Re (2): Capability of Iceweasel to open a local file.
From: Camaleon <noelamac@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:48:05 +0000 (UTC)
> 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"?
Oops. An error in my question. Should have been this.
Suppose there is a Web page containing a link anchored at either
file://localhost/home/peter/blah.html or file:///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?
> 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".
Sorry, my use of "http" rather than "file" was absolutely misleading.
I have no interest in automatic switching of protocols.
Regards, ... Peter E.
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