Re: Gnus displaying MIME automatically

[Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>]

At Mon, 26 Nov 2001 19:53:08 +0100,
Alex Schroeder wrote:
> 
> Yes, I thought so, too.  So much the worse, haha.  But I am not sure
> which part actually started the xterm window -- perhaps you are right
> and it was the text/html part, not the audio/x-wav part which (I hope)
> would have been a button.

You quoted the *Message* buffer starting w3m, so I guess it would be
the text/html part.

> Does it seem plausible then that I got a mail with no text/plain and
> only text/html in it -- thus the HTML is displayed.

Yes.

> And the reason is that text/html is a discouraged alternative -- but
> if it is the only alternative, it will be used.  Correct?

Yes.

> The correct solution would be to remove text/html from
> mm-automatic-display.

Yup.

> Then I don't have to specify text/html as a discouraged alternative
> anymore -- or do I?

Well, they are orthogonal, so you must decide.  The first controls if
text/html should be displayed automatically, and the latter which part
of a multipart/altnerative to chose.

> Or would it make more sense to add text/html to
> gnus-buttonized-mime-types?

I don't think so, this variable only control if you get a button or
not.  It doesn't do anything about automaically inlining the part or
not.

> Anyway, is there any other place but the "MIME Commands" node in the
> Gnus manual where such things are explained?

The Emacs MIME manual.