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From: Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>
To: Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: mailcap MIME type handlers
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2018 09:08:27 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <877ejchhk4.fsf@iki.fi> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87va6xudrg.fsf@bsb.me.uk> (Ben Bacarisse's message of "Sun, 23 Sep 2018 03:52:03 +0100")

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Ben Bacarisse [2018-09-23 03:52:03+01] wrote:

> How can I get Emacs (specifically mailcap.el) to prioritise my
> system's or my personal mailcap settings?
>
> Gnus, for example, opens PDF files in doc-view-mode rather than using
> the program specified in /etc/mailcap or ~/.mailcap.

Use variable mailcap-user-mime-data:

    (setq mailcap-user-mime-data
          '(((type . "application/pdf")
             (viewer . "my-viewer %s"))))

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  reply	other threads:[~2018-09-23  6:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-09-23  2:52 mailcap MIME type handlers Ben Bacarisse
2018-09-23  6:08 ` Teemu Likonen [this message]
     [not found] ` <mailman.1164.1537683367.1284.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-09-23 14:38   ` Ben Bacarisse

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