[Conkeror] Development now occurring in the master branch of the git repository

[Brian May]

>>>>> "Jeremy" == Jeremy Maitin-Shepard <jbms at cmu.edu> writes:

    Jeremy> Brian May <bam at snoopy.apana.org.au> writes:
    >>>>>>> "Jeremy" == Jeremy Maitin-Shepard <jeremy at jeremyms.com> writes:
    Jeremy> In case you haven't noticed yet, some recent new features include:

    >> Great work. It just keeps getting better all the time.

    Jeremy> Thanks

    Jeremy> I am currently working on a proper download manager.  If you have other
    Jeremy> feature suggestions that you have not already told me about, please feel
    Jeremy> free to do so, either using this mailing list, or on the IRC channel.

    >> Yes, this seems to be the current weak point. I can't open up a file
    >> (e.g PDF file) that requires an external viewer. Also I noticed today
    >> when saving a link it uses the URL as a basis for the filename, not
    >> the filename sent from the server when the URL is retrieved (I haven't
    >> confirmed this yet).

    Jeremy> Thanks for letting me know.  Do you know if other browsers (Firefox in
    Jeremy> particular) share this behavior for e.g. a "save link as" command?

I think so... Unfortunately, I can't find a good example right
now. Will keep looking.

There are two situations though:


1. Browser sends request to URL, which then redirects to real file.


2. Some sites that have urls like:

http://sitename.com.au/download.php?file_id=100

When the user clicks the link, the HTTP headers give the real
filename.



I can find websites that do the redirect, e.g.:

http://au2.php.net/get/php-5.2.5.tar.bz2/from/a/mirror

For these sites, it looks like "save link as" in firefox gives
mirror.html, you have to click on the link to get the real filename.



But I can't find any that do send it in the HTTP header right now. So
I cant test it. Will keep my eyes open. If only I could remember what
I did yesterday...
-- 
Brian May <bam at snoopy.apana.org.au>