Re: .gz in Netscape

2000-02-08 Thread Damon Muller
Quoth Junichi Uekawa, > > My personal solution to this problem is to middle-click to open a new window, > stop download, copy the address, paste it to xterm, type Ctrl-A then 'wget' > :) Why not either, open an xterm and type `wget ', then: 1) Right click on the link, select `Copy Link Location

Re: .gz in Netscape

2000-02-07 Thread Keith G. Murphy
"Paul J. Keenan" wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 12:15:45PM -0600, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > > I am wondering if it is not the *server* behavior to send it > > uncompressed. This happens to me too, but when I try one of the .tar.gz > > files, it downloads compressed. Seems unlikely that my Net

Re: .gz in Netscape

2000-02-05 Thread Mirek Kwasniak
On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 01:00:51PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > > My personal solution to this problem is to middle-click to open a new window, > stop download, copy the address, paste it to xterm, type Ctrl-A then 'wget' > :) I use wget too. But my solution is right-click and -> "Copy Link Loc

Re: .gz in Netscape

2000-02-04 Thread John Leget
Webdownloader works reasonable well, though i have the occasional site it fails with. And it has clipboard monitoring added recently as well though i find upon start i have to add the first link manually before it starts grabbing urls from the clip board. http://www.krasu.ru/soft/chuchelo/ che

Re: .gz in Netscape

2000-02-04 Thread Paul J. Keenan
On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 12:15:45PM -0600, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > I am wondering if it is not the *server* behavior to send it > uncompressed. This happens to me too, but when I try one of the .tar.gz > files, it downloads compressed. Seems unlikely that my Netscape is > taking it upon itself to

Re: .gz in Netscape

2000-02-04 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > > On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, paul wrote: > > > > On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > > > > > > > looks like Netscape decompress the file while i'm doing > > > > shift+b1. So instead of aaa.diff.gz i'm getting aaa.diff > > > > > > Actually, it doesn't decompress it stran

Re: .gz in Netscape

2000-02-04 Thread Junichi Uekawa
.k.a. dancer a member of the Dept. of Knowledge Engineering and Computer Science Doshisha University. powered by Debian and pronounce Linux as Leenooks!! On Thu, 3 Feb 2000 12:20:11 -0600 (CST), Oleg Krivosheev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was crying out from somewhere about: Re: .gz in Netscape

Re: .gz in Netscape

2000-02-04 Thread Ed Cogburn
paul wrote: > > > On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > > > > > looks like Netscape decompress the file while i'm doing > > > shift+b1. So instead of aaa.diff.gz i'm getting aaa.diff > > > > Actually, it doesn't decompress it strangely enough. It just removes the > > .gz extension. I've alw

Re: .gz in Netscape

2000-02-03 Thread Oleg Krivosheev
On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, paul wrote: > > On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > > > > > looks like Netscape decompress the file while i'm doing > > > shift+b1. So instead of aaa.diff.gz i'm getting aaa.diff > > > > Actually, it doesn't decompress it strangely enough. It just removes the > > .gz

Re: .gz in Netscape

2000-02-03 Thread Colin Telmer
On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, paul wrote: > I find this behavior rather odd, as my netscape 4.7 does not strip the .gz > when I SHIFT-leftclick. Are you sure its not something in your settings? It doesn't do it all the time and I haven't had it happen for a while so it could be due to an older version of

Re: .gz in Netscape

2000-02-03 Thread paul
> On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > > > looks like Netscape decompress the file while i'm doing > > shift+b1. So instead of aaa.diff.gz i'm getting aaa.diff > > Actually, it doesn't decompress it strangely enough. It just removes the > .gz extension. I've always experienced this. Bizza

Re: .gz in Netscape

2000-02-03 Thread Oleg Krivosheev
On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Colin Telmer wrote: > On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > > > looks like Netscape decompress the file while i'm doing > > shift+b1. So instead of aaa.diff.gz i'm getting aaa.diff > > Actually, it doesn't decompress it strangely enough. It just removes the > .gz exten

