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  1. Bug #589236
  2. Comment #34

Comment 34 for bug 589236

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In , A-sloman (a-sloman) wrote :

(In reply to comment #8)

> Anyway there is a quick'n'dirty workaround to get a usable download UI back:
> Add for example the following line to your ~/.mailcap:
>
> application/octet-stream;/bin/true "%u"
>
> By doing that the HelperAppService returns a default application (/bin/true)
> and the above constraints don't apply anymore. So you'll also get back the
> other alternatives returned by the MIMEInfo.

This works (for me) insofar as it provides a menu with the 'other' option, so that I can specify e.g. an editor to display the file. But it doesn't remember the editor. So, because my preferred editor is the poplog editor xved, I used the following in my .mailcap file:

application/octet-stream;/usr/local/bin/xved "%u"

I can now click on the individual files in here and read them in the editor, whereas previously I had to download and read:
http://ia350607.us.archive.org/3/items/PSYCHE-D/

I still have the 'other' menu option to use if necessary.

Thanks very much for the suggestion that led me to this.