Hi, On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 09:25:58AM -0700, Ben Collver wrote:
Good day,
I am using dillo 3.3.0 on Slackware64 15.0.
If I open a gopher directory, right-click on an item, and click Save link as..., this opens a file save dialog. If i click OK, it dismisses the dialog. I expected it to save something, but it creates no new files.
Gopher URI: gopher://gopher.pglaf.org/1/4/0/2/8/40282/ Top item: 40282-0
I found the following workaround:
* Left click 40282-0 * Click Save button in browser toolbar
This creates a new file as expected.
Yes, this is a known limitation of the downloads in Dillo. Using the "Save link as" to fetch a new resource will use wget under the hood, which only allows http(s). You can see the message in the console:
UIcmd_save: /tmp/40282-0.txt ** WARNING **: Ignoring download request for 'gopher://gopher.pglaf.org/0/4/0/2/8/40282/40282-0.txt': not in cache and not downloadable.
Browsing to the target file makes the gopher plugin fetch the file and place it in the Dillo cache (you can see it in about:cache). Then saving the current page (or going back and clicking the "Save link as" entry) works because it fetches it from the cache. It is planned to solve this some time in the future, but involves complex changes. In the meanwhile, you can use this workaround. Best, Rodrigo.