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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