Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-29 Thread Ian Malone
On 29 October 2013 04:47, Tim ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au wrote: On Mon, 2013-10-28 at 22:55 +0100, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote: I don't know it is a correct design in that case. FF doesn't check file content and only trusts that HTTP headers are set correctly. But it is FF and not Fedora

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-29 Thread Mateusz Marzantowicz
On 29.10.2013 09:17, Ian Malone wrote: On 29 October 2013 04:47, Tim ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au wrote: On Mon, 2013-10-28 at 22:55 +0100, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote: I don't know it is a correct design in that case. FF doesn't check file content and only trusts that HTTP headers are set

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-29 Thread Ian Malone
On 29 October 2013 09:07, Mateusz Marzantowicz mmarzantow...@osdf.com.pl wrote: On 29.10.2013 09:17, Ian Malone wrote: On 29 October 2013 04:47, Tim ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au wrote: There are any number of different types of files (function-wise) that are the same file-type

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-29 Thread Ian Malone
On 29 October 2013 10:36, Ian Malone ibmal...@gmail.com wrote: As Tim pointed out even just for text you can't trivially tell whether it should be interpreted as plain text, html, svg, C etc. without trying to do complex parsing. There is *not* a need for content detection if the server is

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-29 Thread Tim
Tim: For one thing, it's why Windows is so vulnerable. Nasty stuff bypasses sensible handling, and is allowed to execute, because that's what Windows does with binary program files (it executes them). Ian Malone: This isn't an argument for using content type rather than autodetection, the

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-29 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 28.10.2013 21:53, schrieb Mateusz Marzantowicz: On 28.10.2013 21:36, Reindl Harald wrote: Part of my FF config regarding file associacion is genuine and was never modified. I know I can change this or that, but appropriate entries are there ane still don't work correctly. It happens

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-29 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 28.10.2013 22:22, schrieb Mateusz Marzantowicz: On 28.10.2013 22:14, Reindl Harald wrote: so at least provide a sample URL Here you go: https://github.com/gammu/gsm-docs/blob/master/standards/3gpp/TP-24/23040-009.doc?raw=true here you go: text/plain (last line of the wget-output)

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-29 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 28.10.2013 22:58, schrieb Mateusz Marzantowicz: On 28.10.2013 22:34, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 28.10.2013 22:22, schrieb Mateusz Marzantowicz: On 28.10.2013 22:14, Reindl Harald wrote: so at least provide a sample URL Here you go:

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-29 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 28.10.2013 23:26, schrieb Mateusz Marzantowicz: On 28.10.2013 23:02, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 28.10.2013 22:58, schrieb Mateusz Marzantowicz: On 28.10.2013 22:34, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 28.10.2013 22:22, schrieb Mateusz Marzantowicz: On 28.10.2013 22:14, Reindl Harald wrote: so at

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-29 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 29.10.2013 10:07, schrieb Mateusz Marzantowicz: On 29.10.2013 09:17, Ian Malone wrote: This isn't an argument for using content type rather than autodetection, the content type could be manipulated as part of an attack. in that case you are already lost and if the server had an intrusion

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-29 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 29.10.2013 13:30, schrieb Ian Malone: On 29 October 2013 10:36, Ian Malone ibmal...@gmail.com wrote: As Tim pointed out even just for text you can't trivially tell whether it should be interpreted as plain text, html, svg, C etc. without trying to do complex parsing. There is *not* a

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-29 Thread Mateusz Marzantowicz
On 29.10.2013 13:40, Reindl Harald wrote: the main question is why someone is starting a thread blaming Firefox because a broken website and insist in blame Firefox while it was multiple times explained how the www works and why Linux does handle htings not the same crippeled way like

Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-28 Thread Mateusz Marzantowicz
Why, Firefox on Fedora 19 wants to open all different sort of files of well known types with gedit? It's ridiculous that torrent files, zip and gz archives and even doc file are suggested to be opened with gedit. Creating new FF profile doesn't resolve this issue. Is it that hard to recognize

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-28 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Mateusz Marzantowicz writes: Why, Firefox on Fedora 19 wants to open all different sort of files of well known types with gedit? Dunno. Mine doesn't. It's ridiculous that torrent files, zip and gz archives and even doc file are suggested to be opened with gedit.

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-28 Thread Michael Cronenworth
Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote: Why, Firefox on Fedora 19 wants to open all different sort of files of well known types with gedit? It's ridiculous that torrent files, zip and gz archives and even doc file are suggested to be opened with gedit. Creating new FF profile doesn't resolve this issue. Is

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-28 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Mon, 28 Oct 2013, Sam Varshavchik wrote: Mateusz Marzantowicz writes: Any way to fix it? I'm sure there is. But unless you expect someone to hack into your machine, and figure out what your problem is, the only one who can fix this would be you. Michael Cronenworth had a better

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-28 Thread Mateusz Marzantowicz
On 28.10.2013 16:35, Michael Cronenworth wrote: Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote: Why, Firefox on Fedora 19 wants to open all different sort of files of well known types with gedit? It's ridiculous that torrent files, zip and gz archives and even doc file are suggested to be opened with gedit.

