LYNX-DEV how can I control automatic unpacking etc

[Phillip Helbig]

I just upgraded from a VAX with VMS 5.5-2 and LYNX 2.5 to an ALPHA with
VMS 7.1 and LYNX 2.7-1.  I basically installed things just as before,
but I now notice an annoying behaviour: when I download a file, for
example 

   http://babbage.sissa.it/ps/astro-ph/9705172

which is gzipped PostScript, selecting the link causes it to be
compressed and it ends up with some odd file name in SYS$SCRATCH.  I now
understand that I should press `d' to download it (the behaviour before
when selecting the link); that's fine. 

However, if I have no application defined (in .mailcap?) then is it 
`correct' that the file is downloaded and gunzipped at all?  How can I 
get a menu with options like `gunzip and launch ghostview', `gunzip and 
print', `gunzip and save to a file'.  I can't use the generic download 
window (I don't think) without having equivalent options for non-gzipped 
files.

Basically, if I don't select `d' to download it as is, I would like to 
be presented with an options menu of what to do with the file.  A single 
.mailcap entry isn't enough.  Where is this documented?  Also, shouldn't 
things in SYS$SCRATCH be deleted automatically?

Of course, with other file types for which an application can be
defined, the same questions apply.  I don't want to launch ghostview by 
default and then print from there if I want to print the file.

Thanks.


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