[web2py] view txt,pdf etc

[davidjensen]

I am trying to write html that enables you to view pdf, etc in the
browser. This is easy to do in www.mydomain.com/mypdf.pdf
How do I do this? previous posts said I had to go to a non web2py
site. like app engine? If so, isn't this a bug that should be fixed
since displaying pdf, txt, etc is common?