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?

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