As soon as I have the time to do it, Camino will not put creator/type markings on any files. There is no way to do it so everyone is happy and we do the wrong thing quite often right now. Better to leave it to the Finder to figure out what files are based on extensions.
-Josh Aas On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 11:28:15 -0700 (PDT), Mark Vaccaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Folks: > My nightly 2004101908 (v0.8+)did downloaded it BUT it > unzipped and mounted 2 identical images! > I had problems earlier with downloads but none since > this build. > Mark Vaccaro > --- Roine Gustafsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > On Thursday, Oct 28, 2004, at 16:37 > > Europe/Stockholm, Martin Girschick > > wrote: > > > > > Hello again, > > > > > > I wonder how Camino determines the file type and > > creator type when a > > > file is downloaded. I'm using "Default Apps" > > Preferences Pane to set > > > the MIME-Type-Mapping of Mac OS X. For instance I > > set > > > "application/x-zip-compressed" to BOMArchiver, but > > when I download a > > > zip (which has this mime type) it defaults to > > Stuffit Expander which > > > is quite annoying. > > > > > > I thought that some of my preferences are mixed > > up, so I use a > > > different account on my machine which is more or > > less pristine. When I > > > try to download that zip file with NB 2004102408 > > Camino simply > > > crashes. I guess Camino tries to display the > > contents of the zip file. > > > > > > The file is the current beta of graphic converter: > > > http://www.graphicconverter.net/beta/gc53b1x.zip > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > > My Camino nightly 20/10 correctly downloads the > > file. > > I'm pretty sure Camino disregards the mime-type and > > uses LaunchServices > > to open the file, i.e. the same happens as if you > > double clicked it in > > Finder. > > > > To change the default, open Get Info on a zip file, > > change it's Open > > With: to the BOMArchiver and click Change All. Then > > it should work from > > Camino too. > > > > File type and creator are HFS filesystem cruft > > that's unused in Mac OS > > X; it uses the LaunchService facility inherited from > > NeXT instead. > > > > /Roine > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Camino mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/camino > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > _______________________________________________ > Camino mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/camino > _______________________________________________ Camino mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/camino
