Josh Triplett writes:
> Ignoring the server-provided MIME type and doing content-sniffing is a
> historical bug that browsers such as IE have had, and that has caused
> *many* problems (including security problems).
> [...]
Lots of good points.
I had thankfully forgotten about how IE had its ow
On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 01:22:16AM +, Holger Levsen wrote:
> I agree, an "open" program should ask to the server what the media type of the
> URL is, and pass it to the default program able to handle it.
I also wish it were that simple.
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Holger
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Stig Sandbeck Mathisen wrote:
>>> Le Sat, Oct 10, 2020 at 04:27:17AM +0900, Charles Plessy a écrit :
Since `eog http://example.com/image.png` will open the image,
shouldn't an "open" program ask to the server what the media type
of the URL is, and pass it to the default program able
Charles Plessy writes:
> I went ahead and uploaded to Sid mime-support version 3.68, which
> provides /usr/bin/open as a symbolic link to /usr/bin/run-mailcap
> using the alternatives system, at a priority of 30. I welcome other
> alternatives.
This is good news. Thank you. :)
I've used "open
Dear Charles,
thanks for driving this.
On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 08:15:45AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> I went ahead and uploaded to Sid mime-support version 3.68, which
> provides /usr/bin/open as a symbolic link to /usr/bin/run-mailcap using
> the alternatives system, at a priority of 30. I w
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Dear all,
I went ahead and uploaded to Sid mime-support version 3.68, which
provides /usr/bin/open as a symbolic link to /usr/bin/run-mailcap using
the alternatives system, at a priority of 30. I welcome other
alternatives.
I also changed the behaviour of run
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