Chimera Mailcap Configuration
Chimera can be configured to use other programs to view data. For
example, if chimera downloads a DVI file then it can start xdvi to
display the file.
Note that chimera's handling of mailcap files is pretty pathetic. It
only handles the first and second fields and ignores the rest.
The file that describes the viewer configuration is called the
mailcap file. Each viewer is described by
a line in the mail file. Blank lines or lines beginning with
'#' are ignored.
Each protocol entry is made up of the following semicolon delimited fields:
content-type; command
Content-Type
The content-type indicates that type of document that the command can
display.
Command
The command is the command to use to display document.
Example Mailcap file
application/x-telnet; xterm -e dotelnet %s
application/x-tn3270; xterm -e do3270 %s
#
text/x-dvi; xdvi %s 2> /dev/null
#
application/postscript; ghostview %s 2> /dev/null
application/x-dvi; xdvi %s 2> /dev/null
#
image/x-fits; saoimage -fits %s 2> /dev/null
image/x-xwindowdump; xwud -in %s 2> /dev/null
image/x-xbitmap; xwud -in %s 2> /dev/null
image/*; xv %s 2> /dev/null
#
video/mpeg; mpeg_play %s 1>&2 2> /dev/null
#
audio/basic; playaudio %s 2> /dev/null
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