On Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 12:56:33PM -0800 or thereabouts, Akkana wrote:
> > Does anyone have a good mailcap addition for viewing gif or png pics? I
> > would appreciate it.
> I use:
> image/gif; xv %s
> image/png; xv %s
> Unfortunately, this makes mutt wait for xv to exit, so I can't compare
> several images, or keep an image up while I read other mail. I've tried
> various combinations of adding & to the string, but haven't found one
> that makes mutt keep the tmp file around long enough for xv to see it.
> (I thought "xv - -name image.png &" would work, but it doesn't -- it
> apparently still depends on a temp file.)
Thanks for this..
> I've had the same "not waiting around long enough" problem with sending
> html messages to Netscape for viewing (as an alternate when they're too
> complicated to read with lynx). Has anyone found a trick to make mutt
> keep the tmp file around a little longer? It's not covered in the
> mailcap section of the mutt manual.
Just off the top of my head, maybe a wait command, or some such. I will
play with it very late tonight when I get time. Thanks Akkana for your
help.
You know, as an afterthought, since starting Linux several months ago, I
have tried ... maybe 20 different MUAs, and nothing compares to Mutt,
nothing is faster, nothing allows me to go through 200 to 300 messages in
about 15 - 20 mintues, and certainly nothing compares to the scoring or
threading capabilities. .. I have always been a MUA-alohic, but I think I
met my match. It does suck less <g>
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Best regards,
Gary
Today's thought: Chaos, panic, pandemonium - my work here is done.
