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Re: Fresco downloading

#126
From: Robert Hampton
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 00:00
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In article <na.c076934839.a70290mijassw@argonet.co.uk>, John Evans
<mijassw@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <6043253948%wstott@argonet.co.uk>, Willie Stott
> <wstott@oranget.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > It is not uncommon to get a "text" in a browser window.
> > I occasionally have problems with Bad Archives <snip>
> 
> OK but it didn't happen on the old browser and I am sure it shouldn't
> here.

It is quite easy to just hold Shift when clicking on the download link,
which avoids this problem altogether. Just remember to find a filer window
first! The archive will probably be filetyped as text, in which case you can
drag to ArcFS, Spark, whatever, to correctly set-type it.

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From: Robert Hampton <fabland@argonet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Fresco downloading
Date: 1998/04/20
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