Re: Downloads files instead of Opening them
On 1/23/14 9:20 AM +0900, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: Trane Francks wrote: On 1/23/14 8:14 AM +0900, stan pierce wrote: Thanks, Trane, but doing this is beyond my expertise. Stan. Opening a file in Notepad and pasting stuff in is beyond your expertise? It really shouldn't be much more difficult than that. There are other MIME types in the file that you can use to confirm you're in the right area. Each of the RDF:Description blocks I've entered here are stand-alone descriptors. The trick, of course, is knowing what to copy/paste and where... If Stan doesn't know that, the best copy/paste mechanics in the world won't do him a bit of good. He's reasonable to be cautious when he doesn't understand the directions. Of course, which is why one makes a backup copy of the file prior to getting all medieval on its contents. It's the safe way of learning. You can trash the 'new' file completely, copy the backup over it and start afresh until you've sussed out where things went wrong. Rinse and repeat as necessary. It's an XML file, not rocket science. :) -- / // Trane Franckstr...@gol.comTokyo, Japan // Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Downloads files instead of Opening them
Trane Francks wrote: On 1/21/14 10:13 PM +0900, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: stan pierce wrote: Paul B. Gallagher wrote: stan pierce wrote: Dave Taylor wrote: I must have hit some switch? Now SM is only offering me the option of downloading files to the DLs file. Inconvenient. I used to be able to open them directly from an email or website. Even when I right-click Open the only thing it will do is DL them. EditPrefsBrowserDownloads is set to: Open DL manager, Save Files to DL folder. No option to Open instead of Download. Thanks! SM2.23 Win7 How do I add to Helper applications so jpeg files won't end up in the Download list? If SM is automatically downloading them without asking, you must already have that file type listed. Look carefully through the helper applications list, find the place where jpeg is listed as Save File, and change it to the desired behavior. It should be easy to find, since the default sort is alphabetical by content type -- look in the J's. jpeg is not in my Helper list. Is there a way to add it? Sorry, I'm out of ideas. Since the developers implemented the new helpers list, I've often wondered how to add file types, never known the answer. Stan, it might be possible to fix this by editing the mimeTypes.rdf file in your profile. The file is just XML, so you can use a standard text editor to work with it. First, search in the file for 'jpeg' (case insensitive). My entries in the file look thusly: RDF:Description RDF:about=urn:mimetype:handler:image/jpeg NC:handleInternal=false NC:alwaysAsk=true NC:saveToDisk=true NC:useSystemDefault=false NC:externalApplication RDF:resource=urn:mimetype:externalApplication:image/jpeg/ /RDF:Description RDF:Description RDF:about=urn:mimetype:externalApplication:image/jpeg NC:path=/Applications/Preview.app NC:prettyName=Preview / RDF:Description RDF:about=urn:mimetype:text/html NC:value=text/html NC:editable=true NC:fileExtensions=jpg NC:description=JPEG Picture NC:handlerProp RDF:resource=urn:mimetype:handler:text/html/ /RDF:Description The following line in the 'RDF:Seq RDF:about=urn:mimetypes:root' section: RDF:li RDF:resource=urn:mimetype:image/jpeg/ RDF:Description RDF:about=urn:mimetype:image/jpeg NC:fileExtensions=jpg NC:description=JPEG Picture NC:value=image/jpeg NC:editable=true NC:handlerProp RDF:resource=urn:mimetype:handler:image/jpeg/ /RDF:Description RDF:Description RDF:about=urn:mimetype:application/x-forcedownload NC:value=application/x-forcedownload NC:editable=true NC:fileExtensions=jpg NC:description=JPEG Picture NC:handlerProp RDF:resource=urn:mimetype:handler:application/x-forcedownload/ /RDF:Description You'll want to make any changes to the file with SeaMonkey closed. Just in case things go wonky, make a safe copy of the file before working with it. Note also that my external application specification is Mac-specific. If you're using Windows or Linux, you'll need to specify your external application to suit. Thanks, Trane, but doing this is beyond my expertise. Stan. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Downloads files instead of Opening them
