[snip > > > > > > Where does xpdf and kuickshow reside? If you specify the > > > full path for each command in your mailcap, does that work? > > > > /usr/bin/xpdf > > /usr/kde/3.5/bin/kuickshow > > > > these file work from the command line, the same command line I'm > > starting mutt, so why isn't mutt recognizing them? > > As Kyle tried to explain, the problem is not that mutt could not > find the commands; the problem was that you were trying to have mutt > read your mailcap file as a mutt configuration file. Once you fix > that problem, mutt should be able to find the viewers (xpdf and > kuickshow) just fine.
Yes, I removed mailcap created in .mutt directory > You are correct in assuming that if the viewers can be found from > the shell's command line, and you execute mutt from that command > line, then mutt should be able to find those viewers. > > Gary But it doesn't find them. In order for example to view PDF files with "xpdf" application I have to add to ~/.mailcap: application/pdf; xpdf %s If I don't have this line in there mutt will open PDF file as a text file. Is there a way to automatically generate/update the "mailcap" file so it will automatically recognized all the extension type type I have associated with mine.type? Updating it manually might not be hard to do but it is time consuming and prone to errors. -- #Joseph
