Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > > what do i need to do so that the desired application will open with the >attachment? > > xpdf has the correct mailcap entries that it should start automatically if > > you ask mutt to ``view-attach''. This command is (by default) bound to > > <Return> when you're in the attachments screen. > okay. i tried that. no luck. it opens a text reader with a lot of irrelevant >characters.
Is this text reader in the existing terminal (ie. the one that mutt's running on) or a new terminal that pops up? > could you possibly tell me more about mailcap entries? Well, `man mailcap' first. Things you can do: If you have any pdf files saved, type `see filename.pdf' and see what happens. Can you look in /etc/mailcap and /etc/mime.types for any occurrence of "pdf", and tell me what you find? (Also see if you have your own ~/.mailcap and ~/.mime.types files.) > moreover, is there a more generalized way of handling attachments? for instance, if >the > attachment is of type pdf, open xpdf with that attachment and if the attachment is >of type > mp3, open xmms with that attachment, etc. This is what mailcap is for. (A very simple example: When some idiot sends you a mail in html, and you try to view the attachment with <Return> from the attachments screen, does a browser get started to view the message?) > i will like to use | to change this default behavious. for instance, if i want to >open an > mp3 file not with xmms but with mpg321, i will like to pipe it to mpg321 etc Piping is possible for some applications, but not all. I think mpg321 will read from stdin, but for some apps, if you don't want the default behaviour, you'll have to save the file and run the command yourself. Glyn -- There are pavements on New Inn Hall Street. Down both sides, in fact. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
