If it was fixed on master, can you tell me which commit fixed it? Thanks, Nicholas On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 11:14 AM Nicholas Harrison < nicholasharrison222@gmail.com> wrote: > This is what I get after following those steps: > [image: image.png] > > These errors still show in the Messages: > error in process filter: mailcap-view-mime: Symbol’s function definition > is void: nil > error in process filter: Symbol’s function definition is void: nil > > Nicholas > > On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 10:35 AM Jean Louis wrote: > >> * Basil L. Contovounesios [2020-10-31 16:45]: >> > Nicholas Harrison writes: >> > >> > > Using the EWW browser, I can navigate around to webpages, but >> navigating >> > > to a pdf fails. It appears to download an unreadable pdf. Downloading >> > > and viewing the pdf manually in emacs (pdf-view-mode) works fine. >> > > >> > > I've tried these solutions to no avail: >> > > - Adding "application/pdf; emacsclient %s" to a ~/.mailcap file. This >> > > makes the process hang indefinitely. >> > > - Running the following elisp code: >> > > `(add-to-list 'mailcap-user-mime-data >> > > '((type . "application/pdf") >> > > (viewer . pdf-view-mode)))` >> > > This doesn't seem to have an effect. >> > >> > Seems to have been fixed on master: >> > >> > 1. emacs -Q >> > 2. M-x eww RET https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/emacs.html RET >> > 3. C-s extra pdf RET RET >> >> When external editor is used, buffer for eww pdf remains there in >> background *eww pdf* and neither l or q key bindings work, it would be >> expected to go back to the previous page from that buffer. >> >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> Jean Louis >> ⎔ λ 🄯 𝍄 𝌡 𝌚 >> >