Re: Gnus: How to simplify file attachments?

[Marius Hofert]

I realized that I can "customize" dnd-protocol-alist. I added the three lines 
as in Leo's setup (mml-dnd-attach-file, dnd-open-file, mml-dnd-attach-file) [I 
even used the same order]. Still, drag-and-drop of files to a new message 
buffer includes the file contents, not the file as attachment. Do I need to 
install anything to get this feature?

Cheers,

Marius

On 2012-01-08, at 13:19 , Leo wrote:

> On 2012-01-07 23:45 +0800, Marius Hofert wrote:
>> Can you explain how, please?
>> If I DnD a .pdf to a new message buffer (Gnus v5.13, Emacs 24, Mac OS
>> X 10.7.2), the *code* of the .pdf file is inserted, not a link to the
>> .pdf file as attachment. To be more precise, a huge amount of code is
>> inserted starting with "%PDF-1.5..." (as if you look at the .pdf file
>> as .txt).
>> Furthermore, DnD of an attachment out of a received email also did not work 
>> under my setup above. I just can't "grab" the .pdf. 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Marius
> 
> I just used the mouse to drop a file on to this buffer. Worked
> perfectly. I am using emacs-23(Macport) + gnus(from emacs-24).
> 
> ,----[ leading # removed ]
> | <part filename="/Users/leo/Downloads/paper.pdf" disposition=attachment>
> | </part>
> `----
> 
> Check dnd-protocol-alist, see if you have mml-dnd-attach-file in it.
> 
> ,----[ C-h v dnd-protocol-alist RET ]
> [snipped 18 lines]
> | This variable was introduced, or its default value was changed, in
> | version 22.1 of Emacs.
> | 
> | Value: (("^file:///" . mml-dnd-attach-file)
> |  ("^file://" . dnd-open-file)
> |  ("^file:" . mml-dnd-attach-file)
> |  ("^file:///" . dnd-open-local-file)
> |  ("^file://" . dnd-open-file)
> |  ("^file:" . dnd-open-local-file)
> |  ("^\\(https?\\|ftp\\|file\\|nfs\\)://" . dnd-open-file))
> | 
> | Original value was 
> | (("^file:///" . dnd-open-local-file)
> |  ("^file://" . dnd-open-file)
> |  ("^file:" . dnd-open-local-file)
> |  ("^\\(https?\\|ftp\\|file\\|nfs\\)://" . dnd-open-file))
> | 
> | Local in buffer *unsent wide reply to Marius Hofert*; global value is 
> | (("^file:///" . dnd-open-local-file)
> |  ("^file://" . dnd-open-file)
> |  ("^file:" . dnd-open-local-file)
> |  ("^\\(https?\\|ftp\\|file\\|nfs\\)://" . dnd-open-file))
> `----