*.htm not read by OmniWeb

[neuss at igd.fhg.de]

Dear OmniWebbers,

Casey Palowitch <cjp at acid.library.pitt.edu>writes:
> 	I've encountered a difficulty reading HTML files that were  

> created on DOS machines and saved as *.htm to fit in DOS filenaming  

> restrictions.  My understanding is that other viewers like Mosaic  

> allow for this truncation.  Is the ability to read these as hypertext  

> files something that can be set in OmniWeb dwrites or does it need to  

> be modified in the code?

As far as I know, treating .htm as HTML files is a server "feature". The
HTTP protocoll tells the browser about the file type, so the file extension
is irrelevant to the client. OmniWeb should display them without any
problems. If you want to check what the server returns, do the following:
  % telnet server.some.where 80<CR>
  GET /relative/path/dosfile.htm HTTP1/0<CR>
  <CR>
where <CR> is carriage return. You can then get to see the servers response.
The header should contain the line
  Content-type: text/html
otherwise the server setup has to be changed. Contact me by personal email
if you need further assistance.

Chris 

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