On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:05:30AM -0700, Brendan Cully wrote: > On Friday, 26 June 2009 at 12:00, Kyle Wheeler wrote: > > On Friday, June 26 at 05:39 PM, quoth Chris G: > > >I'm sure I used to be able to view HTML E-Mails two ways, firstly in > > >mutt's pager using links 'automatically' and secondly using firefox if > > >I used the v[iew-attachments] command. Now however I seem to be stuck > > >with only links. > > Make sure the line with copiousoutput comes after any other > handler. It looks like it doesn't in your muttrc. > Ah, that's it, thanks! :-)
> > From the attachment menu, use 'm' (the <view-mailcap> function) > > instead of just <Return> (<view-attach> function). If it's more > > convenient, you can just rebind <Return> to restore the old behavior: > > > > bind attach <Return> view-mailcap > > > > I don't entirely understand the reasons this behavior was changed, but > > it's been discussed a bit on the mutt-dev list. > > > > It has something to do with making mutt more sane for people who don't > > have a mailcap and still want to be able to read text/* attachments. > > Basically, view-attachment now works the same way as the pager, but > limited to just the scope of the attachment. If it can show the > attachment inline, it will. This is kind of nice, for instance, if you > want to read a patch buried in a bunch of other > attachments. view-mailcap will always launch the external (possibly > interactive) viewer. > -- Chris Green
