Re: Suggestion: Handle Application/PDF just like image attachments

On Tue, 30 May 2006, Matt Ackeret wrote:

> Suggestion: for Mac OS X, handle Application/PDF attachments just like 
> image attachments.  That is, let me hit return and it "just works". 
> PDFs will open in Preview just like images will.

I never use the image viewer (I save attachments to a scratch directory 
and manually fire up the appropriate viewer). However, the help file 
says:

     OPTION: Image-Viewer

     This option specifies the program Pine should call to view MIME
     attachments of type IMAGE (e.g. GIF or TIFF).  The Image Viewer setting
     is no longer needed, but remains for backward compatibility.  The more
     general method for associating external printing and viewing programs
     with specific MIME data types is to use the system's (or your personal)
     "mailcap" configuration file.

This would lead me to expect that by creating the appropriate entries in 
the .mailcap file, you would get the behavior you expect. I'm no longer 
a Mac user (disappointed as I am that my PowerMac 6100 isn't supported 
for MacOS X :-)  so I really haven't looked at this beyond the surface.

> (Another suggestion: for everyone, add in that relatively-recent patch
> someone made to show the titles of attachments.  I forget if it was
> for the main viewer or the view attachments screen, or both.)

If you're referring to my patch, it is for both the main viewer and the 
View Attachments screen.
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