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Matt Armstrong <mattdav+matt@best.com> writes:

> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> 
> > Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:
> > 
> > > I still think relieving users by defaulting ms-word to MS Word
> > > viewers, etc., might be useful, even if strictly against FSF's
> > > philosophy.
> > 
> > I think so, to.  Defaulting *.doc to ms-word is bad, but I see no harm 
> > in defaulting application/ms-word to MS Word (or something else that
> > can understand these files).
> 
> I think defaulting .doc to ms-word is good when running under Win32.
> 
> Anyway, Debian Linux has an /etc/mime.types file that does what
> mailcap.el's mailcap-mime-extensions does.  I'm not sure how Debian
> specific it is, but are people open to having Gnus look for it (or
> maybe a ~/.mime.types file)?

  The old 'mm.el' stuff that lars based his mime decoding stuff on
supported this.  This is a very standard file, dating back to the dark
ages. :)

> > A more sticky issue is whether to default image/* to the un-free,
> > but commonly installed xv, or to some free image viewing program.
> > 
> > What image viewing programs exist out there?
> > 
> > (Well, it isn't really a sticky issue, because we could default to
> > free programs, and then use non-free programs as the backup default
> > values if the free programs don't exist on the system.)
> 
> I assume that files like /etc/mailcap override Gnus' defaults?

  It should, and ~/.mailcap overrides it.

-bp