lynx-dev help: mime.types file seems inactive (fwd)

[Chris Gray]

I'm trying to teach LYNX v2.8 to give the "download" dialog for .mp2
and .mP3 files similarly to how it does for .zip files.  Right
now when I choose a link to .mp2 for instance, LYNX spends lots of time
loading the file then drops back to the original link and I can't
save the file that was just read.  

I created the following file called mime.types in my c:\lynx subdir:

     audio/x-wav wav
     audio/x-mpeg mp2
     audio/x-mpeg mp3

In lynx.cfg I uncommented the globalextnesions and personal_extensions
lines, but still no change.

Also I tried a few stumbling changes in mailcap, but still no dice.


Finally I changes the list of suffixes to include these items.  These
lines are below.

     suffix:.mp2:audio/mpeg
     suffix:.mp3:audio/mpeg
     global_extension_map:c:/lynx/mime.types
     personal_extension_map:mime.types

So far, none of this works.  However, .wav and .zip files can be
downloaded just fine.  Am I correct that an entry, properly done in
mime.t ypes or Suffixes, will trigger a download?  Any advice?

Thanks a lot.


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Chris Gray