Re: pipe attachments in mutt

[Glyn Kennington <glyn.kennington@hertford.oxford.ac.uk>]

Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
> now, i occassionally get pdf files as attachments. i thouht if i 'pipe' the attachment to
> xpdf, i will be able to see the attachment.
> 
> so, while i am in attachments screen (by pressing v), i press | and for command, i type
> xpdf.
> 
> the xpdf program opens up. but empty. what is it that i am doing that is wrong?

xpdf won't read files from standard input, so it is being called without any
arguments, and opens up empty.

> what do i need to do so that the desired application will open with the attachment?

xpdf has the correct mailcap entries that it should start automatically if
you ask mutt to ``view-attach''.  This command is (by default) bound to
<Return> when you're in the attachments screen.

Glyn

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