"do this automatically for files like this from now on" is greyed out
Mike T
default application I'd like FireFox to remember the app/filetype
combo, but the "do this automatically for files like this from now on"
checkbox is greyed out.
This is Firefox 1.5.04 on XP. I tried renaming the mimeType.rdf file in
my Profiles directory. FF creates a new mimeTypes file but the checkbox
is still greyed out.
Anyone found a way to resolve this?
Mike
Chris Ilias
What is the MIME type? Instead of deleting mimeTypes.rdf, try going to
'Tools-->Options-->Downloads-->View & Edit Actions', and removing the
entry for that MIME type.
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Mike T
The files I am opening are plain text, with a variety of extensions.
There is no entry in the list of MIME types for text.
Mike
Chris Ilias
> Chris Ilias wrote:
>> What is the MIME type? Instead of deleting mimeTypes.rdf, try going to
>> 'Tools-->Options-->Downloads-->View & Edit Actions', and removing the
>> entry for that MIME type.
>
> There is no entry in the list of MIME types for text.
Interesting that Firefox is not just handling the files itself. Have any
URLs for us to test?
Mike T
> _Mike T_ spoke thusly on 29/06/2006 4:15 PM:
> > There is no entry in the list of MIME types for text.
>
> Interesting that Firefox is not just handling the files itself. Have any
> URLs for us to test?
> --
> Chris Ilias
> mozilla.test.multimedia moderator
> Mozilla links <http://ilias.ca>
> (Please do not email me tech support questions)
Unfortunately the links are all internal, but the behaviour should be
easily reproducible. Basically the case is that Firefox gives me
notepad as the default text editor (ugh). I want to use kedit or vi to
read files with extensions like .log, .lo? etc. I don't know why
firefox isn't using the system default for .log files, which is kedit,
or the system default for .sql files, which is gvim. And there's no way
through the Firefox UI to add MIME types to the types list.
Mike
Chris Ilias
> Chris Ilias wrote:
>> _Mike T_ spoke thusly on 29/06/2006 4:15 PM:
>>> The files I am opening are plain text, with a variety of extensions.
>>> There is no entry in the list of MIME types for text.
>> Interesting that Firefox is not just handling the files itself. Have any
>> URLs for us to test?
>
> easily reproducible. Basically the case is that Firefox gives me
> notepad as the default text editor (ugh). I want to use kedit or vi to
> read files with extensions like .log, .lo? etc. I don't know why
> firefox isn't using the system default for .log files, which is kedit,
> or the system default for .sql files, which is gvim. And there's no way
> through the Firefox UI to add MIME types to the types list.
I think local files don't require MIME-types.
In any case, if I try to open a local txt file, css file, or log file,
Firefox opens them all in the browser itself. Perhaps I just understand
what your set up is.
hb
I see this behavior with .wmv files in SeaMonkey (a close cousin of FF). It
does not occur in I.E., nor did it in Mozilla 1.7.3. Slightly different
than your circumstance, but a hint that there may be a glitch in the latest
browsers. No amount of fiddling here has enabled the "do this every time"
choice for that file type.
Mike T
> _Mike T_ spoke thusly on 30/06/2006 9:45 AM:
> >
> > Unfortunately the links are all internal, but the behaviour should be
> > easily reproducible. Basically the case is that Firefox gives me
> > notepad as the default text editor (ugh). I want to use kedit or vi to
> > read files with extensions like .log, .lo? etc. I don't know why
> > firefox isn't using the system default for .log files, which is kedit,
> > or the system default for .sql files, which is gvim. And there's no way
> > through the Firefox UI to add MIME types to the types list.
>
> I think local files don't require MIME-types.
> In any case, if I try to open a local txt file, css file, or log file,
> Firefox opens them all in the browser itself. Perhaps I just understand
> what your set up is.
> --
The files are actually on a local/internal web site, so they are
http://, not file://...
