On 28Oct2011 16:27, Tim Johnson <t...@akwebsoft.com> wrote: | Using mutt on Mac Lion - OSX 10.7 | I'm trying to create a mailcap entry so that I can view text/html | attachments with chrome | The chrome executable is on a path with embedded spaces. | I have the following entry: | ################## | text/html; "/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ | Chrome" %s | ################## | in .mailcap. | | When I select the attachment I get the following error message: | "[1028/162111:INFO:breakpad_mac.mm(82)] Breakpad disabled | [5695:2571:73282031144211:ERROR:process_singleton_mac.cc(102)] | Unable to obtain profile lock." | | I think that could be translated as "Barking up the wrong tree." | What would be the preferable way to do this? | | NOTE: I am most familiar with ubuntu. I am new to Lion. | Ubuntu uses a script called /usr/bin/sensible-browser for this | purpose, I believe. | | Is there a comparable script for Lion?
Here's what I do sometimes. My $PATH has two (well ,more, but basicly two) leading items: $HOME/bin-local $HOME/bin The latter is my collection of scripts and is identical on all machines. The _former_ is per-machine hacks (and new scripts not yet part of the main set). For your situation the simplest thing for me would be: ln -s '/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome' $HOME/bin-local/chrome (On one line, should the mailer fold things.) Then just make the mailcap read: text/html; chrome %s In general, this kind of approach will let you have a nice easy to read mailcap with simple command names; you put all the machine specific executable location rubbish in $HOME/bin-local if the normal bins don't do what you need. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actual philosophy. - Max Born