Re: .gz in Netscape

2000-02-03 Thread Colin Telmer
On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > looks like Netscape decompress the file while i'm doing > shift+b1. So instead of aaa.diff.gz i'm getting aaa.diff Actually, it doesn't decompress it strangely enough. It just removes the .gz extension. I've always experienced this. Bizzare. -- Colin

Re: .gz in Netscape

2000-02-03 Thread Kent West
Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > > On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Paul J. Keenan wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 12:12:58PM -0600, Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > > > > > > Hi, All > > > > > > stupid question: what i have to do in order to > > > prevent Netscape from expanding .gz files? > > > > > > thank you > > > >

Re: .gz in Netscape

2000-02-03 Thread Oleg Krivosheev
On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Gary Hennigan wrote: > Oleg Krivosheev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > stupid question: what i have to do in order to > > prevent Netscape from expanding .gz files? > > Just hold down the shift key when you click on it. That seems to do > the trick. no, it doesn't i'm getti

Re: .gz in Netscape

2000-02-03 Thread Oleg Krivosheev
On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Paul J. Keenan wrote: > On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 12:12:58PM -0600, Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > > > > Hi, All > > > > stupid question: what i have to do in order to > > prevent Netscape from expanding .gz files? > > > > thank you > > > > OK > > Shift + Left-Click saves the lin

Re: .gz in Netscape

2000-02-03 Thread J Horacio MG
> > Hi, All > > > > stupid question: what i have to do in order to > > prevent Netscape from expanding .gz files? > > Simple answer: Don't use Netscape to download .gz files, use >wget instead There's a patch (or script) to make mutt (or any other mailer) or slrn (or any other

Re: .gz in Netscape

2000-02-03 Thread Peter Good
Heheh, yeah it's shift-mousebutton, the the prepare to save button always loses the .gz, but it always seems to save to the drive with the .gz attached *shrug* Peter Good. Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Martin Schulze wrote: > > > Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > > > > > > Hi, All > > >

Re: .gz in Netscape

2000-02-03 Thread Martin Schulze
Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Martin Schulze wrote: > > > Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > > > > > > Hi, All > > > > > > stupid question: what i have to do in order to > > > prevent Netscape from expanding .gz files? > > > > Simple answer: Don't use Netscape to download .gz files, use >

Re: .gz in Netscape

2000-02-03 Thread Oleg Krivosheev
On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Martin Schulze wrote: > Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > > > > Hi, All > > > > stupid question: what i have to do in order to > > prevent Netscape from expanding .gz files? > > Simple answer: Don't use Netscape to download .gz files, use >wget instead ok > Other a

Re: .gz in Netscape

2000-02-03 Thread Hartmut Figge
Martin Schulze wrote: > > Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > > > > Hi, All > > > > stupid question: what i have to do in order to > > prevent Netscape from expanding .gz files? > > Simple answer: Don't use Netscape to download .gz files, use >wget instead yes, i've tried since netscape 4.6

Re: .gz in Netscape

2000-02-03 Thread Mike Werner
On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 12:12:58PM -0600, Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > > Hi, All > > stupid question: what i have to do in order to > prevent Netscape from expanding .gz files? Holding Shift when you left-click on the file forces a raw binary download of the file. -- Mike Werner KA8YSD

Re: .gz in Netscape

2000-02-03 Thread Gary Hennigan
Oleg Krivosheev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > stupid question: what i have to do in order to > prevent Netscape from expanding .gz files? Just hold down the shift key when you click on it. That seems to do the trick. Gary

Re: .gz in Netscape

2000-02-03 Thread Paul J. Keenan
On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 12:12:58PM -0600, Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > > Hi, All > > stupid question: what i have to do in order to > prevent Netscape from expanding .gz files? > > thank you > > OK Shift + Left-Click saves the link insteading of displaying the contents. Is this what you mean ?

Re: .gz in Netscape

2000-02-02 Thread Martin Schulze
Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > > Hi, All > > stupid question: what i have to do in order to > prevent Netscape from expanding .gz files? Simple answer: Don't use Netscape to download .gz files, use wget instead Other answer: Try shift-mousebutton Regards, Joey -- Whenever

.gz in Netscape

2000-02-02 Thread Oleg Krivosheev
Hi, All stupid question: what i have to do in order to prevent Netscape from expanding .gz files? thank you OK