#3460: mutt_needs_mailcap incorrectly returns false for text/html
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Reporter: ajschorr | Owner: mutt-dev
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone:
Component: mutt | Version: 1.5.20
Keywords: mutt_needs_mailcap text/html |
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In mutt-1.5.19, the following entries in /etc/mailcap gave
the desired result:
text/html; w3m -T text/html %s
text/html; w3m -T text/html -dump %s ; copiousoutput
When the attachment was viewed from the mime viewer ("v") menu,
the first command was used to launch w3m interactively. And the autoview
would work fine in non-interactive pager mode.
But as of 1.5.20 (and also in 1.5.21), the first command is never
triggered. Instead, it always uses the autoview copiousoutput
command even when viewed from inside the mime viewer.
I debugged the changes in the source, and the problem is in
muttlib.c:mutt_needs_mailcap. In 1.5.19, it used to check the
subtype for TYPETEXT and return false only for a few explicit
subtypes. But in 1.5.20 and later, it returns false for any
TYPETEXT body. This causes text/html attachments to use only
the autoview solution. The patch may be to revert to the 1.5.19
behavior, but I don't claim to be an expert.
Thanks,
Andy
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3460>
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