* On 2021 15 Sep 10:44 -0500, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 08:37:51AM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > application/octet-stream; vim %s; description=Patch file; > > nametemplate=%s.patch > > application/octet-stream is a fairly generic mime type (and an odd > choice for a text file, but so it goes). You may find vim is not a > suitable tool for other attachments with that mime type.
It looks like the email came from the SourceForge Web mail server and it apparently assigned the MIME attachment type. > That aside, > > What does this command report? > > ;see --norun application/octet-stream:/dev/null In the message window, "key not bound", in the view attachment window, "no tagged entries". If I tag the file attachment, then ; is accepted and s is interpreted as 'save file' and the rest of the command string becomes the proposed file name to save. I tried preceding the command with : instead and that failed. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Web: https://www.n0nb.us Projects: https://github.com/N0NB GPG fingerprint: 82D6 4F6B 0E67 CD41 F689 BBA6 FB2C 5130 D55A 8819
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