Omni.dictionary help?

[Ken Case]

> If I then simply click OpenPage... and select the same exact file
> from the same /tmp/OmniWeb/Omni... directory, it opens correctly.
> Any clues???

Have you tried opening the file by double-clicking on it in the  
Workspace (from /tmp/OmniWeb/...)?  My guess is that ManOpen.app doesn't  
handle opening files from arbitrary paths from the Workspace correctly,  
it only handles them properly when you use its internal OpenPage panel.

> 2) I KNOW THAT THIS IS A SECURITY HOLE!!!. I would like (on our
> CLOSED LAN environment), to be able to execute programs (using the
> /bin/open command) directly from the browser (like a "menu" system).
> So, for example, if I wanted to map all filetypes of ".special" to
> the open command, how would I do so? Currently, no matter what
> combination I try, they open in Edit...

You can write a simple NEXTSTEP application which registers to open  
".special" files, and executes them.

In general, to add a behavior like that to OmniWeb you simply add it to  
the Workspace:  so if double-click on a .xyz file in the Workspace does  
what you want, so will opening it using OmniWeb.

				Ken