Re: [Nmh-workers] nmh not using w3n or elinks

[Paul Fox]

ken wrote:
 > >another example:  the notion that there's just one answer to "how
 > >should i display <foo>?" is a little naive.  i'm sure we all might use
 > >any of several apps to view a specific type of content.  i have a
 > >monolithic script that helps me deal with attachments (or inlines ;-). 
 > >when it sees application/pdf, it asks me whether it should use xpdf,
 > >okular, or acroread, and arranges for an MHSHOW variable that will do
 > >the right thing.  for msword it similarly gives me a choice between
 > >antiword or libreoffice.  i'll bet all that prompting could be done
 > >using individual wrapper scripts invoked from
 > >mhshow-show-application/<foo> entries.
 > 
 > I know what you mean ... it seems like we need a new tool.  mhshow really
 > seems to be more about "display this content", mhstore is more about "store
 > this content".  We don't really have something that's in the middle:
 > "direct this content to stdout".  I know it's possible to cobble something

i don't quite follow the usage case you're picturing.  at least, i don't see
how it would help with the problem i described above.  mhshow takes care of
creating a file containing the content with a unique name -- that has value.

paul
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