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diff --git a/bin/mutt_bgrun b/bin/mutt_bgrun deleted file mode 100755 index f833bab..0000000 --- a/bin/mutt_bgrun +++ /dev/null @@ -1,115 +0,0 @@ -#!/bin/sh -# @(#) mutt_bgrun $Revision: 1.4 $ - -# mutt_bgrun - run an attachment viewer from mutt in the background -# Copyright (C) 1999-2002 Gary A. Johnson -# -# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify -# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by -# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or -# (at your option) any later version. -# -# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, -# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of -# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the -# GNU General Public License for more details. -# -# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License -# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software -# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. - -# SYNOPSIS -# mutt_bgrun viewer [viewer options] file -# -# DESCRIPTION -# Mutt invokes external attachment viewers by writing the -# attachment to a temporary file, executing the pipeline specified -# for that attachment type in the mailcap file, waiting for the -# pipeline to terminate, writing nulls over the temporary file, -# then deleting it. This causes problems when using graphical -# viewers such as qvpview and acroread to view attachments. -# -# If qvpview, for example, is executed in the foreground, the mutt -# user interface is hung until qvpview exits, so the user can't do -# anything else with mutt until he or she finishes reading the -# attachment and exits qvpview. This is especially annoying when -# a message contains several MS Office attachments--one would like -# to have them all open at once. -# -# If qvpview is executed in the background, it must be given -# enough time to completely read the file before returning control -# to mutt, since mutt will then obliterate the file. Qvpview is -# so slow that this time can exceed 20 seconds, and the bound is -# unknown. So this is again annoying. -# -# The solution provided here is to invoke the specified viewer -# from this script after first copying mutt's temporary file to -# another temporary file. This script can then quickly return -# control to mutt while the viewer can take as much time as it -# needs to read and render the attachment. -# -# EXAMPLE -# To use qvpview to view MS Office attachments from mutt, add the -# following lines to mutt's mailcap file. -# -# application/msword; mutt_bgrun qvpview %s -# application/vnd.ms-excel; mutt_bgrun qvpview %s -# application/vnd.ms-powerpoint; mutt_bgrun qvpview %s -# -# AUTHOR -# Gary A. Johnson -# <garyjohn@spk.agilent.com> -# -# ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -# My thanks to the people who have commented on this script and -# offered solutions to shortcomings and bugs, especially Edmund -# GRIMLEY EVANS <edmundo@rano.org> and Andreas Somogyi -# <aso@somogyi.nu>. - -prog=${0##*/} - -# Check the arguments first. - -if [ "$#" -lt "2" ] -then - echo "usage: $prog viewer [viewer options] file" >&2 - exit 1 -fi - -# Separate the arguments. Assume the first is the viewer, the last is -# the file, and all in between are options to the viewer. - -viewer="$1" -shift - -while [ "$#" -gt "1" ] -do - options="$options $1" - shift -done - -file=$1 - -# Create a temporary directory for our copy of the temporary file. -# -# This is more secure than creating a temporary file in an existing -# directory. - -tmpdir=/tmp/$LOGNAME$$ -umask 077 -mkdir "$tmpdir" || exit 1 -tmpfile="$tmpdir/${file##*/}" - -# Copy mutt's temporary file to our temporary directory so that we can -# let mutt overwrite and delete it when we exit. - -cp "$file" "$tmpfile" - -# Run the viewer in the background and delete the temporary files when done. - -( - "$viewer" $options "$tmpfile" - sleep 2 - rm -f "$tmpfile" - rmdir "$tmpdir" -) & |