GNU bug report logs - #21331
24.5; LibreOffice documents have less support than Microsoft Office docs (in Gnus?)

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com (N. Jackson)
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, 21331 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21331: 24.5;
 LibreOffice documents have less support than Microsoft Office docs
 (in Gnus?)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 14:52:31 -0400

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  > > How can we get this fixed in everyone's mailcap file?

  > I don't see how that could be possible for Emacs. Presumably each user
  > must edit their own mailcap files to add support for the MIME types they
  > choose. The only support that Emacs could provide for this IIUC would be
  > to provide more explicit and more easily-found documentation.

In my machine, running Trisquel, mailcap includes items that point at
emacs.  Not the Emacs I use, which is built from master, but an
installed Emacs 24.  I did not add those entries myself.

Can anyone find out where they come from?
Does installing the Emacs package add them?

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Dr Richard Stallman
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