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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
Cc: 11212@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11212: 24.0.95; mailcap-mime-extensions: Add opendocument formats
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:19:06 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83mx6h4gmd.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <81sjg9h67g.fsf@gmail.com>

> From: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:55:39 +0530
> Cc: 11212@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> My machine falls under `mailcap-poor-system-types'.  To use the right
> mimetype for outgoing attachements, I need to do one of the following:
> 
> 1. Set the environment "MIMETYPES" and point in to the mimetype file

I think this is the best way.

> 2. Create one of the following files "~/mime.typ", "~/etc/mime.typ" 
>    and start populating it. (Why do these file names have a typo?)

Someone was thinking about DOS 8+3 file-name restrictions, but didn't
know that specifying mime.types will work on MS-DOS as well.

> ps: Emacswiki and a quick google search turns up no help around this
> area.

I used the source, although my name isn't Luke.





  reply	other threads:[~2012-04-12  6:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-04-10 17:32 bug#11212: 24.0.95; mailcap-mime-extensions: Add opendocument formats Jambunathan K
2012-04-11 22:47 ` Glenn Morris
2012-04-11 22:50   ` Glenn Morris
2012-04-12  5:25   ` Jambunathan K
2012-04-12  6:19     ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2012-04-12  6:34       ` Jambunathan K
2012-04-12  5:57   ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-04-12 16:32     ` Glenn Morris
2013-11-15  4:36 ` Jambunathan K

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