On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 12:46:22PM -0700, Duncan Watson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I saw the recent thread about doc files and wanted to solve my problem. I
> use applixware's doc reader called 'words'. I would like to get mutt to
> use 'words' for my viewer. I am not interested in auto-view for doc files.
>
> My .mailcap line reads as follows for msword:
> application/msword; words %s; exit 1;test=test -n "$DISPLAY"
I solved this problem after explaining it to a friend. The backslash
before the semi-colon is key. The corrected line is:
application/msword; words %s\; exit 1;test=test -n "$DISPLAY"
>
> and unfortunately by the time 'words' starts up, mutt has deleted the file.
> I don't get any "Press any key to continue..." message. Contrast this with
> my html line:
> text/html; netscape %s\;exit 1; nametemplate=%s.html; test=test -n "$DISPLAY"
>
> which works and yeilds a "Press any key to continue..." message in mutt.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
> /Duncan
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> Duncan Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ~~~ climbing in the Pacific NW ~~~
>
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