displaying html links inside mutt

[Jean Louis]

* Globe Trotter via Mutt-users <mutt-users at mutt.org> [2021-09-10 07:30]:
> Hello,
> 
> I am still new to mutt (having moved from sylpheed) and finding my way. Great, but one of the major issues that I have been having is that sometimes I get some e-mail which is written in html but which has no indication of any links, but has some links that are embedded/hidden. So, there are two things I would like to say here. In the first case, I get an email and says, for instance: "Edit here." But there is no indication that there is a link, much less what the link is. So, in many cases, I am finding myself just not even realizing these actions on emails (not in the above case, because it specifically says that there is an action required on my part, but sometimes, the text is ambiguous). I can open the html in an external browser and there I find the link, but I would like an in-mutt solution (I don't really like going to the browser to read my email if I can help it). This is becoming quite a big concern for me.
> 
> To be sure, there are some cases where I get the links displayed,
> but this is not always, and I am trying to find out how to make it
> such that it is displayed always.

I know a solution that works well:

1) Make HTML attachments to be open with `elinks' browser; this is
   good enough to open links in console mode; but then follow to open
   up links with external browser;

   In ~/.mailcap I have following:
   
   text/html;   elinks -force-html '%s';

2) Go into setup in `elinks' with `o' to options, "Document" then "URI
   Passing" and then press `a' to add new option, you may name it like
   "External" press `e' on that option and enter your favorite
   browser, I have something like "iceweasel %c" -- which means if I
   wish to open the link with external browser, I would use option
   under menu "Link" -> "Pass link URI to external command";

3) To make it respond quickly on the key, go to "Setup" -> "Keybinding
   manager" -> "Main mapping" -> "Pass link URI to external command"
   and press ENTER, choose your keybinding, I have ";" for example;

4) When you wish to view HTML attachment, then you press enter in
   attachment menu and `elinks' browser will open. You can read the
   HTML document and browse with `elinks' the Internet. If you wish to
   open the link in external browser, you press the key binding, in
   this example it was ";"



-- 
Jean

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