On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 3:05 PM, maht <mattmob...@proweb.co.uk> wrote: > andrey mirtchovski wrote: >> >> i propose an extension to HTTP (call it HTTPeeLite) which allows me to >> specify in my request to that webpage the format in which i prefer to >> receive the man page. a 'setup' exchange can be sent beforehand to >> establish the available types of documentation (.doc, .pdf, .tex, >> .rtf, etc). >> >> >> > > Already part of HTTP > > Accept: application/msword; q=1, application/pdf; > q=0.5,application/x-troff-ms; q=0.3 > > q is the level of preference, you'll get word docs first > >
Wow. Could it get any worse?