starship-design: Re:No Text? No Problem!

["Kevin \"Tex\" Houston" <hous0042@maroon.tc.umn.edu>]

Kelly Starks x7066 MS 10-39 wrote:
> 
> I stumbled into something.  I have downloaded a copy of NetScape Navagator
> 3.0 and was using it to access the newsletter area.  It doesn't recognize
> or open text.  It eiather asks for the special application this would
> require, or suggests you link to them to pick up some applet.  I tried the
> same thing on the old Newsletters on the SunSite server, and it mearly
> offers to download the .txt newsletter files to your harddrive.  Charming
> upgrade.

Kelly, Kelly, Kelly.

You have to specify which program you want to use to display .txt files
under OPTIONS/GENERAL PREFERENCES/HELPERS go down to the bottom of the
list
and select the text entry then instead of (unknown prompt user), put 
either (view in browser), or (launch application if you have a favorite
text editor)  You can do this with any type of file, just don't do it
with .exe, or .bat (always prompt for these, so you don't execute
someone's
idea of a prank)  Once you make this change here, it will always be in
force until revoked.


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Kevin "Tex" Houston 	http://umn.edu/~hous0042/index.html