display images inline in xterm (while using mutt)

[Patrick Shanahan]

* mutt users list <mutt-users at mutt.org> [12-04-20 11:07]:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks! 
> 
>  > On Friday, December 4, 2020, 9:56:23 AM CST, Dave Woodfall <dave at tty1.uk> wrote: 
> 
> >>  On 04/12/20 05:30, Mutt Users <mutt-users at mutt.org> put forth the proposition:
> >> Hi,
> >> If I use w3m -o ext_image_viewer=0 test.png, I can get the file test.png inside xterm. I wanted to do the same on my mutt window (inside xterm). How do I do this?
> >> I tried putting:
> >> image/*;w3m -o ext_imageviewer=0 %s; copious output
> >> However this does not work and gives me the options of w3m in the mutt window. How can I use this?
> 
> >I don't have a solution offhand, but I'd like to let you know thatw3m's image viewer can be invoked directly without going via w3m
> first.
> 
> > It is installed in your distro's libexec directory, which in mine (slackware) is:
> 
> >/usr/libexec/w3m/w3mimgdisplay
> 
> >Doing a `locate w3mimgdisplay' should find it.
> 
> Interesting and thanks! Mine is also at the same location:
> 
> $ locate w3mimgdisplay
> /usr/libexec/w3m/w3mimgdisplay
> 
> However 
> 
> $ /usr/libexec/w3m/w3mimgdisplay test.png
> 
> appears to do nothing. The prompt just comes back. 

I didn't have it installed, but test installed and get same result.
removed it and following works w/o it, but w3m must be configured to
display graphical.  I will have to look to see where, don't remember, too
old, been too long.

for me:  w3m display.jpg
will display image display.jpg

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