Re: tlug: Web browsing from a batch file?

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "mc" == Michael Casinghino <michael@example.com> writes:

    mc> On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Jonathan Byrne wrote:
    >> On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Michael Casinghino wrote:
    >> 
    >> > On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Jim Breen wrote: > > Errr, try holding
    >> the shift key down while you click on the link.
    >> 
    >> > Yes, I tried that too.  Even holding down the shift key
    >> doesn't work.  > I can't find an option to turn it off, either.
    >> Boo, Netscape!

You won't find such an option labeled as such.  I'm using the 
thoroughly hosed 4.5beta, which doesn't seem to have _any_ advanced
options, so I can't tell you how to get at it, but there is a way,
probably Preferences | Advanced | Helper Applications.

    >> That's odd.  It always works on mine.  I always have to do that
    >> when using Netscape to get an RPM file, since the extension
    >> makes Netscape believe it's a Real Audio file.
    >> 

    mc> Here's the funny part, it works fine for a .tar.gz file, but
    mc> not for a !(tar).gz file.  Try making a .html.gz file and hit
    mc> shift-button1 on it from a directory listing.  My Netscape
    mc> saves it a .html file.  Netscape, damedayo!

This is controlled by the mailcap and mime.types files.  Nobody knows
what they is except for the authors of RFC 2045-2049, so Netscape
calls it "Helpers" and doesn't document it very well.  Play with that.
I'm not sure Netscape is smart enough to allow you to tell it to do
the right thing, though.

I'm not sure where they are properly documented; I'm not sure they're
even MIME standards, although I think they are (but everybody does it
different so maybe they're not).

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