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Re: lynx-dev Lynx 2.7.1 and 2.8 refuse to render certain HTML documents
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Jan Hlavacek |
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Re: lynx-dev Lynx 2.7.1 and 2.8 refuse to render certain HTML documents |
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Wed, 29 Apr 1998 23:57:09 -0400 |
On Wed, Apr 29, 1998 at 05:07:20PM -0600, Jason F. McBrayer wrote:
> >>>>> "HS" == Heather Stern <address@hidden> writes:
>
> HS> I ate the fortune cookie first, then read what Jason F. McBrayer wrote:
> >> Using file extensions for file typing is an abomination, and since
> >> the web has a perfectly satisfactory alternative (mime types), we
> >> should do file typing the right way.
>
> HS> Theoretically with MIME types we shouldn't need extensions at
> HS> all... except, as far as I can tell, that's how most servers
> HS> determine what MIME type to state during HTTP!
>
> \begin{rant}
> Unfortunately, yes, since Unix doesn't have typed files
> and most http servers run on Unix. Still, the Unix philosophy is that
> files /really/, /really/ don't have types: a stream is a stream is a
> stream. The use of extensions for setting MIME types is clearly an
> example of the Windows mindset slopping over into Unix, and not an
> expression of the Unix philosophy.
>
> Servers running on OSes that DO have typed files (Macintosh, OS/2)
> could use the native file type (resources, EAs) to set the MIME type.
> What servers on Unix /should/ do is to generate indices of files in
> each directory, let their file types be assigned in the index, and
> refer to the index for what MIME type to send out. Or perhaps use
> magic numbers to decide (as in file(1)), or some combination of the
> two. But we seem to be stuck with the idea that, say, PostScript
> files have to be named "dog.ps" and not "A picture of my dog Spot"
> just because people in the DOS world say so. Bleah. File names have
> nothing to do with file types, so there :)
> \end{rant}
Doesn't apache let you specify file types in .htaccess files? I tried
to look it up, but I can't connect to www.apache.org (perhaps their
server is down :).
lahvak
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- lynx-dev Lynx 2.7.1 and 2.8 refuse to render certain HTML documents, for Jason White <address@hidden>, 1998/04/29
- Message not available
- Re: lynx-dev Lynx 2.7.1 and 2.8 refuse to render certain HTML documents, Michael Warner, 1998/04/29
- Re: lynx-dev Lynx 2.7.1 and 2.8 refuse to render certain HTML documents, Heather Stern, 1998/04/29
- Re: lynx-dev Lynx 2.7.1 and 2.8 refuse to render certain HTML documents, Jason F. McBrayer, 1998/04/29
- Re: lynx-dev Lynx 2.7.1 and 2.8 refuse to render certain HTML documents, Heather Stern, 1998/04/29
- Re: lynx-dev Lynx 2.7.1 and 2.8 refuse to render certain HTML documents, Jason F. McBrayer, 1998/04/29
- Re: lynx-dev Lynx 2.7.1 and 2.8 refuse to render certain HTML documents,
Jan Hlavacek <=
- lynx-dev No Dots., John, 1998/04/30
- Re: lynx-dev Lynx 2.7.1 and 2.8 refuse to render certain HTML documents, Michael Warner, 1998/04/29
Re: lynx-dev Lynx 2.7.1 and 2.8 refuse to render certain HTML documents, Philip Webb, 1998/04/29
Re: lynx-dev Lynx 2.7.1 and 2.8 refuse to render certain HTML documents, Philip Webb, 1998/04/29
Re: lynx-dev Lynx 2.7.1 and 2.8 refuse to render certain HTML documents, David Woolley, 1998/04/30