display images inline in xterm (while using mutt)

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Hi,

Thanks!


> On Friday, December 4, 2020, 2:36:14 AM CST, Zenithal <i at zenithal.me> wrote: 

>> If I use w3m -o ext_image_viewer=0 test.png, I can get the file test.png inside xterm.In my setup I do not have `ext_image_viewer` option so I can not verify

>> image/*;w3m -o ext_imageviewer=0 %s; copious output

> should be `copiousoutput`, not `copious output`, I think.

Yes, this at least claims to work, but you are right (later), it does not render in mutt.

>> However this does not work

>Well can you invoke `w3m` in attachment menu?

>You may add `auto_view image/*` in your muttrc to get `w3m` invoked automatically.

>> and gives me the options of w3m in the mutt window

>It is strange that with `copious output` your mailcap still works. In my test when I use `copious output`, `w3m` is not invoked nor given as a option.

>BTW, does `w3m` inline image view appear in the form of ascii? Or It just shows an image inside terminal. If it is the latter, I suppose
there would be problem rendering for mutt as `copiousoutput` can notexactly describe the situation, and it may mess up your email layout.

I can see what you are saying. However, is there a way to get this to work inside the mutt terminal?

Many thanks in advance!



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