Re: HTML viewing in lynx without view-mailcap

Rene Kita <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.mutt.user
Message-ID <ZoeWNxx-F1-FgoFT@t480> 
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?

I don't know about NeoMutt, but I can confirm the described behavior for
mutt. So might be a different behavior because you were running a
different program.

This is describe in the fine manual in section 1.3.1. Viewing
Attachments.
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