Re: [NTLK] Downloading packages on Newts Cape

From: Danny Zumwalt (dannyzumwalt_at_mac.com)
Date: Mon Sep 30 2002 - 12:18:41 PDT


that's what Newscape says the MIME type is... anyway, i went home and
installed it with the pc link, but was disappointed i couldn't do it while
away..

> Newt's Cape will handle the standard application/x-newton-compatible-pkg
> as well as a couple of other types, but it hasn't been setup to handle
> application/x-newton-package (are you sure that's the one returned??)
>
> if in fact that's the MIME type...
> 1) ask chuma.org to fix their MIME table -- this is preferable;
> or
> 2) you can patch Newt's Cape to handle other MIME types for .pkg
> (there's a newtlet that can do this:
> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/saweyer/newton/newtscape/exs/helppkgi.htm
> (I think the comment about handling any MIME type containing newton and
> ending with pkg is obsolete))

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