mailcap - 3.70+nmu1 main

The mailcap system associates media types with programs that can handle them,
using system and user configuration files. A file's media type is determined
by its extension or by running the "file" command if available.
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Other packages register their programs as viewers/editors/composers/etc by
placing mailcap entry files or FreeDesktop menu entries in predetermined
directories monitored by this package's dpkg triggers.
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This package provides a "run-mailcap" program to open arbitrary files, and in
addition the "see", "edit", "compose", and "print" aliases to display, alter,
create, and print (respectively).
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This package also provides the "debian-view" utility to handle Debian packages
interactively.