* multiple mailcap entries @ 2003-04-09 13:10 Klaus Zeitler 2003-04-09 14:52 ` Jesper Harder [not found] ` <85istme3yw.fsf.Hubert.Canon@alussinan.org> 0 siblings, 2 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Klaus Zeitler @ 2003-04-09 13:10 UTC (permalink / raw) On my Solaris workstation I use qvpunix to read msword and excel files. I've used the following entry in my .mailcap file to read msword files automatically, when I press enter on a msword attachment: application/msword; qvpunix -mn %s This has been working fine. Now I tried to do the same for excel files and added: application/octet-stream; qvpunix -mn %s But this doesn't work, instead gnus asks me where to save the attachment. The difference between these to entries seems to be that the variable mailcap-mime-data contains (amongst many others) only one entry for application/msword , but 2 for application/octet-stream: (("application" ("octet-stream" (viewer . "qvpunix -mn %s") (type . "application/octet-stream")) ("msword" (viewer . "qvpunix -mn %s") (type . "application/msword")) ... ("octet-stream" (viewer . mailcap-save-binary-file) (non-viewer . t) (type . "application/octet-stream")) ...)) and function mailcap-mime-info returns mailcap-save-binary-file as viewer for "application/octet-stream", i.e. the 2nd entry. I thought that entries in ~/.mailcap would have highest preference, but it seems to be the opposite. It seems that I have to modify the variable mailcap-mime-data instead or do I miss something? Klaus -- ------------------------------------------ | Klaus Zeitler Lucent Technologies | ------------------------------------------ --- Let's see, now that I am done.......... :w :q :wq :wq! ^d X exit X Q :quitbye CtrlAltDel ~~q :~q logout save/quit :!QUIT ^[zz ^[ZZ ZZZZ ^H ^@ ^L ^[c ^# ^E ^X ^I ^T ? help helpquit ^D ^d ^C ^c ^x^c helpexit ?Quit ?q ^Kx /QY Oooops.......... Discs synced; halted ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: multiple mailcap entries 2003-04-09 13:10 multiple mailcap entries Klaus Zeitler @ 2003-04-09 14:52 ` Jesper Harder [not found] ` <84k7e16o11.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> [not found] ` <q5gsmspnnmr.fsf@lucent.com> [not found] ` <85istme3yw.fsf.Hubert.Canon@alussinan.org> 1 sibling, 2 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Jesper Harder @ 2003-04-09 14:52 UTC (permalink / raw) Klaus Zeitler <kzeitler+usenet@gsm-mailhost.de.lucent.com> writes: > I thought that entries in ~/.mailcap would have highest preference, > but it seems to be the opposite. Yes, ~/.mailcap entries are normally preferred. There is one exception, though, internal Emacs functions (such as `mailcap-save-binary-file') are always preferred over external commands. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
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* Re: multiple mailcap entries [not found] ` <84znmw7ov2.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> @ 2003-04-11 20:58 ` Jesper Harder 0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Jesper Harder @ 2003-04-11 20:58 UTC (permalink / raw) kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (Kai Großjohann) writes: > What do people think? Should it be changed so that image/* in the > personal file gets preferred over image/png in the system-wide file? > > I think so. Me too. This is also the right way according to RFC 1524. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
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* Re: multiple mailcap entries [not found] ` <84brzbvj0v.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> @ 2003-04-12 15:32 ` Adam Sjøgren 2003-04-12 16:21 ` Vasily Korytov 1 sibling, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Adam Sjøgren @ 2003-04-12 15:32 UTC (permalink / raw) On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 17:21:20 +0200, Kai Großjohann wrote: >> I don't know. RFC 1524 specifies the order in which they should be >> used: >> | $HOME/.mailcap:/etc/mailcap:/usr/etc/mailcap:/usr/local/etc/mailcap > IMHO the ordering given there doesn't make sense -- maybe there is a > bug in RFC 1524? What is it about the ordering, that doesn't make sense? It looks like "Choose user-preference first, then go systemwide - preferring the most global existing mailcap", to me? Best regards, -- "Vilken sanning, Måns, är sann?" Adam Sjøgren asjo@koldfront.dk ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: multiple mailcap entries [not found] ` <84brzbvj0v.