On Mon, Sep 05, 2016 at 08:46:44AM -0400, Peter P. wrote: > I am frequently attaching images to emails in mutt and wonder if there > is a way I can preview them when selecting the files, but before > actually attaching them. I imagine selecting/entering the path to the > file to be attached, but then pressing TAB once more, or using any > other keypress, launching eg. imagemagick's display to show the image > briefly.
I have in my .mailcap: image/*; mutt_bgrun sxiv -fbz100 '%s' Then, in mutt's Compose view, <Return> is bound to view-attach -- selecting an attachment and hitting return opens the file in the specified application _after_ attaching the file. In the Directory view when navigation to an attachment, <Space> is bound to view-file and does the same _before_ attaching the file. This works for every mimetype you have a suitable viewer for.
