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>