Setting for external programs?

Setting for external programs?

[Aaron Hsu]

Perhaps I am missing this in the manuals, but I cannot figure out what I
need to do to reconfigure Gnus to open attachments with certain select
other programs. I would prefer to do this on some attachments rather
than saving the attachments to a temporary folder before viewing, and
subsequently deleting them. 

Would any be so kind as to explain the necessaries for me?

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Re: Setting for external programs?

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Aaron Hsu <spam@sacrificumdeo.net> writes:

> Perhaps I am missing this in the manuals, but I cannot figure out what I
> need to do to reconfigure Gnus to open attachments with certain select
> other programs.

Use the .mailcap file:

image/*; gimp -8 %s
audio/wav; wavplayer %s
application/msword; catdoc %s ; copiousoutput ; nametemplate=%s.doc

See the Emacs-MIME manual for details.

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