From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hugh Lawson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: gnus uudecode "wrong type file" error, solved Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 02:39:59 GMT Organization: RoadRunner - Triad Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87he2xk2uk.fsf@desktop.xx.yy> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1064718246 6858 80.91.224.253 (28 Sep 2003 03:04:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 03:04:06 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 28 05:04:04 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A3Rqu-0002FZ-00 for ; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 05:04:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A3Rng-0002Rd-AG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 27 Sep 2003 23:00:44 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.he.net!newsfeed1.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!news-west.rr.com!news.rr.com!cyclone.tampabay.rr.com!news-post.tampabay.rr.com!twister.southeast.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 14 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.167.160.230 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com Original-X-Trace: twister.southeast.rr.com 1064716799 24.167.160.230 (Sat, 27 Sep 2003 22:39:59 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 22:39:59 EDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:116916 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:12842 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:12842 X v u 'gnus-uudecode-and-view' kept giving me the "wrong type file" error. After much web and info searching, I solved this one in two steps. First, I added the following line to my .gnus file. (setq gnus-uu-user-view-rules '(("jpg$\\|gif$" "xzgv"))) Second, when the error persisted, I discovered that I didn't have the Debian package 'sharutils' installed. 'uudecode' is provided by this package, and Emacs evidently uses the Gnu uudecode program. -- Hugh Lawson