From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/26094 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hrvoje Niksic Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: finally on pgnus, but confused about MIME Date: 01 Nov 1999 00:53:09 +0100 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: <871zab140q.fsf@pc-hrvoje.srce.hr> References: <87emeb152w.fsf@pc-hrvoje.srce.hr> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035163366 17571 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 01:22:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 01:22:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org Return-Path: Original-Received: from bart.math.uh.edu (bart.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.48]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA17579 for ; Sun, 31 Oct 1999 18:54:21 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (lists@Sina.HPC.UH.EDU [129.7.3.5]) by bart.math.uh.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id RAB31889; Sun, 31 Oct 1999 17:54:15 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Sun, 31 Oct 1999 17:54:18 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (root@sclp3.sclp.com [204.252.123.139]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA12130 for ; Sun, 31 Oct 1999 17:54:08 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from pc-hrvoje.srce.hr (mail@pc-hrvoje.srce.hr [161.53.2.132]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA17567 for ; Sun, 31 Oct 1999 18:53:33 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from hniksic by pc-hrvoje.srce.hr with local (Exim 3.03 #1 (Debian)) id 11i4mc-0006ik-00; Mon, 01 Nov 1999 00:53:10 +0100 Original-To: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) X-Attribution: Hrvoje X-Face: &{dT~)Pu6V<0y?>3p$;@vh\`C7xB~A0T-J%Og)J,@-1%q6Q+, gs<-9M#&`I8cJp2b1{vPE|~+JE+gx;a7%BG{}nY^ehK1"q#rG O,Rn1A_Cy%t]V=Brv7h >>>>> "Hrvoje" == Hrvoje Niksic writes: > > Hrvoje> merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) writes: > >> How do I get at that "2." thing? > > Hrvoje> Because the GIF is technically the second MIME part. Press > Hrvoje> `K b', and you'll understand it. Press `K C-h' to see what > Hrvoje> MIME commands are available. > > Perhaps the manual needs to be updated to include these mysterious > "K ... " commands. :) I thought it was. You're right, they aren't in the manual. Well, yes, I agree they should be documented. :-) > Hrvoje> (Note that the commands take numeric prefix that > Hrvoje> corresponds to the number you see.) Or, you can do the same > Hrvoje> using the context-sensitive menu on button3. > > I don't have a "button3". I'm in text mode. Then use the mysterious functions. The mouse menu is just a nice shortcut for when you don't feel like thinking about numbers, cryptic bindings and stuff. (Not that I have anything against cryptic bindings. Cryptic bindings are nice. It's *new* cryptic bindings that suck.:-) > Hrvoje> The most frequently used MIME command is `b', which > Hrvoje> "activates" the MIME part, i.e. shows it inline, runs an > Hrvoje> external command, whatever is appropriate. In your case, > Hrvoje> pressing `2 b' would display the image as dictated by your > Hrvoje> .mailcap file. > > Ahh, I guess I have to get a .mailcap file then. Where is the > description of that? An example of .mailcap comes with Nathaniel Borenstein's "metamail" package. If you have it installed, the mailcap should be at (/usr/local)?/etc/mailcap. But if your MIME needs are simple (mine are), you needn't worry about gory details. A .mailcap entry typically looks like this: image/gif; xv %s That should be enough to get you started.