On Fri, 3 May 2002 00:32:50 +0100
John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 02 May 2002 19:32, you wrote:
> > On Thursday 02 May 2002 4:32 pm, you wrote:
> > > Sometimes , while attempting to download a file , after clicking
> > > on the chosen file,instead of a download windowlet , the files
> > > seems to end up as programme code displayed on the website
> > > window, why is this and what do I do about it.
> > >
> > > John
> >
> > Well this depends on which browser you are using.
> > If it is konqueror clicking on a download will normally open the
> > dialogue saying 'Save Open or Cancel'
> > 'Save' will save the file to your hard drive while 'Open' will open
> > the file using the application associated with that file suffix
> > defined in KDE ControlCentre>File Browsing>File Associations
> > If the application for that file type is 'embedded file viewer'
> > then it will do as you describe and show the file contents in the
> > konqueror window.
> >
> > It is real easy to alter the file associations and use a different
> > application to handle that file type.
> >
> > IF you are not using konqueror of course, then everything I have
> > just written is wrong ;-)
> >
> > derek
> Thank you all, yes it's konqueror, but in file assosciations it say's
> against .tgz=application-x-tgz-embedding-use setting for application
> group-archiver, which seems OK to me. So why should konqueror not
> want to save it as any other downloaded file, and displays it instead?
>
> John
I remember, some time ago, you sometimes had to hold down the 'shift' key
when clicking to download a file in Netscape. HTH,
-Frans
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