Re: lynx-dev mime-types, server responsibility, etc..

[Leonid Pauzner]

8-Jan-99 14:14 Henry Nelson wrote:
>> If you pressed "d" on the link it was downloaded as binary. If you just

> d)ownload is not the simple answer if Lynx "thinks" the file is text/plain.
                                                                  ^^^^^^^^^^
> With older Lynx's, you will have to edit the binary file.  With later Lynx's
> be sure to properly configure it for interactive sessions in lynx.cfg.

> # If PREPEND_BASE_TO_SOURCE is set to FALSE, Lynx will not prepend a
> # Request URL comment and BASE element to text/html source files when
                                            ^^^^^^^^^only!
> # they are retrieved for 'd'ownloading or passed to 'p'rint functions.
> # The compilation default is TRUE.  Note that this prepending is not
> # done for -source dumps, unless the -base switch also was included on
> # the command line, and the latter switch overrides the setting of the
> # PREPEND_BASE_TO_SOURCE configuration variable.
> #
> #PREPEND_BASE_TO_SOURCE:TRUE

> If you have an older Lynx, use the -source command line switch or a tool
> like wget.

> __Henry