HTML viewing in lynx without view-mailcap

J electron at emypeople.net
Thu Jul 11 01:41:40 UTC 2024


On Fri, Jul 05, 2024 at 04:34:55AM CDT José María Mateos wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 04, 2024 at 04:39:44PM -0500, J wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I have a little problem that I can't quite figure out (OS is Debian 10.9). On my current system, using Mutt 2.1.5, I have to use 'm' (view with mailcap) to open an html part in lynx; hitting Enter simply dumps the contents into the pager.
> > 
> > On an older system, using NeoMutt 1.7.2, I needed only hit Enter on the html and it would open in lynx.
> > 
> > Is this a difference in mutt versions, OS versions, or is it a configuration issue? When does one need to press 'm' to use the mailcap entry to view, and when does pressing just Enter suffice?
> 
> This might be one of those instances in which the difference between
> <Enter> and <Return> makes a difference. In newer mutt instances the
> same thing was happening to me (or at least I _think_ I remember this
> happening) and I had to add this to my .muttrc:
> 
> bind attach <Return> view-mailcap

That does work for me as well.
Thanks!

-- 
Jason


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