NAME

       /etc/mailcap.order - the mailcap ordering specifications

DESCRIPTION

       The  order  of  entries  in  the /etc/mailcap file can be altered by editing the /etc/mailcap.order file.
       Each line of that file specifies a package and an optional mime type.  Mailcap entries that match will be
       placed in the order of this file.  Entries that don't match will be placed later.

   Example
           mime-support:*/*
           gv:application/postscript
           netscape:text/html
           less:text/*
           emacs:text/*

       The  above  would  make  any  entries  provided  by  the  mime-support   package   (as   found   in   the
       /usr/lib/mime/packages  directory)  take priority over everything else.  The gv package will be used over
       anything else when it comes to postscript documents.  Netscape will be used for any  html  documents  and
       less  will be used for any remaining text documents.  However, since neither netscape or less provide for
       editing documents, any edit or compose actions will fall through to the emacs rules.

       After modifying this file, be sure to run /usr/sbin/update-mime (as root) to propagate the  changes  into
       the /etc/mailcap file.

       Remember  that this files takes package names and not executable names.  If you want to define rules that
       reference specific programs, the best way is to include them in ~/.mailcap or the  user  section  of  the
       /etc/mailcap file.

LIMITATIONS

       There is currently no way to break out a certain type from a wildcard rule.  If, for example, both xv and
       gimp  were  to  specify "image/*" rules, it isn't possible to use xv for gif images but use gimp for jpeg
       images.

       Also, I would like to add the ability to specify certain actions in the rules.  For example, if  netscape
       were  to have an edit rule but I wanted to use emacs for editing/creating html documents, I could place a
       line like

         emacs:text/* action=edit|compose

       before the netscape entry.  The update-mime program would then spit out entries such that  netscape  view
       rule comes before the emacs view rule but have the netscape edit rule comes after the emacs edit rule.

SEE ALSO

       mailcap(5) run-mailcap(1) update-mime(8)

AUTHOR

       The mailcap.order specification was written by Brian White <bcwhite@pobox.com>

Debian Project                                    16th Aug 1998                                 MAILCAP.ORDER(5)