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-28 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 28.10.2013 21:30, schrieb Mateusz Marzantowicz: On 28.10.2013 16:35, Michael Cronenworth wrote: Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote: Why, Firefox on Fedora 19 wants to open all different sort of files of well known types with gedit? It's ridiculous that torrent files, zip and gz archives and even

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-28 Thread Mateusz Marzantowicz
On 28.10.2013 21:36, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 28.10.2013 21:30, schrieb Mateusz Marzantowicz: On 28.10.2013 16:35, Michael Cronenworth wrote: Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote: Why, Firefox on Fedora 19 wants to open all different sort of files of well known types with gedit? It's ridiculous that

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-28 Thread Mateusz Marzantowicz
On 28.10.2013 22:14, Reindl Harald wrote: so at least provide a sample URL Here you go: https://github.com/gammu/gsm-docs/blob/master/standards/3gpp/TP-24/23040-009.doc?raw=true Mateusz Marzantowicz -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-28 Thread bruce
for me that comes up with asking to save or open with gedit.. although, i assume there's a config attribute to point to the app i'd like to have open the file... i'm running ff24.. On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 5:22 PM, Mateusz Marzantowicz mmarzantow...@osdf.com.pl wrote: On 28.10.2013 22:14,

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-28 Thread Erik P. Olsen
On 28/10/13 22:22, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote: On 28.10.2013 22:14, Reindl Harald wrote: so at least provide a sample URL Here you go: https://github.com/gammu/gsm-docs/blob/master/standards/3gpp/TP-24/23040-009.doc?raw=true Whether you like it or not FF doesn't recognise doc files

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-28 Thread Mateusz Marzantowicz
On 28.10.2013 22:44, Erik P. Olsen wrote: On 28/10/13 22:22, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote: On 28.10.2013 22:14, Reindl Harald wrote: so at least provide a sample URL Here you go: https://github.com/gammu/gsm-docs/blob/master/standards/3gpp/TP-24/23040-009.doc?raw=true Whether you like

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-28 Thread Mateusz Marzantowicz
On 28.10.2013 22:34, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 28.10.2013 22:22, schrieb Mateusz Marzantowicz: On 28.10.2013 22:14, Reindl Harald wrote: so at least provide a sample URL Here you go: https://github.com/gammu/gsm-docs/blob/master/standards/3gpp/TP-24/23040-009.doc?raw=true here you

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-28 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Mon, 28 Oct 2013, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote: I don't know it is a correct design in that case. FF doesn't check file content and only trusts that HTTP headers are set correctly. But it is FF and not Fedora issue anymore. Sometimes that is what one wants, e.g. an HTML or postscript file.

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-28 Thread Mateusz Marzantowicz
On 28.10.2013 23:02, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 28.10.2013 22:58, schrieb Mateusz Marzantowicz: On 28.10.2013 22:34, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 28.10.2013 22:22, schrieb Mateusz Marzantowicz: On 28.10.2013 22:14, Reindl Harald wrote: so at least provide a sample URL Here you go:

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-28 Thread Ian Malone
On 28 October 2013 22:26, Mateusz Marzantowicz mmarzantow...@osdf.com.pl wrote: On 28.10.2013 23:02, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 28.10.2013 22:58, schrieb Mateusz Marzantowicz: Thank you for your help. It means that content of downloaded file is irrelevant for FF. *otherwise* it would be a

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-28 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/28/2013 02:22 PM, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote: Here you go: https://github.com/gammu/gsm-docs/blob/master/standards/3gpp/TP-24/23040-009.doc?raw=true I use Xfce, and it wanted to use Leafpad because it was described as a plain-text document. -- users mailing list

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-28 Thread Tim
On Mon, 2013-10-28 at 22:55 +0100, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote: I don't know it is a correct design in that case. FF doesn't check file content and only trusts that HTTP headers are set correctly. But it is FF and not Fedora issue anymore. And that is how they're supposed to work, and how it

Re: Firefox - gedit is the best!

2013-10-28 Thread Martin S
On Monday, October 28, 2013 10:43:14 PM Ian Malone wrote: In some of those cases it may simply be unlabelled. But I do find it pretty annoying when it happens too, seems quite common for email attachments from Outlook users, you ask to be sent a plain text file and when you get it you end up