Re: pipe attachments in mutt

2002-11-11 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Sandip P Deshmukh said: > On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 11:12:24AM +, Glyn Kennington wrote: > > Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > > > Things you can do: If you have any pdf files saved, type `see filename.pdf' > > > > and see what happens. > > > works perfectly! opens xpdf a

Re: pipe attachments in mutt

2002-11-11 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney
-- Sandip P Deshmukh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Monday, 11 November 2002, 05:20 PM +0530): > On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 11:12:24AM +, Glyn Kennington wrote: > > Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > > > Things you can do: If you have any pdf files saved, type `see filename.pdf' > > > > and see what happ

Re: pipe attachments in mutt

2002-11-11 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 11:12:24AM +, Glyn Kennington wrote: > Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > > Things you can do: If you have any pdf files saved, type `see filename.pdf' > > > and see what happens. > > works perfectly! opens xpdf and the file > > Well in that case, the problem almost certainly

Re: pipe attachments in mutt

2002-11-11 Thread Glyn Kennington
Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > Things you can do: If you have any pdf files saved, type `see filename.pdf' > > and see what happens. > works perfectly! opens xpdf and the file Well in that case, the problem almost certainly lies with mutt, because `see' is a program to call the appropriate mailcap e

Re: pipe attachments in mutt

2002-11-11 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 10:38:15AM +, Glyn Kennington wrote: > 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-att

Re: pipe attachments in mutt

2002-11-11 Thread Glyn Kennington
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 > > when you're in the att

Re: pipe attachments in mutt

2002-11-11 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 10:10:37AM +, Glyn Kennington wrote: > Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > now, i occassionally get pdf files as attachments. i thouht if i 'pipe' the >attachment to > > xpdf, i will be able to see the attachment. > > > > so, while i am in attachments screen (by pressing v),

Re: pipe attachments in mutt

2002-11-11 Thread Glyn Kennington
Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > now, i occassionally get pdf files as attachments. i thouht if i 'pipe' the >attachment to > xpdf, i will be able to see the attachment. > > so, while i am in attachments screen (by pressing v), i press | and for command, i >type > xpdf. > > the xpdf program opens up.