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[PATCH] mailcap: Treat .ics files as text/calendar

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From: Steven Allen <steven <at> stebalien.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] mailcap: Treat .ics files as text/calendar
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 15:01:45 -0700

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

Tags: patch


Add a mapping from ".ics" to "text/calendar" to mailcap-mime-extensions
to ensure that iCalendar attachments are always previewed correctly,
even when their MIME type is incorrect (as it is for Google Calendar invites).

In GNU Emacs 31.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, cairo version
 1.18.4) of 2025-06-11 built on Laptop
Repository revision: 87244ef1661f9e9d7c08f65047551e8a34cd92b2
Repository branch: makepkg
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12101016
System Description: Arch Linux

Configured using:
 'configure
 'CPPFLAGS=-I/run/user/1000/build/emacs-git/src/mps-git/build/include '
 'LDFLAGS=-L/run/user/1000/build/emacs-git/src/mps-git/build/lib -Wl,-O1
 -Wl,--sort-common -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now
 -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs -flto=auto' --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
 --libexecdir=/usr/lib --localstatedir=/var --mandir=/usr/share/man
 --with-gameuser=:games --with-modules --without-m17n-flt
 --without-selinux --without-pop --without-gconf --disable-gc-mark-trace
 --with-mps=yes --enable-link-time-optimization
 --with-native-compilation=yes --with-xinput2 --with-x-toolkit=no
 --without-toolkit-scroll-bars --without-xaw3d --without-gsettings
 --with-cairo-xcb --without-xft --with-sound=no --with-tree-sitter
 --without-gpm --without-compress-install
 '--program-transform-name=s/\([ec]tags\)/\1.emacs/'
 'CFLAGS=-march=native -mtune=native -O3 -pipe -fno-plt -fexceptions
 -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 -Wformat -Werror=format-security
 -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection -fomit-frame-pointer
 -fno-math-errno -fno-trapping-math -fno-math-errno -fno-trapping-math
 -flto=auto''

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Message #10 received at 78764-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Steven Allen <steven <at> stebalien.com>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 78764-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, wmperry <at> aventail.com
Subject: Re: bug#78764: [PATCH] mailcap: Treat .ics files as text/calendar
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2025 17:30:00 +0300

> Cc: William M. Perry <wmperry <at> aventail.com>,
>  Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 15:01:45 -0700
> From:  Steven Allen via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> 
> Add a mapping from ".ics" to "text/calendar" to mailcap-mime-extensions
> to ensure that iCalendar attachments are always previewed correctly,
> even when their MIME type is incorrect (as it is for Google Calendar invites).

Thanks, installed on the master branch, and closing the bug.

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