Re: using gnome-open with mailcap data

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

Dan Christensen <jdc@uwo.ca> writes:

> Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>
>> 2. Can I use gnome-open for this sort of thing? It's basically its own
>>    little mime parser, and knows all the system defaults, and if I'm
>>    going to pass a file to something outside of gnus/emacs, gnome-open
>>    knows best what to do with it. Setting gnome-open in my .mailcap file
>>    just gives me "Displaying /usr/bin/gnome-open
>>    /tmp/emm.5971frN/IMG_3368.JPG...done" in the minibuffer, and then
>>    nothing happens.
>
> I think gnome-open returns too quickly and then Gnus deletes the
> temporary file.  My hack to work around this is a script:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> gnome-open "$@"
> sleep 5

Thanks! I'll give this a shot.

Eri