david wrote: > Paul wrote: > > > that's an interesting point, and i just realized that it's one reason > > i've never been comfortable with attach. my editor supports enough > > filename completion that when inserting the mhbuild directive (via a > > helper script), i can be sure that the filename is spelled correctly > > and exists. i don't get that early error detection service at the > > whatnow prompt. > > You get command line completion of filenames at the whatnow > prompt if your nmh was built with readline. Quite useful when > using attach and detach.
oh, neat. i'll look more closely at my build options. > > > but playing with this just now, i've hit another issue with attach > > (probably unrelated to the current thread, i guess). how do i use > > whatnow's attach to attach a file, like a mail message, with a > > specific Content-Type? > > The only way to set Content-Type with attach is via a > mhshow-suffix-application directive in your profile (or > mhn.defaults). Given that MH messages don't have filename > extensions, there isn't a good way now to send them as > message/rfc822 with attach. That's a case where a mhbuild > directive is the way to go. attach isn't a complete replacement > for those. thanks. paul ---------------------- paul fox, p...@foxharp.boston.ma.us (arlington, ma, where it's 28.6 degrees) _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list Nmh-workers@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
