On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Christopher Mosley wrote:
> > > On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Dale Morris wrote: > > > Does anyone have a working mailcap file that will display images from > > newsgroups in slrn? I can get mutt to display images using ee, but I've > > never been able to get slrn to display an image in a binary newsgroup. I > > always have to use Netscape News for binaries and slrn for regular text > > messages. I'd like to have slrn do everything. > > -- > > No, not working for your particular need. > > I once used .mailcap for displaying images files localy from a remote tin. > I could remember how to do it again, but I remember it being very ungainly. > I replaced that with a c program. Finally I used a script filter. You use > the write to stdin and filter through key, "|" in tin. Must be something > similar in slrn. Uudeview is a smart decoder for both mime 7 bit encoding > (forgot its name right now) and uuencoded files - very > useful for viewing those fine arts newsgroups. The apc vt320 > escape sequence and kermit are not needed . They would both just > be a viewing command for you - display probably. At one time I used an > echo and read so you could choose the viewer on the fly, mtvp fo mpegs > for instance. This was a pain because I got a raw terminal and had to > change it and change it back. But what you are trying to do should be very > accomplishable. I just checked out slrn and it does indeed use "|" for the pipe command. The below script will work when adjusted for directories, and with the kermit and apc_echo removed and a display line added. John Davis anwered the same question with a slang script, you can it find by searching deja news. Since a scripting language is imbedded in slrn there seems no reason not to use it for this It is a stacked based kind of C looking language. The big problem with trying to use mailcap (metamail) is what do you for bases64 files and uuencoded files without mime headers. > > #!/usr/bin/sh > cat > $HOME/News/See/Tmp > uudeview -i -d -p $HOME/News/See $HOME/News/See/Tmp > rm $HOME/News/See/Tmp > Image=`ls $HOME/News/See/` > kermit -s $HOME/News/See/$Image > apc_echo "run display $Image, output \13" > rm $HOME/News/See/* > #not done > > > The problem is the the uudecoding , for instance in lynx > without the decoding it becomes much easier and practical to use metamail. > > .mailcap > image/*; putz %s ;needsterminal > > #!/bin/sh > kermit -s $* > PICTURE=`basename $*` > apc_echo "run display $PICTURE" > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Make voyages, attempt them, there's nothing else." > > --Tennessee Williams > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
