commit d10400bf3b13eaf2e65eb4f298b08ac0fbf0afc1 parent 2bcb8276c2b946840ada20d4a296ccde186ffbfe Author: Anders Damsgaard <anders.damsgaard@geo.au.dk> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 15:22:01 -0800 add attachment handling Diffstat:
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diff --git a/.mutt/view_attachment.sh b/.mutt/view_attachment.sh @@ -0,0 +1,127 @@ +#!/bin/bash +# +# Author: Eric Gebhart +# +# Purpose: To be called by mutt as indicated by .mailcap to handle mail attachments. +# +# Function: Copy the given file to a temporary directory so mutt +# Won't delete it before it is read by the application. +# +# Along the way, discern the file type or use the type +# That is given. +# +# Finally use 'open' or 'open -a' if the third argument is +# given. +# +# +# Arguments: +# +# $1 is the file +# $2 is the type - for those times when file magic isn't enough. +# I frequently get html mail that has no extension +# and file can't figure out what it is. +# +# Set to '-' if you don't want the type to be discerned. +# Many applications can sniff out the type on their own. +# And they do a better job of it too. +# +# Open Office and MS Office for example. +# +# $3 is open with. as in open -a 'open with this .app' foo.xls +# +# Examples: These are typical .mailcap entries which use this program. +# +# Image/JPEG; /Users/vdanen/.mutt/view_attachment %s +# Image/PNG; /Users/vdanen/.mutt/view_attachment %s +# Image/GIF; /Users/vdanen/.mutt/view_attachment %s +# +# Application/PDF; /Users/vdanen/.mutt/view_attachment %s +# +# #This HTML example passes the type because file doesn't always work and +# #there aren't always extensions. +# +# text/html; /Users/vdanen/.mutt/view_attachment %s html +# +# # If your Start OpenOffice.org.app is spelled with a space like this one, <-- +# # then you'll need to precede the space with a \ . I found that too painful +# # and renamed it with an _. +# +# Application/vnd.ms-excel; /Users/vdanen/.mutt/view_attachment %s "-" '/Applications/OpenOffice.org1.1.2/Start_OpenOffice.org.app' +# Application/msword; /Users/vdanen/.mutt/view_attachment %s "-" '/Applications/OpenOffice.org1.1.2/Start_OpenOffice.org.app' +# +# +# Debugging: If you have problems set debug to 'yes'. That will cause a debug file +# be written to /tmp/mutt_attach/debug so you can see what is going on. +# +# See Also: The man pages for open, file, basename +# + +# the tmp directory to use. +tmpdir="$HOME/.tmp/mutt_attach" + +# the name of the debug file if debugging is turned on. +debug_file=$tmpdir/debug + +# debug. yes or no. +#debug="no" +debug="yes" + +type=$2 +open_with=$3 + +# make sure the tmpdir exists. +mkdir -p $tmpdir + +# clean it out. Remove this if you want the directory +# to accumulate attachment files. +rm -f $tmpdir/* + +# Mutt puts everything in /tmp by default. +# This gets the basic filename from the full pathname. +filename=`basename $1` + +# get rid of the extenson and save the name for later. +file=`echo $filename | cut -d"." -f1` + +if [ $debug = "yes" ]; then + echo "1:" $1 " 2:" $2 " 3:" $3 > $debug_file + echo "Filename:"$filename >> $debug_file + echo "File:"$file >> $debug_file + echo "===========================" >> $debug_file +fi + +# if the type is empty then try to figure it out. +if [ -z $type ]; then + file $1 + type=`file -bi $1 | cut -d"/" -f2` +fi + +# if the type is '-' then we don't want to mess with type. +# Otherwise we are rebuilding the name. Either from the +# type that was passed in or from the type we discerned. +if [ $type = "-" ]; then + newfile=$filename +else + newfile=$file.$type +fi + +newfile=$tmpdir/$newfile + +# Copy the file to our new spot so mutt can't delete it +# before the app has a chance to view it. +cp $1 $newfile + +if [ $debug = "yes" ]; then + echo "File:" $file "TYPE:" $type >> $debug_file + echo "Newfile:" $newfile >> $debug_file + echo "Open With:" $open_with >> $debug_file +fi + +# If there's no 'open with' then we can let preview do it's thing. +# Otherwise we've been told what to use. So do an open -a. + +if [ -z $open_with ]; then + open $newfile +else + open -a "$open_with" $newfile +fi