On 1/23/14 8:14 AM +0900, stan pierce wrote: Trane Francks wrote: On 1/21/14 10:13 PM +0900, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: stan pierce wrote: Paul B. Gallagher wrote: stan pierce wrote: Dave Taylor wrote: I must have hit some switch? Now SM is only offering me the option of downloading files to the DLs file. Inconvenient. I used to be able to open them directly from an email or website. Even when I right-click Open the only thing it will do is DL them. EditPrefsBrowserDownloads is set to: Open DL manager, Save Files to DL folder. No option to Open instead of Download. Thanks! SM2.23 Win7 How do I add to Helper applications so jpeg files won't end up in the Download list? If SM is automatically downloading them without asking, you must already have that file type listed. Look carefully through the helper applications list, find the place where jpeg is listed as Save File, and change it to the desired behavior. It should be easy to find, since the default sort is alphabetical by content type -- look in the J's. jpeg is not in my Helper list. Is there a way to add it? Sorry, I'm out of ideas. Since the developers implemented the new helpers list, I've often wondered how to add file types, never known the answer. Stan, it might be possible to fix this by editing the mimeTypes.rdf file in your profile. The file is just XML, so you can use a standard text editor to work with it. First, search in the file for 'jpeg' (case insensitive). My entries in the file look thusly: RDF:Description RDF:about=urn:mimetype:handler:image/jpeg NC:handleInternal=false NC:alwaysAsk=true NC:saveToDisk=true NC:useSystemDefault=false NC:externalApplication RDF:resource=urn:mimetype:externalApplication:image/jpeg/ /RDF:Description RDF:Description RDF:about=urn:mimetype:externalApplication:image/jpeg NC:path=/Applications/Preview.app NC:prettyName=Preview / RDF:Description RDF:about=urn:mimetype:text/html NC:value=text/html NC:editable=true NC:fileExtensions=jpg NC:description=JPEG Picture NC:handlerProp RDF:resource=urn:mimetype:handler:text/html/ /RDF:Description The following line in the 'RDF:Seq RDF:about=urn:mimetypes:root' section: RDF:li RDF:resource=urn:mimetype:image/jpeg/ RDF:Description RDF:about=urn:mimetype:image/jpeg NC:fileExtensions=jpg NC:description=JPEG Picture NC:value=image/jpeg NC:editable=true NC:handlerProp RDF:resource=urn:mimetype:handler:image/jpeg/ /RDF:Description RDF:Description RDF:about=urn:mimetype:application/x-forcedownload NC:value=application/x-forcedownload NC:editable=true NC:fileExtensions=jpg NC:description=JPEG Picture NC:handlerProp RDF:resource=urn:mimetype:handler:application/x-forcedownload/ /RDF:Description You'll want to make any changes to the file with SeaMonkey closed. Just in case things go wonky, make a safe copy of the file before working with it. Note also that my external application specification is Mac-specific. If you're using Windows or Linux, you'll need to specify your external application to suit. Thanks, Trane, but doing this is beyond my expertise. Stan. Opening a file in Notepad and pasting stuff in is beyond your expertise? It really shouldn't be much more difficult than that. There are other MIME types in the file that you can use to confirm you're in the right area. Each of the RDF:Description blocks I've entered here are stand-alone descriptors. -- / // Trane Franckstr...@gol.comTokyo, Japan // Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Downloads files instead of Opening them
Trane Francks wrote: On 1/23/14 8:14 AM +0900, stan pierce wrote: Thanks, Trane, but doing this is beyond my expertise. Stan. Opening a file in Notepad and pasting stuff in is beyond your expertise? It really shouldn't be much more difficult than that. There are other MIME types in the file that you can use to confirm you're in the right area. Each of the RDF:Description blocks I've entered here are stand-alone descriptors. The trick, of course, is knowing what to copy/paste and where... If Stan doesn't know that, the best copy/paste mechanics in the world won't do him a bit of good. He's reasonable to be cautious when he doesn't understand the directions. -- War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left. -- Paul B. Gallagher ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Downloads files instead of Opening them
stan pierce wrote: Paul B. Gallagher wrote: stan pierce wrote: Dave Taylor wrote: I must have hit some switch? Now SM is only offering me the option of downloading files to the DLs file. Inconvenient. I used to be able to open them directly from an email or website. Even when I right-click Open the only thing it will do is DL them. EditPrefsBrowserDownloads is set to: Open DL manager, Save Files to DL folder. No option to Open instead of Download. Thanks! SM2.23 Win7 How do I add to Helper applications so jpeg files won't end up in the Download list? If SM is automatically downloading them without asking, you must already have that file type listed. Look carefully through the helper applications list, find the place where jpeg is listed as Save File, and change it to the desired behavior. It should be easy to find, since the default sort is alphabetical by content type -- look in the J's. jpeg is not in my Helper list. Is there a way to add it? Sorry, I'm out of ideas. Since the developers implemented the new helpers list, I've often wondered how to add file types, never known the answer. -- War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left. -- Paul B. Gallagher ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Downloads files instead of Opening them
