mailcap.order

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NAME

   /etc/mailcap.order - the mailcap ordering specifications

DESCRIPTION

   The  order  of  entries in the /etc/mailcap file can be altered by editing the /etc/mailcap.order file.  Each line of that file specifies a package and an optional mime type.  Mailcap
   entries that match will be placed in the order of this file.  Entries that don't match will be placed later.

Example

       mime-support:*/*
       gv:application/postscript
       netscape:text/html
       less:text/*
       emacs:text/*

   The above would make any entries provided by the mime-support package (as found in the /usr/lib/mime/packages directory) take priority over everything else.  The gv  package  will  be
   used  over  anything  else when it comes to postscript documents.  Netscape will be used for any html documents and less will be used for any remaining text documents.  However, since
   neither netscape or less provide for editing documents, any edit or compose actions will fall through to the emacs rules.

   After modifying this file, be sure to run /usr/sbin/update-mime (as root) to propagate the changes into the /etc/mailcap file.

   Remember that this files takes package names and not executable names.  If you want to define rules that reference specific programs, the best way is to include them in ~/.mailcap  or
   the user section of the /etc/mailcap file.

LIMITATIONS

   There is currently no way to break out a certain type from a wildcard rule.  If, for example, both xv and gimp were to specify "image/*" rules, it isn't possible to use xv for gif im
   ages but use gimp for jpeg images.

   Also,  I would like to add the ability to specify certain actions in the rules.  For example, if netscape were to have an edit rule but I wanted to use emacs for editing/creating html
   documents, I could place a line like

     emacs:text/* action=edit|compose

   before the netscape entry.  The update-mime program would then spit out entries such that netscape view rule comes before the emacs view rule but have the netscape edit rule comes af
   ter the emacs edit rule.

SEE ALSO

   mailcap(5) run-mailcap(1) update-mime(8)

AUTHOR

   The mailcap.order specification was written by Brian White <bcwhite@pobox.com>

Debian Project 16th Aug 1998 MAILCAP.ORDER(5)