Re: MIME support
Christian Hudon:
> > It would also be (very) nice if install-info produced a mailcap
> > file that works under both X and the console. Packages could then
> > register themselves as supporting type image/gif (say) under X or
> > the console or both.
Brian C. White:
> That would be much more difficult. I don't see how, as a plain
> file, "mailcap" could differentiate.
I imagine it would be along the lines of the way mailcap distinguishes
between different files encoded in the same format -- it would leave
that up to the program it calls. Say, perhaps, you some script named
X-or-console which takes two strings as an argument -- the first would
be the command to execute under X, the second on the console. It
might look something like this:
#!/bin/sh
# execute $1 if running under X, $2 otherwise
# note: X routines needn't run in foreground
if [ -z $DISPLAY ]; then
eval $1 &
else
eval exec $2
fi
Of course, there may be a better way to deal with this. [This
requires that the install program recognize the X-or-console program
and treat it specially. It may also require some special handling of
quotes.]
--
Raul
Reply to: