On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 03:37:22PM -0700, Globe Trotter wrote:
--- On Wed, 9/14/11, Benjamin Johnson <obeythepenguin at gmail.com> wrote:
From: Benjamin Johnson <obeythepenguin at gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Dillo-dev] how to open links etc To: dillo-dev at dillo.org Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 6:07 PM On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:50:06 -0400, Globe Trotter <itsme_410 at yahoo.com> wrote:
Is this something that is easily done? If so, where?
Many thanks!
It's not in Dillo yet -- it's something we'd have to code and add in.? But it wouldn't be too hard to do.
In the meantime, you can just download the file normally and open it from your computer; it's a little less convenient, but that at least should work for now.
Yes, of course! But it would be nice to have this little feature because that would make it easier to use dillo for routine things. I have been trying to adopt it increasingly, despite the absence of frames, and I find this to be somewhat disconcerting.
On the flip, I just love accidentally clicking on a link/URL within Google thinking it's going to spawn a new tab with an HTML page, only to find-out acroread or epdfview trying to start on my short-of-resources computers. Half the time, it's nice to see Seamonkey automatically open PDF's, other times, it's a pain because I can't do anything until the resource hog applications complete after their execution process. (Oh, including the wait for download because I thought it was an HTML page.) Seems the only middle-of-the-road solution for me, disable the auto-open feature for PDF files and use Google "view as HTML" links (if my eye catches them!). As far as opening other file types such as text/diffs/patches/any_thing_else_you_can_think_of, etc., I'm all for it. -- Roger http://rogerx.freeshell.org/