Hi folks,
On Fri, 09 Feb 2001 22:58:18 -0700, Gregory J. Feig wrote:
> et al,
> I am currently downloading many, large files. I try to download to
> RAMDisk for this, since it is fastest. My 32Mbyte will only
> let me have 16Mbyte RAMDisk, so when downloading, I put \cache and
> \temp, ONLY on my RAMDisk. This gives me about 14703Kbytes download
> space.
> BUT, current Arachne Versions, after the D/L, do not go straight to
> the "F2 Save" page, but, instead, try to display the downloaded
> file. Very little/None xSwap space is allocated in RAM, and trying
> to display a 14Mb .ZIP or .EXE after download, will usually cause
> me fafal xSwap error. I can manipulate myself around and still
> retrieve the downloaded file, but it is an ungoing nuisense.
I noticed this behavior, too, but without fatal errors and very seldom.
Sometimes clicking back and for buttons helps and displays the correct
page. This also happens when I hit Alt-H immediately after the download
has finished.
> I looked into MIME.CFG but couldn't see what needs to be changed
> there to make Arachne go STRAIGHT to the F2 Save page, rather than
> trying to display a download. The ONLY things I want Arachne to
> try to display are .HTM and Images. The rest, even .TXT files, I
> want Arachne to give me the F2 Save page, and let me make MY choice.
> I seem to recall that my previous Arachne versions did this, but
> these latest ones do not.....
> What do I need to change, and where, to have Arachne do this as
> default behavior..
> .......gregy
> -- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Ultimate Internet Client
Regards Joerg
-- Arachne V1.70, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
