Convert HTML email to text using lynx

3 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/home-configuration.scm b/home-configuration.scm
index 89e0d74f..c77debb8 100644
--- a/home-configuration.scm
+++ b/home-configuration.scm
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ replacement spec (to which `regexp-substitute/global' is applied)."
   '(;; i3 and Xorg. i3 itself must be installed system-wide for gdm to pick it up.
     ;; acpilight is a drop-in xbacklight replacement, as xbacklight doesn't work on my system.
     "acpilight" "arandr" "blueman" "dunst" "gnupg" "gimp" "hsetroot"
-    "inkscape" "icecat" "kdeconnect" "libreoffice" "mpv" "nheko" "neomutt"
+    "inkscape" "icecat" "kdeconnect" "libreoffice" "mpv" "nheko"
     "password-store" "pass-otp" "polybar" "rofi" "rofi-calc" "signal-desktop"
     "simple-scan" "xdg-utils" "xdot" "xclip" "xdotool" "xdpyinfo" "xev" "xfd"
     "xfontsel" "xinput" "xkill" "xprop" "xrandr" "xrdb" "xsel" "xset" "xwininfo"
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ replacement spec (to which `regexp-substitute/global' is applied)."
          "recutils" "rsync" "sbcl" "smartmontools" "source-highlight"
          "tk" "tmux" "tree" "xxd" "zip" "unzip"
          "get-iplayer" "ffmpeg" "atomicparsley" "yt-dlp"
+         "neomutt" "mailcap" "lynx"   ; mail (lynx for HTML mail)
 
          ;; Work
          "s3cmd" "python-alibuild"  ; "python-alidistlint"
@@ -523,7 +524,8 @@ replacement spec (to which `regexp-substitute/global' is applied)."
 
    (simple-service
     'terminal-files home-files-service-type
-    `(;; GnuPG config files must be in ~/.local/share/gnupg, not ~/.config,
+    `((".mailcap" ,(local-file "mailcap"))
+      ;; GnuPG config files must be in ~/.local/share/gnupg, not ~/.config,
       ;; so we can't use `home-xdg-configuration-files-service-type'.
       (".local/share/gnupg/gpg.conf" ,(local-file "gpg.conf"))
       (".local/share/gnupg/gpg-agent.conf"
diff --git a/mailcap b/mailcap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4636164a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mailcap
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# mailcap  -*- conf-space -*-
+# When using `auto_view <mimetype>` in muttrc, a command for that MIME type is
+# chosen, only considering those with copiousoutput set. Its output is displayed
+# in place of the attachment directly in the message view.
+
+text/html; lynx -dump %s; copiousoutput; nametemplate=%s.html
+image/*; kitty +kitten icat %s; copiousoutput
+audio/*; mpv --no-video %s
+application/pdf; zathura %s; nametempalte=%s.pdf
diff --git a/muttrc b/muttrc
index 50fe7afd..bef5dbe8 100644
--- a/muttrc
+++ b/muttrc
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ set header_cache = `echo "\$XDG_CACHE_HOME/neomutt/"`
 alternative_order text/plain text/enriched text/html text image
 auto_view text/html image/jpeg image/png
 
-# needed for catimg
-set allow_ansi = yes
+# needed for catimg and the like
+set allow_ansi
 
 set my_mythic = "imaps://oncilla.mythic-beasts.com/"
 account-hook "$my_mythic" 'set folder = "$my_mythic"'