John: Yes, I know this, but this is for a public page, and I don't want to require users to have to know this. Especially, since there's no need for this to happen. On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, John Covici wrote: > 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 > > -- 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
