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.\" Update-mime and this manpage were written by Brian White and
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.\" have been placed in the public domain (the only true "free").
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.TH UPDATE-MIME 8 "16th Aug 1998" "Debian Project" "Update MIME Programs"
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.TH UPDATE-MIME 8 "16th Jul 2006" "Debian Project" "Update MIME Programs"
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update\-mime \- create or update MIME information
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file can be altered by editing the
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.I /etc/mailcap.order
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file. Please see the mailcap.order(5) man page for more information.
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man page for more information.
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.SH CREATING ENTRIES
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To create entries in the mailcap file, packages need to create a file
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that rule a "last resort".
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.BI view=<program-string>
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Specifies the program to run to view a file of the given content-type.
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Actually, the "view=" must be omitted and the viewer program must be
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the second value on the line (after the mime type).
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.B This option connot be omitted.
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When writing an entry that has no viewer, use a value of
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.B This option setting connot be omitted.
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An implicit "view=" can be considered before it. When writing an
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entry that has no viewer, use a value of
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.BI needsterminal
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The "needsterminal" option, if given, indicates that the commands must
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be run on an interactive terminal. This is needed to inform window-
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oriented user agents that an interactive terminal is needed. (The
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decision is not left exclusively to the command because in some
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circumstances it may not be possible for such programs to tell whether
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or not they are on interactive terminals.) The needsterminal command
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applies to the view, compose and edit commands, if they exist. Note
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that this is NOT a test -- it is a requirement for the environment in
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which the program will be executed, and should typically cause the
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creation of a terminal window when not executed on either a real
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terminal or a terminal window.
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be run on an interactive terminal. This is needed to inform window-oriented
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user agents that an interactive terminal is needed. (The decision is
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not left exclusively to the command because in some circumstances it
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may not be possible for such programs to tell whether or not they are
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on interactive terminals.) The needsterminal command applies to the
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view, compose and edit commands, if they exist. Note that this is NOT
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a test -- it is a requirement for the environment in which the program
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will be executed, and will typically cause the creation of a terminal
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window when not executed on either a real terminal or a terminal
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.BI copiousoutput
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The "copiousoutput" option, if given, indicates that the output from the
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