Re: How to get multipart/alternative button to show plain text by default?

[Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>]

on Sat Jan 09 2016, Bjørn Mork <bjorn-AT-mork.no> wrote:

> Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> writes:
>> on Wed Jan 06 2016, Bjørn Mork <bjorn-AT-mork.no> wrote:
>>
>>> I believe mm-discouraged-alternatives only affects the selection of
>>> which part to render when *not* buttonizing.  So you should drop the
>>> gnus-buttonized-mime-types customization.
>>
>> But sometimes I want to look at the HTML version, and the buttons are a
>> convenient way to switch back and forth that doesn't require remembering
>> an obscure key combination or rarely-used command. Can't I have it all?
>
> Yes, I sometimes want that as well.  You need to remember a single
> obscure key combination: "K b" will reenable the buttons for the article
> you are viewing.
>
> Ctrl + d is nice as well.  But I often want one of the actions from the
> button context menu.  E.g view the html part in an external browser.  So
> I use "K b" to be able to right click on the text/html button.

Thanks!  I knew that once...

It turns out that `W h' is a much more effective way for me to see the
HTML in most cases, but it's great to have a bag of tricks.

-Dave