Re: Prefer text for text and html?

[Jack Vinson <jvinson@chevax.ecs.umass.edu>]

>>>>> "KS" == Kurt Swanson <ksw@dna.lth.se> writes:

KS> I have installed the w3 thing for use in Gnus, but would only like to
KS> use it when html is the only option - that is to say, if some annoying
KS> netscape user sends me both html and text versions of a message, I
KS> want to ignore the html and only show the text.  Is there some way to
KS> achieve this?

This comes up once a month or so as more and more users begin playing with
Gnus.  Has it made it into the manual anywhere?

Kurt, there is a variable called mm-alternative-precedence which tells Gnus
which parts to show if there are alternatives.  Obviously, the default
setting is to show text/html over test/plain.  

To change this, put the following in your gnus-init-file (usually .gnus):

(require 'mm-decode)
(setq mm-alternative-precedence
      (cons "text/plain" (delete "text/plain" mm-alternative-precedence)))

You don't really need to delete "text/plain", as Gnus just looks for the
first match.  I just think it looks prettier to only have one entry in the
list.

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