Re: Saving attachments

[Erik Hetzner <egh@e6h.org>]

Hi Greg,

Here is a solution that I came up with, if you a modern desktop. I
have tried this with a number of messages with different types of
attachments, but I’m not sure if it will work universally.

First,

  (setq mime-view-mailcap-files '("~/.mailcap"))

This needs to be done *before* SEMI is loaded. You can use
customize-variable for this. Next, use the following (and only the
following) in your ~/.mailcap file:

  application/*; xdg-open %s
  image/*; xdg-open %s
  text/*; xdg-open %s
  video/*; xdg-open %s
  audio/*; xdg-open %s

Finally:

  (setq mime-play-find-every-situations nil)

This depends on having a command, `xdg-open`, that can deal with all
types of files. This should be present on modern Linux desktops. I
believe there is a similar command on a Mac.

Now I think that using `v` or `e` will find only one solution for
every media type, either open in xdg-open or save using
wl-mime-save-content.

best, Erik

At Tue, 07 Oct 2014 21:30:44 +1100,
Greg Bognar wrote:
> 
> When I try to save an attachment by pressing `e'
> (`mime-preview-extract-current-entity'), I get a prompt "Methods:".  Its two
> options are `mime-save-content' and ` wl-mime-save-content'.  The two
> functions do the same thing in slightly different ways.
> 
> Is there a way to avoid having this prompt each time I save an attachment?
> Is there a variable that can record my preference?  It should not be
> necessary to go through this step every time.
> 
> (Actually, I think the same question applies to
> `mime-preview-play-current-entity' -- it should be possible to specify the
> program(s) one uses to view attachments.)
> 
> Any tips would be appreciated,
> Greg

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