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Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail

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On 2024-05-06 15:27, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Mon, May 06, 2024 at 02:53:10PM +0200, Jesper Dybdal wrote:
>> I use s-nail as my mailx command (selected using the Debian "alternatives"
>> mechanism).
>>
>> Since I upgraded from Bullseye to Bookworm, s-nail now shows a bunch of
>> error messages in connection with viewing messages.  Here is a sample:
>>> s-nail: $MAILCAPS: /etc/mailcap: x-scheme-handler/mailto: ignored
>>> unknown string/command: u = \\${u//\\\\\\"/\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"}
>>> s-nail: $MAILCAPS: /etc/mailcap: text/english: ignored unknown
>>> string/command: then exec emacsclient --alternate-editor =
>>> --display=\\"\\$DISPLAY\\" \\"\\$@\\"
> I don't have lines like this in mine.  Then again, I don't have emacs
> installed.
>
> The question (one of the questions) is what's putting them there, and I
> would guess one of the emacs packages is doing it.
>> I have no particular wish to learn about /etc/mailcap.  The only way I've
>> found to avoid this is to remove the /etc/mailcap file entirely.
>>
>> I would think deleting any lines containing "emacs" would be slightly
>> less invasive.  Obviously, make a backup copy of the file first.
That might be an excellent idea.  I've removed all lines with 
"emacsclient" (there were also some with "emacs", but not 
"emacsclient"), and the error messages have disappeared.  Since I only 
use s-nail rarely. it may be a while before I know whether that removal 
also has negative consequences.

Thanks a lot, Greg!

-- 
Jesper Dybdal
https://www.dybdal.dk

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Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail Jesper Dybdal <jd-debian-user@dybdal.dk> - 2024-05-06 15:10 +0200
  Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-05-06 15:30 +0200
    Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail Jesper Dybdal <jd-debian-user@dybdal.dk> - 2024-05-06 16:10 +0200
    Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-05-06 16:30 +0200
      Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-05-06 17:10 +0200
      Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail Jesper Dybdal <jd-debian-user@dybdal.dk> - 2024-05-07 13:50 +0200
        Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-05-07 18:30 +0200
          Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-05-15 18:00 +0200
            Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail "Jonathan Dowland" <jmtd@debian.org> - 2024-05-16 09:50 +0200
              Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-05-17 13:00 +0200
                Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail "Jonathan Dowland" <jmtd@debian.org> - 2024-05-20 11:50 +0200
            Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail Jesper Dybdal <jesper@dybdal.dk> - 2024-05-17 22:50 +0200
  Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-05-06 17:00 +0200
    Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-05-06 17:10 +0200

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