stan pierce wrote: Paul B. Gallagher wrote: stan pierce wrote: Dave Taylor wrote: I must have hit some switch? Now SM is only offering me the option of downloading files to the DLs file. Inconvenient. I used to be able to open them directly from an email or website. Even when I right-click Open the only thing it will do is DL them. EditPrefsBrowserDownloads is set to: Open DL manager, Save Files to DL folder. No option to Open instead of Download. Thanks! SM2.23 Win7 How do I add to Helper applications so jpeg files won't end up in the Download list? If SM is automatically downloading them without asking, you must already have that file type listed. Look carefully through the helper applications list, find the place where jpeg is listed as Save File, and change it to the desired behavior. It should be easy to find, since the default sort is alphabetical by content type -- look in the J's. jpeg is not in my Helper list. Is there a way to add it? On my list it shows as Photo Album 6 Photo (image/jpeg), which is really odd since I don't have Photo Album 6 on the computer. My jpegs behave normally, though. Larry S. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Downloads files instead of Opening them
On 1/21/14 10:13 PM +0900, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: stan pierce wrote: Paul B. Gallagher wrote: stan pierce wrote: Dave Taylor wrote: I must have hit some switch? Now SM is only offering me the option of downloading files to the DLs file. Inconvenient. I used to be able to open them directly from an email or website. Even when I right-click Open the only thing it will do is DL them. EditPrefsBrowserDownloads is set to: Open DL manager, Save Files to DL folder. No option to Open instead of Download. Thanks! SM2.23 Win7 How do I add to Helper applications so jpeg files won't end up in the Download list? If SM is automatically downloading them without asking, you must already have that file type listed. Look carefully through the helper applications list, find the place where jpeg is listed as Save File, and change it to the desired behavior. It should be easy to find, since the default sort is alphabetical by content type -- look in the J's. jpeg is not in my Helper list. Is there a way to add it? Sorry, I'm out of ideas. Since the developers implemented the new helpers list, I've often wondered how to add file types, never known the answer. Stan, it might be possible to fix this by editing the mimeTypes.rdf file in your profile. The file is just XML, so you can use a standard text editor to work with it. First, search in the file for 'jpeg' (case insensitive). My entries in the file look thusly: RDF:Description RDF:about=urn:mimetype:handler:image/jpeg NC:handleInternal=false NC:alwaysAsk=true NC:saveToDisk=true NC:useSystemDefault=false NC:externalApplication RDF:resource=urn:mimetype:externalApplication:image/jpeg/ /RDF:Description RDF:Description RDF:about=urn:mimetype:externalApplication:image/jpeg NC:path=/Applications/Preview.app NC:prettyName=Preview / RDF:Description RDF:about=urn:mimetype:text/html NC:value=text/html NC:editable=true NC:fileExtensions=jpg NC:description=JPEG Picture NC:handlerProp RDF:resource=urn:mimetype:handler:text/html/ /RDF:Description The following line in the 'RDF:Seq RDF:about=urn:mimetypes:root' section: RDF:li RDF:resource=urn:mimetype:image/jpeg/ RDF:Description RDF:about=urn:mimetype:image/jpeg NC:fileExtensions=jpg NC:description=JPEG Picture NC:value=image/jpeg NC:editable=true NC:handlerProp RDF:resource=urn:mimetype:handler:image/jpeg/ /RDF:Description RDF:Description RDF:about=urn:mimetype:application/x-forcedownload NC:value=application/x-forcedownload NC:editable=true NC:fileExtensions=jpg NC:description=JPEG Picture NC:handlerProp RDF:resource=urn:mimetype:handler:application/x-forcedownload/ /RDF:Description You'll want to make any changes to the file with SeaMonkey closed. Just in case things go wonky, make a safe copy of the file before working with it. Note also that my external application specification is Mac-specific. If you're using Windows or Linux, you'll need to specify your external application to suit. -- / // Trane Franckstr...@gol.comTokyo, Japan // Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Downloads files instead of Opening them
