Re: Viewing html-attachments with mutt

[Bastian Bowe <BaBowe@gmx.de>]

Is there a way to tell mutt not to delete the file after calling the wrapper?

On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 11:26:44PM +0000, Tom Gilbert wrote:
> * Bastian Bowe (BaBowe@gmx.de) wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I try to view an html-attachment using mutt.  After pressing "v" and
> > choosing the file netscape comes up. Netscape says "no such file or
> > directory...." or something like that. Sometimes it works. Mutt seems
> > to copy the attached file to /tmp, start netscape and then delete the
> > file before netscape is able to open it.
> 
> mutt waits for the viewing process to finish then deletes the file.
> debian uses a netscape wrapper, which means if netscape is already
> running, the "netscape" command makes it open a new window and then
> exits, meaning mutt will most often delete the file you are trying to
> view.
> 
> There's no nice way around this I can see. Instead, view html email
> inline, using this mailcap entry (install w3m first):
> 
> text/html; w3m -T text/html -dump %s ; copiousoutput
> 
> and this .muttrc entry:
> 
> set implicit_autoview
> auto_view text/html
> 
> Tom.
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Bastian Bowe