On Fri, 03 Nov 2000 18:14:22 -0500, L.D. Best wrote:
> Some of us have, from time to time, run across pages which were html but
> were on the home server as text/plain.
> That designation is shown in the headers we are now given the option of
> keeping as part of cache.
> Query: If we hit a page that should be text/html but is shown as
> text/plain, can *we* modify the header for that page Arachne has stored
> and have Arachne "suddenly recognize" the page as the text/html we've
> changed the headers to show?
> [And if that is possible, shouldn't it be possible for Arachne to have a
> built-in feature where we hit a hotkey and the header is changed from
> text/plain to text/html?]
> dumb question? maybe ... but at least I thought to ask it. <G>
No, it's not a dumb question.
In your example (html sent as text/plain), here's how to do it.
After the page has completed downloading
1) Alt+E to a Dos prompt
2) change this line in mime.cfg
old......
text/plain TXT
new......
text/plain HTM
3) exit the Dos prompt back into Arachne.
The page will now be viewed as HTM
You may test the above procedure by visiting this page
http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/test.txt
(test.txt is actually an .HTM file which I've renamed to .TXT so that it
will be sent as "text/plain" instead of "text/html")
You will see that it is actually this message converted to HTML format
by Insight.exe <g>
Speaking of which....
I really *should* get in gear and recompile Insight.
It's no longer called "Mailman".<vbg>
--
Glenn
(your friendly neighborhood compu-nerd)
http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/
