[Users] Some Message Part 'Open With' Dialogs Missing 'Remember This' Option

Dustin Miller dustbiz at gmail.com
Mon Sep 9 04:47:46 CET 2019


> Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2019 18:33:17 -0000
> From: Paul <claws at thewildbeast.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Users] Some Message Part 'Open With' Dialogs Missing
> 	'Remember This' Option
> 
> On Sun, 8 Sep 2019 22:40:46 +0600
> Dustin Miller <dustbiz at gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> > DM: I also noticed that after choosing 'Remember this' for the
> > 'message/rfc822' part, that mime association doesn't show up in the
> > /etc/mailcap file, but it does result in the creation of a
> > ~/.mailcap file and then shows up in there.  
> 
> That's because /etc/mailcap is owned by root and the user running
> claws-mal can't write to /etc/mailcap.

DM: Makes sense.

> > However, if I add a similar entry to the ~/.mailcap file for the
> > text/plain mime type, in Claws that part still doesn't show the
> > 'Remember this' option and also doing a straight 'Open' doesn't
> > behave as it should if that entry had actually taken effect.  
> 
> That's because you configure the text editor (for text/plain)
> explicitly in claws-mail: /Configuration/Preferences/Message
> View/External Programs

DM: Got it; it's now working as desired. Presumably the 'web browser'
setting at that same location is the reason why the 'text/html' 'Open
With' dialog doesn't include a 'Remember this' option.

DM: Thanks for your reply and patience. Cheers, ---Dustin


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