As far as I know, if you hit d on the link it will download -- otherwise its determined by a combination of your mailcap file and the /etc/mime.types and /etc/mime.magic files. If it thinks its text/plain it will try to display it -- sometimes with weird results. on Tue, 1 Jan 2002 11:42:51 -0500 (EST) Janina Sajka <janina at afb.net> wrote: > Can someone tell me what determines whether a hyperlinked file will be > treated as a text page to be retrieved and rendered as opposed to a binary > file to be downloaded and saved? > > I'm writing a HOWTO and want to point to downloadable image files with > hyperlinks, but my links aren't working correctly. I've tried both http:// > and ftp:// addressing, but always get the same result--my iso images are > grabbed as though they were text. What I'm wanting is the lynx screen that > says "Download or Cancel." > > Is this a permissions issue? A server-side Apache configuration issue? I'm > stumped. > > > All help most gratefully appreciated. > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > http://www.openebook.org > > Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, > Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp > > Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther > King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at > http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp > > Learn how to make accessible software at > http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- John Covici covici at ccs.covici.com
