On 16/10/2014 15:31, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: >>>> I believe the problem is with the servers sending the PDF files and how >>>> they indicate the MIME type. You can complain to the Web administrators >>>> about this. There might be nothing you can do about it in SeaMonkey. >>> >>> When the program encounters an unfamiliar MIME type for the first >>> time, it will prompt the user for guidance. At that point, the user >>> can select a treatment and check or uncheck a box that says, >>> basically, "do this every time I see this type?" (I forget the exact >>> wording). If the user checks that box, the type will appear under Edit >>> | Preferences | Browser | Helper Applications, and the user can later >>> select a different treatment (including "Always ask"). If the user >>> does not check the box, the program uses the chosen treatment once and >>> forgets it, and the type does not appear under Helper Applications; >>> then the next time it sees that type it will start all over and ask >>> for guidance again. >>> >>> I'm sure you can edit mimetypes.rdf if you're so inclined, but the >>> intended way for end users to manage this is through the preference I >>> mentioned above. Not all users are knowledgeable enough to edit >>> mimetypes.rdf, but pretty much anyone can select a program from a >>> pull-down list and click "OK." >>> >> So, it's impossible to remove a mimetypes.rdf entry ? > > "So"? No, I didn't say that, and I wouldn't say it because I don't know > if it's true or not. Someone else will have to answer this.
For SeaMonkey: (1) You probably need to shut down SeaMonkey and edit the mimetypes.rdf file directly. <http://kb.mozillazine.org/MimeTypes.rdf> <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/How_Mozilla_determines_MIME_Types> (2) There is a Mime Types Edit extension for Thunderbird and Firefox which could possibly be made to work in SeaMonkey (assuming that it still works in Firefox - last updated in 2011 - ). (3) Someone in Thunderbird land was really annoyed about not being to remove an entry through the UI so wrote a patch to add a "Delete this entry" in the "Helper Applications" section. Someone with basic knowledge of JavaScript could possibly adapt this patch for SeaMonkey. (3b) Or offer a bug bounty to have the above added to SeaMonkey. Thunderbird Bug 501163 - New attachment preference pane lacks option to remove wrong file-type associations <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=501163> ----------- <http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/file_types_manager.html> FileTypesMan v1.68 - File Types Manager for Windows Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014 Nir Sofer "New Type" dialog in SeaMonkey 1.1.19 <https://bug503303.bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=501651> <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503303> Phil -- Philip Chee <phi...@aleytys.pc.my>, <philip.c...@gmail.com> http://flashblock.mozdev.org/ http://xsidebar.mozdev.org Guard us from the she-wolf and the wolf, and guard us from the thief, oh Night, and so be good for us to pass. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
