This one time, at band camp, Sandip P Deshmukh said: > On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 11:12:24AM +0000, Glyn Kennington wrote: > > Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > > > Things you can do: If you have any pdf files saved, type `see filename.pdf' > > > > and see what happens. > > > works perfectly! opens xpdf and the file > > > > Well in that case, the problem almost certainly lies with mutt, because > > `see' is a program to call the appropriate mailcap entry. (You can test > > again by trying to look at a pdf file in lynx, though.) > > > > When mutt shows you the raw file (all those indecipherable characters) does > > it show any kind of error like `no matching mailcap entries found'? > > i will just repeat what i did. got to the message that has an pdf attachment > hit v > choose the pdf attachment > hit enter > a window opens with ascii characters like % 5 m and so on. but you are not reading a pdf > document > no error is shown > hit q to quit This looks like `less` is being called, as nothing else matches, and less sometimes adds itself as a default viewer for unmatched application types. I would try adding a correct .mailcap for your account, and when you have it working correctly, add it into /etc/mailcap. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Stephen Gran | Who's on first? | |steve@lobefin.net | | |http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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