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Re: [Nmh-workers] nmh not using w3n or elinks
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Paul Fox |
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Re: [Nmh-workers] nmh not using w3n or elinks |
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Fri, 16 May 2014 16:24:55 -0400 |
ken wrote:
> >another example: the notion that there's just one answer to "how
> >should i display <foo>?" is a little naive. i'm sure we all might use
> >any of several apps to view a specific type of content. i have a
> >monolithic script that helps me deal with attachments (or inlines ;-).
> >when it sees application/pdf, it asks me whether it should use xpdf,
> >okular, or acroread, and arranges for an MHSHOW variable that will do
> >the right thing. for msword it similarly gives me a choice between
> >antiword or libreoffice. i'll bet all that prompting could be done
> >using individual wrapper scripts invoked from
> >mhshow-show-application/<foo> entries.
>
> I know what you mean ... it seems like we need a new tool. mhshow really
> seems to be more about "display this content", mhstore is more about "store
> this content". We don't really have something that's in the middle:
> "direct this content to stdout". I know it's possible to cobble something
i don't quite follow the usage case you're picturing. at least, i don't see
how it would help with the problem i described above. mhshow takes care of
creating a file containing the content with a unique name -- that has value.
paul
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- Re: [Nmh-workers] nmh not using w3n or elinks, (continued)
- Re: [Nmh-workers] nmh not using w3n or elinks, Lyndon Nerenberg, 2014/05/15
- Re: [Nmh-workers] nmh not using w3n or elinks, Paul Fox, 2014/05/15
- Re: [Nmh-workers] nmh not using w3n or elinks, Lyndon Nerenberg, 2014/05/15
- Re: [Nmh-workers] nmh not using w3n or elinks, Ken Hornstein, 2014/05/16
- Re: [Nmh-workers] nmh not using w3n or elinks, Paul Fox, 2014/05/16
- Re: [Nmh-workers] nmh not using w3n or elinks, Ken Hornstein, 2014/05/16
- Re: [Nmh-workers] nmh not using w3n or elinks, Ralph Corderoy, 2014/05/16
- Re: [Nmh-workers] nmh not using w3n or elinks,
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- Re: [Nmh-workers] nmh not using w3n or elinks, Ken Hornstein, 2014/05/15
- Re: [Nmh-workers] nmh not using w3n or elinks, norm, 2014/05/16
- Re: [Nmh-workers] nmh not using w3n or elinks, Ken Hornstein, 2014/05/16
Re: [Nmh-workers] nmh not using w3n or elinks, David Levine, 2014/05/15
Re: [Nmh-workers] nmh not using w3n or elinks, David Levine, 2014/05/16