Hi Tim, On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 01:18, Tim <ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-06-05 at 08:55 -0300, Andre Costa wrote: > > I use Chrome on F13, and everytime I try to open a JNLP file it opens > > it with gedit. > > > > Firefox opens JNLP files just fine, but I guess it has its own table > > of file associations. > > Presuming that you're talking about opening a file with a file browser > versus clicking on a weblink and the browser doing something with that > file through a webserver, then yes, there's different mechanisms. > > A file browser will use the system file types and actions to identify > the type of file, and hand it over to the default/preferred program. > Or, that file browser can have its own identification schemes and > associated application lists. > > And a web server will do its own file type identification, send that > information before the data content, and the web browser will have its > own list of what to do with the file. It's necessary, as it can handle > certain file types all by itself. e.g. You want a web browser to show > the HTML, JPEGs, GIFs, etc., as a page, not open a text editor and image > viewer programs (well, certainly not by default). > > Conversely, for some served content, the browser isn't given the file. > The file is used by the server to generate content, and that generated > content is served to the web browser, with a file content type > description that pertains to the data actually sent to the browser, > irrespective of the original source that created it. e.g. If a Java > applet is called by the URI, and that applet produces a HTML page, the > browser is sent a HTML data description followed by HTML data. That's right, but the thing is that when Chrome downloads a JNLP file it by default saves it somewhere on the filesystem, and offers a "Open" option, along with a "always open files from this type". If I use the "Open" option, JNLP file is opened on gedit, and if the "always open ..." checkbox is checked, clicking on a JNLP file link also opens the file on gedit. This is why I believe some additional client-side mime-type configuration is needed. Regards, Andre
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