Paul B. Gallagher wrote: stan pierce wrote: Dave Taylor wrote: I must have hit some switch? Now SM is only offering me the option of downloading files to the DLs file. Inconvenient. I used to be able to open them directly from an email or website. Even when I right-click Open the only thing it will do is DL them. EditPrefsBrowserDownloads is set to: Open DL manager, Save Files to DL folder. No option to Open instead of Download. Thanks! SM2.23 Win7 How do I add to Helper applications so jpeg files won't end up in the Download list? If SM is automatically downloading them without asking, you must already have that file type listed. Look carefully through the helper applications list, find the place where jpeg is listed as Save File, and change it to the desired behavior. It should be easy to find, since the default sort is alphabetical by content type -- look in the J's. jpeg is not in my Helper list. Is there a way to add it? ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Downloads files instead of Opening them
Dave Taylor wrote: I must have hit some switch? Now SM is only offering me the option of downloading files to the DLs file. Inconvenient. I used to be able to open them directly from an email or website. Even when I right-click Open the only thing it will do is DL them. EditPrefsBrowserDownloads is set to: Open DL manager, Save Files to DL folder. No option to Open instead of Download. Thanks! SM2.23 Win7 How do I add to Helper applications so jpeg files won't end up in the Download list? ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Downloads files instead of Opening them
stan pierce wrote: Dave Taylor wrote: I must have hit some switch? Now SM is only offering me the option of downloading files to the DLs file. Inconvenient. I used to be able to open them directly from an email or website. Even when I right-click Open the only thing it will do is DL them. EditPrefsBrowserDownloads is set to: Open DL manager, Save Files to DL folder. No option to Open instead of Download. Thanks! SM2.23 Win7 How do I add to Helper applications so jpeg files won't end up in the Download list? If SM is automatically downloading them without asking, you must already have that file type listed. Look carefully through the helper applications list, find the place where jpeg is listed as Save File, and change it to the desired behavior. It should be easy to find, since the default sort is alphabetical by content type -- look in the J's. -- War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left. -- Paul B. Gallagher ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Downloads files instead of Opening them
The helper app thingy fixed it -thanks! Dave ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Downloads files instead of Opening them
Dave Taylor wrote: I must have hit some switch? Now SM is only offering me the option of downloading files to the DLs file. Inconvenient. I used to be able to open them directly from an email or website. Even when I right-click Open the only thing it will do is DL them. EditPrefsBrowserDownloads is set to: Open DL manager, Save Files to DL folder. No option to Open instead of Download. Thanks! SM2.23 Win7 All files, or just certain types? If it's just certain types, go to Edit | Preferences | Browser | Helper Applications and change the settings for those types from Save file to whatever you prefer. Chances are you had the file type set to Always ask and inadvertently checked the box when choosing to save that says always do this for this file type (not an exact quote, but that's the gist). -- War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left. -- Paul B. Gallagher ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Downloads files instead of Opening them
On 1/10/14 4:57 PM +0900, Dave Taylor wrote: I must have hit some switch? Now SM is only offering me the option of downloading files to the DLs file. Inconvenient. I used to be able to open them directly from an email or website. Even when I right-click Open the only thing it will do is DL them. EditPrefsBrowserDownloads is set to: Open DL manager, Save Files to DL folder. No option to Open instead of Download. Thanks! SM2.23 Win7 You'll want to check/edit your helper apps to ensure that you get asked when appropriate. -- / // Trane Franckstr...@gol.comTokyo, Japan // Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Downloads files instead of Opening them
I must have hit some switch? Now SM is only offering me the option of downloading files to the DLs file. Inconvenient. I used to be able to open them directly from an email or website. Even when I right-click Open the only thing it will do is DL them. EditPrefsBrowserDownloads is set to: Open DL manager, Save Files to DL folder. No option to Open instead of Download. Thanks! SM2.23 Win7 ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
