On Mon, May 06, 2024 at 02:53:10PM +0200, Jesper Dybdal wrote: > I use s-nail as my mailx command (selected using the Debian "alternatives" > mechanism). > > Since I upgraded from Bullseye to Bookworm, s-nail now shows a bunch of > error messages in connection with viewing messages. Here is a sample: > > s-nail: $MAILCAPS: /etc/mailcap: x-scheme-handler/mailto: ignored > > unknown string/command: u = \\${u//\\\\\\"/\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"} > > s-nail: $MAILCAPS: /etc/mailcap: text/english: ignored unknown > > string/command: then exec emacsclient --alternate-editor = > > --display=\\"\\$DISPLAY\\" \\"\\$@\\"
I don't have lines like this in mine. Then again, I don't have emacs installed. The question (one of the questions) is what's putting them there, and I would guess one of the emacs packages is doing it. > I have no particular wish to learn about /etc/mailcap. The only way I've > found to avoid this is to remove the /etc/mailcap file entirely. I would think deleting any lines containing "emacs" would be slightly less invasive. Obviously, make a backup copy of the file first.