Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 07:36:59 +0200 From: "Herbert J. Skuhra" <herbert@mailbox.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Downloading with lynx or w3m, how to download as is, without gratuitous gzip Message-ID: <86k26a4b9g.wl-herbert@mailbox.org> In-Reply-To: <BA.5D.29375.7D46DF85@dnvrco-omsmta02> References: <BA.5D.29375.7D46DF85@dnvrco-omsmta02>
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Thomas Mueller skrev: > > I don't use lynx (text-mode web browser) much, but have run into a problem that I never had before. > Lynx, and also w3m, download what are supposed to be text files and then I see the gzip'ed version on the hard drive. > > Lynx used to download files as is! > > I looked through "man lynx", also /usr/local/etc/lynx.cfg, and couldn't figure how to disable the annoying, gratuitous gzip. > > Mozilla Seamonkey and Firefox can download straight without altering. > > My previous experience was that Lynx was trustworthy and would download files as is. For w3m you can try to set 'auto_uncompress 1' in ~/.w3m/config. -- Herbert
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