Re: SUMMARY -- Generic handling of WORD, EXCEL, FILE MANGER ...

[jari.aalto@cante.net (Jari Aalto+mail.linux)]

* Thu 2006-06-15 Bernhard Link <brlink AT debian.org>
* Message-Id: 20060615123501.GA11774 AT login.informatik.uni-freiburg.de
> * Jari Aalto+usenet <jari.aalto AT cante.net> [060615 12:32]:
>>     The features would be those proposed at the beginning. Examples:
>> 
>>         x-mime-handler --run x-file-manager /home/foo
>>         x-mime-handler --run x-spreadsheet this.xls
>
> What is wrong with:
>
> run-mailcap  --action=view application/vnd.ms-excel:this.xls
>
> or shorter:
>
> see application/vnd.ms-excel:this.xls
>
> or even shorten (if its type can be detected automatically correctly and
> one has no other information:)
>
> see this.xls

Good. I just wasn't familiar with run-mailcap's capabilities. I'll
update the proposal after comments.

Jari