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

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In message <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.

Its a "feature" of Riscript when opening PDF's its appears to download 
the PDF file and then fail to actually open it until you do it a 
second time.

>> 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.

They are usually get placed in scrap so should ideally be cleaned up 
by the system



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Chris Hughes
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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
              Re: Is there a way of getting PDFs to open without saving? Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-04-01 20:56 +0100
              Re: Is there a way of getting PDFs to open without saving? Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-04-01 20:57 +0100
                Re: Is there a way of getting PDFs to open without saving? Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-04-01 22:43 +0100
          Re: Is there a way of getting PDFs to open without saving? Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-04-07 14:05 +0100

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