Bastien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Bernt Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I occasionally receive documents (like PDF files) in emails and I want >> to just save some of the attachments to a local directory for reference >> in my org file (usually because the email contained half a dozen >> documents and only 1 is interesting.) > > One idea is to be able to add a search string in email link types. > > For example: [[gnus:nnml.orgmode#6548::org.pdf]] would fetch the mail > #6548 in nnml.orgmode Gnus group and search for the string "org.pdf" in > the body of the mail (this could also be a regexp). Then RET will open > this PDF attachment with the right app.
Thanks - I'll try that. > >> I'd like to be able to link to the file easily for my org document and >> have it invoke the appropriate viewer as defined in my MIME setup. > > Org uses the local mailcap setup to decide what application to open a > file with. Don't you have this on your computer? > > ~$ man mailcap > Yes I have mailcap - and I assume Gnus is using it to open the MIME attachment with the pdf file in it. I don't have anything in ~/.mailcap - only /etc/mailcap on my Debian system. It just doesn't seem to associate filename.pdf with the viewer for some reason. I'm probably missing something simple in the mailcap setup. Bernt _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
