(In reply to Michael Lippert from comment #219) > (In reply to Stewart Gordon from [comment > #218](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57342#c218)) > > I think you completely misunderstood what I was getting at, because your > final statement is what I was saying (well attempting to as it obviously > wasn't as clear as I hoped).
That final comment wasn't aimed at you personally. Sorry if it sounded like it was. Really, I was commenting on the suggested workaround you made reference to, rather than on your comment itself. > All I was saying is that if a file is identified with a mime type of `text/*` > that it is text, and firefox displays text just fine as it currently does > with `text/plain`. So firefox can handle any text file it doesn't explicitly > have another process for as `text/plain` to display it **in Firefox**, and > that should be an option in addition to _save_, and _specifying an external > application_ for handling that file. > > I was not requesting that the user choose on an all-or-nothing basis at all, > I wanted to add an option that doesn't exist at this time, but should for > text/* types because the support is already baked in. Which is basically what this bug ticket is asking for all along. I was saying that it shouldn't be restricted to text/* types, because other types may also be text-based formats. Another very good example of this is PGN (which seems to be represented by various application/* types). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/25830 Title: Option to display file in browser, treat as text/plain Status in Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: A suggestion: When you click certain files, like .py or .pl files, for example, Firefox brings up a dialog that offers you the ability to: 1. Open with a certain application 2. Save to disk What would be nice is a third option: 3. Treat as text/plain The wording could be altered... "Display as text in browser" or something. Sometimes you just want to quickly visit a file on the web and look for something in it, and the fact that you *could* open it in a more customized application is true but not really easier for you at that moment. If you just want to look a Python script for a version number at the top it is not necessary to open it in your IDE or save it to disk; you just want to open it in the normal viewing window as plain text and quickly find what you need to look at. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/25830/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
