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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1998-02-09 19:16:20 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1998-02-09 19:16:20 (GMT)
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Use the new RFC macros wherever RFCs are referenced by number. No other
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@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
\section{Standard Module \sectcode{mailcap}}
\label{module-mailcap}
+\rfcindex{1524}
\stmodindex{mailcap}
\renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(in module mailcap)}
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ message or Web document with the MIME type video/mpeg, \code{\%s} will be
replaced by a filename (usually one belonging to a temporary file) and
the xmpeg program can be automatically started to view the file.
-The mailcap format is documented in RFC 1524, ``A User Agent
+The mailcap format is documented in \rfc{1524}, ``A User Agent
Configuration Mechanism For Multimedia Mail Format Information'', but
is not an Internet standard. However, mailcap files are supported on
most \UNIX{} systems.
@@ -24,12 +25,13 @@ line to be executed
the mailcap entry for a given MIME type. If no matching MIME
type can be found, \code{(None, None)} is returned.
-\var{key} is the name of the field desired, which represents the type of
-activity to be performed; the default value is 'view', since in the
+\var{key} is the name of the field desired, which represents the type
+of activity to be performed; the default value is 'view', since in the
most common case you simply want to view the body of the MIME-typed
data. Other possible values might be 'compose' and 'edit', if you
wanted to create a new body of the given MIME type or alter the
-existing body data. See RFC1524 for a complete list of these fields.
+existing body data. See \rfc{1524} for a complete list of these
+fields.
\var{filename} is the filename to be substituted for \%s in the
command line; the default value is