Re: Designate viewing application for mime types

[reader@newsguy.com]

reader@newsguy.com writes:

> I tried to add a special viewer in .../lisp/mailcap.el  around line
> 141 (at the asterisks below) after commenting out `gv -safer'. 
> Then renamed mailcap.elc mailcap.elcX and restarted gnus forcing it to
> load source file mailcap.el with modification.
>
> Its probably in the wrong place or isn't used in this way... but at any
> rate it didn't change anything.    Pressing RET on an *.pdf just goes
> immediately to save dialog where as it did try to use gv before the edit.

Sorry I misspoke.  The edit actually was redone after the gnus restart
so I just M-x load-file 'd it.

I then thought perhaps that would not be enough and again restarted.

Then the custome viewer was invoked.

But still, editing source files to get a desired result is not a plan
since it would get erased on updates etc.

So to reiterate... I was unable to discover a way to use the suggested
commands: `mailcap-add (or maybe mailcap-add-mailcap-entry)'
but still would like to see some lines to add to gnus.el to
invoke custom viewers.  Or possibly some simple OS related way.

mailcap.el doesn't mention *.jpg except in a long list off exensions,
pressing a *.jpg invokes an ImageMagick cmd (display) from somewhere. 
(not /etc/mailcap) and I don't know where it comes from.

I'm running gentoo linux with kde desktop.