Re: Capability of Iceweasel to open a local file.
On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:27:41 -0800, peasthope wrote:
> Iceweasel 3.5.16 is working in Squeeze here. Using the menue, File >
> Open File, it opens /home/peter/blah.html. The URI displayed is
> "file:///home/peter/blah.html". Alternatively, the file can be opened
> by typing or pasting that URI into the window.
>
> There is a third possibility. Suppose there is a Web page containing a
> link anchored at either http://localhost/home/peter/blah.html or
> http:///home/peter/blah.html. Seems reasonable and straightforward for
> this method of opening a local file to work as well. Does anyone have a
> helpful pertinent idea before a wish report is submitted?
You mean you want the browser automatically jumps to "file://localhost/
home/peter/blah.html" when it cannot reach "http://localhost/home/peter/
blah.html"?
I prefer to get an error but it should not be very difficult to implement
a kind of "protocol manager" extension to instruct Firefox/Iceweasel to
try with another protocol when "http://"; returns "host not found".
Greetings,
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Camaleón
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