Re: lynx-dev mime types?

[Ismael Cordeiro]

On Fri, 1 Jan 1999 address@hidden wrote:

> Where do mime types go?

$HOME/.mime.types  for your personal MIME types file.

Check your lynx.cfg file for

PERSONAL_EXTENSION_MAP:.mime.types

and start lynx with "-trace" and see if the $HOME/.mime.types is being read.

> I tried ".mime.types", and it didn't seem to affect Lynx.

Yes, it does, but only with ftp URLs. With http URLs the filetypes are
defined in the http server.

> I just wanted to add
> 
> application/x-Shrinkit shk SHK sdk SDK Sdk Shk
> application/x-BinaryII bny BNY bsq BSQ bxy BXY Bsq Bny Bxy bsc BSC Bsc BQY 
> bqy B
> qy
> 
> so I could download Apple II files properly.

You can do it by pressing "d" on the link.

By the way, MIME types are case insensitive. No need for BNY, Bny, bNy, BNy,
etc.

Ismael
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