mutt, so why isn't mutt recognizing them?
>
> As Kyle tried to explain, the problem is not that mutt could not
> find the commands; the problem was that you were trying to have mutt
> read your mailcap file as a mutt configuration file. Once you fix
> that problem, mutt should be able to find the viewers (xpdf and
> kuickshow) just fine.
Yes, I removed mailcap created in .mutt directory
> You are correct in assuming that if the viewers can be found from
> the shell's command line, and you execute mutt from that command
> line, then mutt should be able to find those viewers.
>
> Gary
But it doesn't find them.
In order for example to view PDF files with "xpdf" application I have to
add to ~/.mailcap:
application/pdf; xpdf %s
If I don't have this line in there mutt will open PDF file as a text
file.
Is there a way to automatically generate/update the "mailcap" file so it
will automatically recognized all the extension type type I have
associated with mine.type?
Updating it manually might not be hard to do but it is time consuming
and prone to errors.
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#Joseph