[arachne] Re: A190 DOWNLOAD PROBLEM/IDIOSYNCRACY
- From: "Glenn McCorkle" <glennmcc@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, arachne4dos@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:56:24 -0500
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On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:21:53 -0500 (EST), ewalt@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> Glenn McCorkle said:
>> The only thing that is differnt in my more recent releases is that
>> the contents of ZIP files are first displayed on-screen.
>> We can then save the ZIP by simply pressing the F2 key at the point
>> where its contents are shown on-screen.
> For the inexperienced Arachne user or for someone who has been using
> an earlier version this behavior is confusing, Glenn. When I first
> encountered this I thought something was broken. Why can't there be
> a statement shown that says "To Save Your Download Press F2"????
> How many times have you already answered this same question of
> what happened to the download? This handy feature of yours is
> confusing people who don't have much knowledge about Arachne.
Great minds _do_ think alike.
Have a look at the modification I made last evening to mime.cfg
(this mod will be in my next release)
application/zip ZIP>TXT|[300]echo Press F2 now to save the ZIP anywhere
you like, with any name you like.>$2\necho .>>$
\nunzip -l -v $1>>$2
application/x-zip ZIP>TXT|[300]echo Press F2 now to save the ZIP anywhere
you like, with any name you like.>$2\necho .>>$
\nunzip -l -v $1>>$2
application/x-zipped ZIP>TXT|[300]echo Press F2 now to save the ZIP anywhere
you like, with any name you like.>$2\necho .>>$
\nunzip -l -v $1>>$2
application/x-zip-compressed ZIP>TXT|[300]echo Press F2 now to save the ZIP
anywhere you like, with any name you like.>$2\necho
.>>$2\nunzip -l -v $1>>$2
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There ya go.
Now this message will be at the top of the screen when the contents of
the ZIP are displayed.
Press F2 now to save the ZIP anywhere you like, with any name you like.
--
Glenn
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