[Conkeror] FTP and Conkeror

[John J Foerch]

Joe Fineman <joe_f at verizon.net> writes:
> Conkeror's interaction with FTP sites is much clunkier than that of
> Firefox.  In the case of .doc files, it does offer to save them, but
> the pathname prompt is a default & does not change; if I am saving a
> lot of files to one of my directories, I have to delete it & key in
> the complete path every time.  In the case of .pdf files, it brings
> the file up on the screen, but there seems to be no way to save it.
> (That is not the fault of the site; Firefox downloads & saves .pdf
> files with no complaints.)

Hi Joe,

  You can save a file by using the `s' command and typing the link
number of the file you want.  As to general clunkiness, sorry I can't
offer a magic bullet.  Conkeror currently has no ftp-specific code.
Perhaps someone can become inspired to create an ftp-mode for conkeror.

-- 
John Foerch