Re: mm view PDF MIME part doesn't work, just exits

[Mike Kupfer <m.kupfer@acm.org>]

>>>>> "Ted" == Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

Ted> I see "Displaying xpdf /tmp/emm.../file.pdf...done" and that's it.
Ted> xpdf doesn't come up as it should.

Ted> I customized the mailcap and mailcap-mime-data to ensure the right
Ted> thing is called, but no luck.  What should I do to debug this?

The first thing I'd try is saving the attachment to a file, and then
starting xpdf from a shell to view it.

If that works, I'd create a wrapper script and use it instead of the
system xpdf.  For example, something like

  echo $* > $HOME/xpdf.args
  /usr/bin/xpdf $*

could verify that the command-line arguments are correct.

I recall seeing a thread not too long ago about problems that happen if
a viewer daemonizes itself.  The parent (Emacs in this case) thinks that
the viewer has finished, so it deletes the temp file, before the viewer
has actually read in the temp file.  I'd be surprised if xpdf were doing
that, but I suppose it's something you could check.

cheers,
mike