Re: mailcap/slrn question
On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Dale Morris wrote:
> Does anyone have a working mailcap file that will display images from
> newsgroups in slrn? I can get mutt to display images using ee, but I've
> never been able to get slrn to display an image in a binary newsgroup. I
> always have to use Netscape News for binaries and slrn for regular text
> messages. I'd like to have slrn do everything.
> --
No, not working for your particular need.
I once used .mailcap for displaying images files localy from a remote tin.
I could remember how to do it again, but I remember it being very ungainly.
I replaced that with a c program. Finally I used a script filter. You use
the write to stdin and filter through key, "|" in tin. Must be something
similar in slrn. Uudeview is a smart decoder for both mime 7 bit encoding
(forgot its name right now) and uuencoded files - very
useful for viewing those fine arts newsgroups. The apc vt320
escape sequence and kermit are not needed . They would both just
be a viewing command for you - display probably. At one time I used an
echo and read so you could choose the viewer on the fly, mtvp fo mpegs
for instance. This was a pain because I got a raw terminal and had to
change it and change it back. But what you are trying to do should be very
accomplishable.
#!/usr/bin/sh
cat > $HOME/News/See/Tmp
uudeview -i -d -p $HOME/News/See $HOME/News/See/Tmp
rm $HOME/News/See/Tmp
Image=`ls $HOME/News/See/`
kermit -s $HOME/News/See/$Image
apc_echo "run display $Image, output \13"
rm $HOME/News/See/*
#not done
The problem is the the uudecoding , for instance in lynx
without the decoding it becomes much easier and practical to use metamail.
.mailcap
image/*; putz %s ;needsterminal
#!/bin/sh
kermit -s $*
PICTURE=`basename $*`
apc_echo "run display $PICTURE"
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> "Make voyages, attempt them, there's nothing else."
> --Tennessee Williams
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