Re: Gnus: How to simplify file attachments?

[Leo]

On 2012-01-07 23:45 +0800, Marius Hofert wrote:
> Can you explain how, please?
> If I DnD a .pdf to a new message buffer (Gnus v5.13, Emacs 24, Mac OS
> X 10.7.2), the *code* of the .pdf file is inserted, not a link to the
> .pdf file as attachment. To be more precise, a huge amount of code is
> inserted starting with "%PDF-1.5..." (as if you look at the .pdf file
> as .txt).
> Furthermore, DnD of an attachment out of a received email also did not work 
> under my setup above. I just can't "grab" the .pdf. 
>
> Cheers,
>
> Marius

I just used the mouse to drop a file on to this buffer. Worked
perfectly. I am using emacs-23(Macport) + gnus(from emacs-24).

,----[ leading # removed ]
| <part filename="/Users/leo/Downloads/paper.pdf" disposition=attachment>
| </part>
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Check dnd-protocol-alist, see if you have mml-dnd-attach-file in it.

,----[ C-h v dnd-protocol-alist RET ]
[snipped 18 lines]
| This variable was introduced, or its default value was changed, in
| version 22.1 of Emacs.
| 
| Value: (("^file:///" . mml-dnd-attach-file)
|  ("^file://" . dnd-open-file)
|  ("^file:" . mml-dnd-attach-file)
|  ("^file:///" . dnd-open-local-file)
|  ("^file://" . dnd-open-file)
|  ("^file:" . dnd-open-local-file)
|  ("^\\(https?\\|ftp\\|file\\|nfs\\)://" . dnd-open-file))
| 
| Original value was 
| (("^file:///" . dnd-open-local-file)
|  ("^file://" . dnd-open-file)
|  ("^file:" . dnd-open-local-file)
|  ("^\\(https?\\|ftp\\|file\\|nfs\\)://" . dnd-open-file))
| 
| Local in buffer *unsent wide reply to Marius Hofert*; global value is 
| (("^file:///" . dnd-open-local-file)
|  ("^file://" . dnd-open-file)
|  ("^file:" . dnd-open-local-file)
|  ("^\\(https?\\|ftp\\|file\\|nfs\\)://" . dnd-open-file))
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