I checked out the headers, and then changed the server configuration so that everything that needs correct screen formatting gets sent as 'plain/text' (instead of 'plain/x-c', for example, and it works. Seems like a hack, but it is sufficient for what I need to do.
Thanks, DH. On Wed, 2008-11-19 at 17:29 +0100, André Warnier wrote: > Hi. > > 1) recommended : install Firefox, and the LiveHttpHeaders plugin for > Firefox. This allows you to see excactly which HTTP headers the server > is sending to the browser along with your file. > This will tell you what the browser *should* do to display the file. > (Well, not immediately and not as simply, but at least it will help). > > 2) You are probably being hit by the usual IE symptom of "trying to be > smarter than you and than the HTTP standard". > Normally, a browser is supposed to "believe" what the HTTP server tells > it, regarding the type of the document returned by the server. > In particular, if the server says that this is a "text/plain" type of > document, then the browser should believe this and display it as "plain > text". > However, in their infinite wisdom, MS decided that they could not really > trust these web servers, and MS IE makes its own personal evaluation of > what this document could possibly be. If it then decides that this is > not a "text/plain" but something else, it will try to display it as that > something else. > One of the criteria IE uses to determine "what this file could really > be, despite what the server tells me it is", is the file extension. > To make it even more fun, it is not even totally consistent between IE > versions. > > That's probably the cause of the differences you observe. > Complain to MS, they must be used to it by now. > There are a multitude of articles on the web, and even in the MS > Knowledge Base, which deal with this issue. > Searching Google for "IE +mime +type" will give you a good overview. > Enjoy. > > > > > Hoover, David wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have some files stored in a 'downloads' area of an Apache 2.2.10 > > server running on Linux Fedora Core 9. I access the files via Windows > > Explorer 6. > > > > If I view (click on Explorer link) a file named 'file.c' with the UNIX > > linefeed convention, all of the text appears on a single line in my > > Explorer window. > > > > If I view the same file, but this time named 'file', with no > > extension, the text appears correct in the window. > > > > If I do a 'save as...' operation, both files are saved the same. > > > > On some internet web servers, this problem doesn't occur with my browser. > > > > Why is the text shown on one line? What do I need to configure differently? > > > > Sorry this must be a dumb question...but I haven't been able to find > > an answer in the mailing list or on the net. > > > > Thanks for the help, > > > > DH. > > > > --------------------------------- > > The config file is standard, with the following modification: > > > > <Directory "/downloads"> > > Options Indexes > > AllowOverride None > > Order allow,deny > > Allow from all > > </Directory> > > > > Apache was compiled with the following options: > > ./configure --enable-dav --enable-ssl --enable-dumpio > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