.txt files do in fact open in the browser itself, but text files with
other extensions default to notepad. How does Firefox decide which is
the default app for a given file extension? Notepad is not the system
default for any of the extensions I use (.log, .out, .ref, .sql etc),
so it puzzles me that Firefox picks notepad. I've confirmed this is the
same behaviour on another machine, this one with FF 1.0.6.
Chris Ilias
> Chris Ilias wrote:
>> I think local files don't require MIME-types.
>> In any case, if I try to open a local txt file, css file, or log file,
>> Firefox opens them all in the browser itself. Perhaps I just understand
>> what your set up is.
>
> http://, not file://...
>
> .txt files do in fact open in the browser itself, but text files with
> other extensions default to notepad. How does Firefox decide which is
> the default app for a given file extension? Notepad is not the system
> default for any of the extensions I use (.log, .out, .ref, .sql etc),
> so it puzzles me that Firefox picks notepad. I've confirmed this is the
> same behaviour on another machine, this one with FF 1.0.6.
My current guess is that the server is sending a wrong MIME type. If you
can't see the MIME type in the 'Open/save as' prompt, try looking in
Tools-->Page Info.
Mike T
> _Mike T_ spoke thusly on 04/07/2006 11:05 AM:
> > other extensions default to notepad. How does Firefox decide which is
> > the default app for a given file extension? Notepad is not the system
> > default for any of the extensions I use (.log, .out, .ref, .sql etc),
> > so it puzzles me that Firefox picks notepad. I've confirmed this is the
> > same behaviour on another machine, this one with FF 1.0.6.
>
> My current guess is that the server is sending a wrong MIME type. If you
> can't see the MIME type in the 'Open/save as' prompt, try looking in
> Tools-->Page Info.
> --
> Chris Ilias
> mozilla.test.multimedia moderator
> Mozilla links <http://ilias.ca>
> (Please do not email me tech support questions)
The Open/Save As dialog identifies *.log files as "Text Document", and
*.LO2 files as "LO2 file" ( e.g., "You have chosen to open xxx.lo2
which is a: lo2 file") but these aren't MIME types AFAIK, and they do
not appear in the Options>Downloads>View and Edit Actions list. The
Page Info (or Frame Info) dialog IDs such files correctly as text/html.
I wonder if there is a permissions issue with a file somewhere that FF
needs to write to. It has no problems writing to mimeTypes.rdf, but is
there something else somewhere?
Mike
Chris Ilias
> Chris Ilias wrote:
>> _Mike T_ spoke thusly on 04/07/2006 11:05 AM:
>>> .txt files do in fact open in the browser itself, but text files with
>>> other extensions default to notepad. How does Firefox decide which is
>>> the default app for a given file extension? Notepad is not the system
>>> default for any of the extensions I use (.log, .out, .ref, .sql etc),
>>> so it puzzles me that Firefox picks notepad. I've confirmed this is the
>>> same behaviour on another machine, this one with FF 1.0.6.
>> My current guess is that the server is sending a wrong MIME type. If you
>> can't see the MIME type in the 'Open/save as' prompt, try looking in
>> Tools-->Page Info.
>
> *.LO2 files as "LO2 file" ( e.g., "You have chosen to open xxx.lo2
> which is a: lo2 file") but these aren't MIME types AFAIK, and they do
> not appear in the Options>Downloads>View and Edit Actions list. The
> Page Info (or Frame Info) dialog IDs such files correctly as text/html.
>
> I wonder if there is a permissions issue with a file somewhere that FF
> needs to write to. It has no problems writing to mimeTypes.rdf, but is
> there something else somewhere?
No, it's not a permissions issue. LO2 is not a standard text file
extension. If I create a local TXT file, it is automatically given the
Notepad icon. Change it to LOG, and it has the same icon. Change it to
LO2, and the icon changes to that of having no program associated with it.
When you use Page Info, make sure you are checking the info on the file
you want to download, not that of the page.