* mutt users list <mutt-users@mutt.org> [12-04-20 11:07]: > > Hi, > > Thanks! > > > On Friday, December 4, 2020, 9:56:23 AM CST, Dave Woodfall <d...@tty1.uk> > wrote: > > >> On 04/12/20 05:30, Mutt Users <mutt-users@mutt.org> put forth the > >>proposition: > >> Hi, > >> If I use w3m -o ext_image_viewer=0 test.png, I can get the file test.png > >> inside xterm. I wanted to do the same on my mutt window (inside xterm). > >> How do I do this? > >> I tried putting: > >> image/*;w3m -o ext_imageviewer=0 %s; copious output > >> However this does not work and gives me the options of w3m in the mutt > >> window. How can I use this? > > >I don't have a solution offhand, but I'd like to let you know thatw3m's > >image viewer can be invoked directly without going via w3m > first. > > > It is installed in your distro's libexec directory, which in mine > > (slackware) is: > > >/usr/libexec/w3m/w3mimgdisplay > > >Doing a `locate w3mimgdisplay' should find it. > > Interesting and thanks! Mine is also at the same location: > > $ locate w3mimgdisplay > /usr/libexec/w3m/w3mimgdisplay > > However > > $ /usr/libexec/w3m/w3mimgdisplay test.png > > appears to do nothing. The prompt just comes back.
I didn't have it installed, but test installed and get same result. removed it and following works w/o it, but w3m must be configured to display graphical. I will have to look to see where, don't remember, too old, been too long. for me: w3m display.jpg will display image display.jpg -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode
