Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
David E. Ross wrote:
On 10/15/2014 1:06 PM, Charles Campbell wrote:
Philip Taylor wrote:
Probably as much an issue of how they are served as how your machine
is configured; my Adobe Acrobat is configured to handle all of these
MIME types --
application/pdf (Acrobat Portable Document Format: pdf),
application/vnd.adobe.pdfxml (Adobe PDF in XML Format: pdfxml),
application/vnd.adobe.x-mars (Adobe PDF in XML Format: mars),
application/vnd.fdf (Acrobat Forms Data Format: fdf),
application/vnd.adobe.xfdf (XML Version of Acrobat Forms Data Format:
xfdf),
application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml (Acrobat XML Data Package: xdp),
application/vnd.adobe.xfd+xml (Adobe FormFlow99 Data File: xfd),
application/pdf (Acrobat Portable Document Format: pdf),
application/vnd.adobe.pdfxml (Adobe PDF in XML Format: pdfxml),
application/vnd.adobe.x-mars (Adobe PDF in XML Format: mars),
application/vnd.fdf (Acrobat Forms Data Format: fdf),
application/vnd.adobe.xfdf (XML Version of Acrobat Forms Data Format:
xfdf),
application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml (Acrobat XML Data Package: xdp),
application/vnd.adobe.xfd+xml (Adobe FormFlow99 Data File: xfd)
Probably worth checking whether yours is as completely associated.
Philip Taylor
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Charles Campbell wrote:
I'm using seamonkey v2.26; I was wondering why sometimes pdf files
are
both viewable (as I recollect, with evince) and savable and other
times
save-only. I'd like to be able to view pdfs rather than save and
then
view.
Thank you -- how do I do that? I looked at
~/.mozilla/seamonkey/mimeTypes.rdf but its not clear to me with what
they're associated. Secondary Q: how do I make that association?
Chip Campbell
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."
Thank you -- that fixed my issue according to my limited testing thus far.
Regards,
Chip Campbell
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