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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/mailcap.md | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | res/config.toml | 5 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/mailcap.md b/doc/mailcap.md index cd1feabb..cdc52a8c 100644 --- a/doc/mailcap.md +++ b/doc/mailcap.md @@ -20,10 +20,20 @@ For an exact description of the mailcap format, see The search path for mailcap files can be overridden using the configuration variable `external.mailcap`. -The default search path for mailcap files is: - -``` -$HOME/.mailcap:/etc/mailcap:/usr/etc/mailcap:/usr/local/etc/mailcap +By default, the only file checked by Chawan is `$HOME/.mailcap`. + +In the past, the full path from the specification was used. This was changed +because mailcap files shipped with various systems are usually incompatible +with the assumptions Chawan makes about mailcap file contents. You can restore +the old/standard-recommended behavior by adding this to your config.toml: + +```toml +mailcap = [ + "~/.mailcap", + "/etc/mailcap", + "/usr/etc/mailcap", + "/usr/local/etc/mailcap" +] ``` ## Format diff --git a/res/config.toml b/res/config.toml index afac386c..962d5e22 100644 --- a/res/config.toml +++ b/res/config.toml @@ -14,10 +14,7 @@ display-charset = "auto" [external] mailcap = [ - "~/.mailcap", - "/etc/mailcap", - "/usr/etc/mailcap", - "/usr/local/etc/mailcap" + "~/.mailcap" ] mime-types = [ "~/.mime.types", |