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Re: Is there a way of getting PDFs to open without saving?

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In article <mpro.m1snv501klgrk01jn.news@stevefryatt.org.uk>, Steve Fryatt
<news@stevefryatt.org.uk> wrote:
> On 31 Mar, Alan Calder wrote in message <527947572falan_calder@o2.co.uk>:

> > In an earlier post on this thread I noted that something like this
> > does happen with Oregano.  If a pdf is double-clicked on in the
> > browser than a pdf reader is tarted up, in my case RiScript.  I have
> > to repeat the double click for the file to actually loaded into the
> > reader but that's only for the first time.

> That doesn't sound right.  There should be absolutely no need for the
> two double-clicks, if Oregano does the job correctly according and to
> the RISC OS spec.

It's what happens though.  In my mind it can be explained by Oregano
looking for a receiever programme, not finding it active, loading one - and
then forgetting what it had come upstairs for, a computer senior moment.
>  
> > With Netsurf this doesn't happen, you still have to drag the download
> > icon to the pdf reader.
> > 
> > What's needed is for Netsurf to behave like Oregano.

> Hmm -- not sure I'd like that "improvement" (and as Alan doesn't seem to
> be offering, I'd presumably be the person implementing it).  What might
> be good, though, would be an "Open" button in the download window.

> However, it needs to be done carefully if it's not going to fill up
> users' hard discs with downloaded PDFs that they viewed months ago.

Far beyond my pay grade to undertake such a thing.  Puzzled by the last bit
though.  I'd assumed that the download would be directly to the pdf reader
and not to the harddisk.  Are the pdf files downloaded by Oregano to
RiScript or PDF being stored somewhere on my disk?  I'd assumed it was all
done in memory.

Alan

-- 
Alan Calder, Milton Keynes, UK.

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Is there a way of getting PDFs to open without saving? Michael Bell <michael@beaverbell.co.uk> - 2012-03-29 18:16 +0100
  Re: Is there a way of getting PDFs to open without saving? Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2012-03-29 19:22 +0100
    Re: Is there a way of getting PDFs to open without saving? Alan Griffin <ajg@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-03-29 23:08 +0100
  Re: Is there a way of getting PDFs to open without saving? Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2012-03-29 23:42 +0100
    Re: Is there a way of getting PDFs to open without saving? Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-03-31 22:41 +0100
      Re: Is there a way of getting PDFs to open without saving? Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2012-03-31 23:06 +0100
        Re: Is there a way of getting PDFs to open without saving? Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2012-04-01 10:33 +0100
          Re: Is there a way of getting PDFs to open without saving? Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2012-04-01 11:19 +0100
            Re: Is there a way of getting PDFs to open without saving? Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2012-04-01 11:48 +0100
              Re: Is there a way of getting PDFs to open without saving? Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-04-01 22:41 +0200
              Re: Is there a way of getting PDFs to open without saving? Matthew Phillips <spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-04-04 06:51 +0100
            Re: Is there a way of getting PDFs to open without saving? Kevin Wells <kev@kevsoft.co.uk> - 2012-04-01 11:39 +0100
              Re: Is there a way of getting PDFs to open without saving? Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2012-04-01 13:46 +0100
          Re: Is there a way of getting PDFs to open without saving? Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-04-01 11:48 +0100
            Re: Is there a way of getting PDFs to open without saving? Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2012-04-01 13:49 +0100
              Re: Is there a way of getting PDFs to open without saving? Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-01 15:36 +0100
                Re: Is there a way of getting PDFs to open without saving? Chris Bell <news@highpath.net> - 2012-04-01 18:05 +0100
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              Re: Is there a way of getting PDFs to open without saving? Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-04-01 20:57 +0100
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