Wow...this is news to me. Couldn't this kind of information be included in
the help file? I poked around with MC as a helper app some time ago but gave
up as I couldn't get it configured properly. Could someone (Kevin or Scott)
please provide a response to Nicolas's question below.
I hate to sound like a broken record, but webifying MC is probably the most
important thing that could happen to boost its profile. Someone should write
a clear, detailed description of how MC can work with the web (presently)
and post it on a web page. The only thing I have found is a couple of
paragraphs with a general overview written in 'codespeak'. What is needed is
a user's guide or "MetaCard and the Web for Dummies" (sorry but I find the
sample description posted below cryptic at best - and I thought I knew DOS
inside out!). Thanks,
Blair Moxon
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nicolas R Cueto [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 9:45 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: putting a stack on a homepage
>
> Kevin Miller 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?
>
> > To use MetaCard as a Helper Application, you'll need to put
> > the engine and mctools.mc someplace on your $PATH and register it as a
> > helper application with the file extension "mc". With Netscape you do
> > this by adding the following line to a file named .mime.types in your
> > $HOME directory: application/metacard mc
> >
> > You must also add a line to a file named .mailcap in your $HOME
> > directory:
> > application/metacard; mc -f %s
>
> --
> Nicolas R Cueto
> Takakura JHS/SHS
> Nagoya, Japan
>
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