Re: communicator 4.6 - ftp bug

[Ed Cogburn <ecogburn@greene.xtn.net>]

Hartmut Figge wrote:
> 
> Ed Cogburn wrote:
> 
> >         Yes the file is 17428 bytes.  Hold down the shift key when
> > clicking on a file to download; this will cause Netscape to
> > download 'as-is'.
> 
> so it should be. but not with my communicator 4.6. therefore i´m on the
> search for a version, which will do, what should be expected.


	Uh-oh, Big trouble in Little China.


> 
> just a look to your header:
> strange, it seems you´re using also communicator 4.6, and also the same
> kernel.
> 
> well, if you´ve downloaded this file with the communicator, then, hmm
> ... what?


	Fraid so, Communicator 4.6 has not given me any problem like you
are having.


> 
> i use the right mouse button to get the store menu, but that isn´t the
> reason for the faulty behaviour. just tried with the shift key - and
> that gives exactly the same result - an unpacked file of the size 81258
> bytes.
> 
> now i´m perplex
> hafi


	What do you mean by 'store menu'?

	I had this problem back with C 4.0x.  I never fully resolved the
problem because, from what I could tell, the
Preferences->Applications didn't work.  I tried putting in a
'helper app' for debian tarballs, ie., look for ".deb" and "Save
to Disk" if its a deb file.  The listing of these 'helper apps'
appeared to become garbled, and break some of the entries.  Before
ever getting to the bottom of things, C 4.5 came out, I've not had
any problems since.  However, those entries I made are still with
me, so I still can click on a .deb file and get the file dialog to
name the file and save to disk, with no 'conversion'.  I have old
entries for .tar.gz, .gz, .tgz, so perhaps thats why its working
for me.  Try to see if there are entries in
Preferences->Applications for the tarball types (as above) and
enter entries for them if they are missing.  Maybe that will
help.  FWIW.


-- 
Ed C.