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> 2003-04-12 15:32 ` Adam Sjøgren @ 2003-04-12 16:21 ` Vasily Korytov 1 sibling, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Vasily Korytov @ 2003-04-12 16:21 UTC (permalink / raw) On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 17:21:20 +0200, Kai Groъjohann wrote: > IMHO the ordering given there doesn't make sense -- maybe there is a > bug in RFC 1524? Don't agree. IMHO we should keep this ordering. -- I accept RFC3156 and RFC2440-compatible encrypted mail. PGP key fingerprint: 123A 7CCE 6E26 6233 0D87 E01A A0F8 3524 FCD8 1841 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: multiple mailcap entries [not found] ` <i7he9396e8.fsf@hilbert.math.albany.edu> [not found] ` <m3adevu7il.fsf@defun.localdomain> @ 2003-04-12 16:27 ` Vasily Korytov 1 sibling, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Vasily Korytov @ 2003-04-12 16:27 UTC (permalink / raw) On 12 Apr 2003 09:45:03 -0400, William F. Hammond wrote: > Aren't /etc and /usr/etc generally are regarded as being for vendor > defaults, while /usr/local/etc is for system defaults? If so, > shouldn't /usr/local/etc be higher in these lists? [...] I have never heard of such a convention. IIRC, FHS doesn't mention /usr/(local/)?/etc at all. IMHO, if I have both /usr/local/etc/aa.conf and /etc/aa.conf, that's wrong by itself and I shouldn't care much about the sequence. The reason to have /etc/mailcap before /usr/local/etc/mailcap is: it's more standard and frequently used. -- I accept RFC3156 and RFC2440-compatible encrypted mail. PGP key fingerprint: 123A 7CCE 6E26 6233 0D87 E01A A0F8 3524 FCD8 1841 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: multiple mailcap entries [not found] ` <m3fzooesro.fsf@defun.localdomain> [not found] ` <i7he9396e8.fsf@hilbert.math.albany.edu> @ 2003-04-14 6:38 ` Arne Jørgensen 1 sibling, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Arne Jørgensen @ 2003-04-14 6:38 UTC (permalink / raw) Jesper Harder <harder@myrealbox.com> writes: > I guess to fix the logic in mailcap.el to observe this order of priority > if mailcap.el specifies an internal command: > > ~/.mailcap > mailcap.el > /etc/mailcap > /usr/etc/mailcap > /usr/local/etc/mailcap > > but this order if the entry in mailcap.el is an external command: > > ~/.mailcap > /etc/mailcap > /usr/etc/mailcap > /usr/local/etc/mailcap > mailcap.el Why not invent a ~/.mailcap.el and put it at the beginning of the search path? That way it doesn't matter whether it is an internal or external command. If the command is specified in ~/.mailcap.el it is the command that is to run from emacs. Kind reagrds, -- stud. scient. Arne Jørgensen Kollegium 5, 2. v. 222, Universitetsparken, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark phone: +45 89 42 72 22, mobile: +45 21 65 01 13 email: arne@daimi.au.dk, <http://www.daimi.au.dk/~arne/> ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
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* Re: Gnus and indentation [not found] ` <m3r88a8i6c.fsf@defun.localdomain> @ 2003-04-11 10:53 ` Hubert Canon 0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Hubert Canon @ 2003-04-11 10:53 UTC (permalink / raw) Jesper Harder <harder@myrealbox.com> disait : > Hubert Canon <hcanon@alussinan.org> writes: > >> When I read some code source in a news message with Gnus, it is not >> indented, like with this one : >> >>> (type . "application/octet-stream")) >>> ...)) >> >> When I try to look with « \C-u g » it is perfectly normal, so I >> suspect that Gnus is doing some magic I cannot understand. I don't >> know exactly where all this come from. Have you got some idea where I >> could look at ? > > Did you by any chance set `gnus-treat-leading-whitespace' to t? No : gnus-treat-leading-whitespace's value is nil I am really clueless. Is it worth that I upgrade to the latest Oort release ? -- Hubert Canon ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
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