From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: doc-view and mailcap Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:16:23 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87bqbhkhc6.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> <58152.128.165.0.81.1191330286.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> <878x6ljwb4.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> <87fy0r2u3z.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> <87wsu1sear.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> <878x6gqqfa.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> <87abqt2x52.fsf@jurta.org> <87bqb8rmk2.fsf@jurta.org> <87ejfwgf5k.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1192583805 23213 80.91.229.12 (17 Oct 2007 01:16:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:16:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juri Linkov , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 17 03:16:45 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IhxWc-0006Lt-NI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:16:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IhxWV-0002DZ-6V for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:16:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IhxWS-0002DK-Hk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:16:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IhxWO-0002Co-K9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:16:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IhxWO-0002Cl-HZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:16:28 -0400 Original-Received: from bc.sympatico.ca ([209.226.175.184] helo=tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IhxWK-0006CC-U2; Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:16:25 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([74.12.207.168]) by tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20071017011623.XOYU18413.tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net@pastel.home>; Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:16:23 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 334F77FEC; Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:16:22 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Reiner Steib's message of "Tue\, 16 Oct 2007 22\:43\:12 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:81036 Archived-At: > I didn't have time to try doc-view yet (and currently the trunk > doesn't bootstrap for me; will look into this later), so I don't know > if doc-view makes sense for attachments. > Gnus wants to stay compatible with Emacs 21 and XEmacs 21.4. When > adding doc-view specific entries, please do it in a compatible way. > (Additionally, such non-bugfix changes should not go into the stable > Gnus version, I think.) For what it's worth, w.r.t attachments, I see no problem with Gnus's attachment and doc-view support: if viewed internally the attachment will use doc-view-mode and if used externally it'll use whichever program you prefer (xpdf, xdvi, gv, evince, ...). Stefan