RE: [Lynx-dev] Default file name when saving HTML documents to disk

[Tunik Vlad-cvt002]

I agree that the formed file name is legal. My question is why does Lynx
append *.txt extension for *.html files and does not do this for *.cgi
files? Does the user have control over it, or it is hidden in Lynx
internals?

Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Dickey [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 7:17 PM
To: Tunik Vlad-cvt002
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Subject: Re: [Lynx-dev] Default file name when saving HTML documents to
disk


On Wed, 19 Apr 2006, Tunik Vlad-cvt002 wrote:

> Hello,
>
> When the 'P' (print) command is used Print Options screen is 
> displayed.
> If 'Save to a local file' is selected the user is prompted to enter a 
> file name. The user is also presented with the default file name which

> is formed differently depending on the document type. If the document
is 
> <file_name>.html then the default file name is <file_name>.txt.
However, 
> if the document is <file_name>.cgi then the default file name is the 
> same name as the document name: <file_name>.cgi. If the user decides
to 
> use this default name they will overwrite the original .cgi script 
> making this particular HTML page unusable. Is this a known issue with 
> Lynx browser? Is there a way to control the default file name, or 
> perhaps not to display is at all?

no - essentially all lynx does is edit the URL so that the corresponding
filename is legal.

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