On 9/7/00 2:44 am, Nicolas R Cueto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> configure the browser as a helper application (instructions for this are in
>> the MC install document).
>
> I consulted the instructions but...
>
> With Netscape, I always thought helper applications were assigned from
> within Netscape (click on Preferences > Applications > "New type...",
> etc). However, the MC instructions (see below) talk about $PATH, $HOME
> directory, and adding lines to files named ".mime.types" and ".mailcap".
> To ask the obvious: where are these mime/mailcap files and why the $
> symbol? (I thought I understood what a path and a home directory were,
> but now am not too sure.)
>
> Apologies for bothering the list with this.
>
>
> Nicolas R Cueto
>
> P.S. The MC instructions talk about Netscape only. Any advice for
> Explorer?
Hm - it would appear that those instructions are a little old and UNIX
centric. It should be possible to do this on other platforms: perhaps the
various browsers have instructions? I don't know how to do this off-hand.
Regards,
Kevin
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