From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/79958 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sj=F8gren?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: viewing `application/octet-stream' MIME parts Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:16:12 +0200 Organization: koldfront - analysis & revolution, Copenhagen, Denmark Message-ID: <877h530y2b.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk> References: <871uvbdlm9.fsf@micropit.couberia.bzh> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1316549805 21566 80.91.229.12 (20 Sep 2011 20:16:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:16:45 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M28252@lists.math.uh.edu Tue Sep 20 22:16:40 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R66kA-000705-I9 for ding-account@gmane.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:16:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1R66jy-0002oX-Up; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:16:27 -0500 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1R66jy-0002oP-1i for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:16:26 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1R66jw-000569-JF for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:16:25 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1R66jv-0001bP-6T for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:16:23 +0200 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R66ju-0006s7-UT for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:16:22 +0200 Original-Received: from 2505ds5-by.0.fullrate.dk ([95.166.24.143]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:16:22 +0200 Original-Received: from asjo by 2505ds5-by.0.fullrate.dk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:16:22 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Lines: 21 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 2505ds5-by.0.fullrate.dk Mail-Copies-To: never X-Now-Playing: Lover's Touch, Mojo (Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers) X-Face: )qY&CseJ?.:=8F#^~GcSA?F=9eu'{KAFfL1C3/A&:nE?PW\i65"ba0NS)97,Q(^@xk}n4Ou rPuR#V8I(J_@~H($[ym:`K_+]*kjvW>xH5jbgLBVFGXY:(#4P>zVBklLbdL&XxL\M)%T}3S/IS9lMJ ^St'=VZBR Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:79958 Archived-At: On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:06:38 +0200, Peter wrote: > When a pdf attachment has the content type `application/pdf', there is > no problem, but if it's `application/octet-stream', then emacs wants to > save the file (`Save MIME part to ...'), when pressing RET. I usually use "View interactively (v)" and tell Gnus what viewer to use, or use "View as type (t)", where Gnus often guesses the type correctly. It happens seldom enough that I use the mouse and right-click on the attachment, I'm afraid. :-), Adam -- "You make a fair point. Knowing when not to say Adam Sjøgren anything is not something the lazyweb had asjo@koldfront.dk historically been good at."