Download files not named correctly

Rocky1937 rocky1937 at comcast.net
Tue Feb 5 18:04:51 UTC 2013


On Tue, 2013-02-05 at 10:31 -0700, Rocky1937 wrote:

> On Tue, 2013-02-05 at 08:59 -0700, Rocky1937 wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 2013-02-04 at 15:02 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote: 
> > 
> > > On 04/02/13 05:05, Rocky1937 wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 2013-02-03 at 17:58 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:
> > > >> On 01/02/13 05:33, Rocky1937 wrote:
> > > >> > On Fri, 2013-02-01 at 00:53 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:
> > > >> [pruned]
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> >> BTW, while you are still on the home page of that URL and you
> > > >> >> right-click on the name of a book and select Save As you will get the
> > > >> >> index.htm which is mentioned in the reply when you received from the
> > > >> >> website.
> > > >>
> > > >> > Sorry if I offended but life got in the the way.
> > > >>
> > > >> Life's a bitch anyway so there is no need to apologise for anything.
> > > >>
> > > >> (Or, as some people, say, "Life is a sexually transmitted terminal
> > > >> condition".)
> > > >>
> > > >> [pruned]
> > > >>
> > > >> > I down load each chapter as you have listed above. From the chapter
> > > >> > page showing on the screen -- right click on the page and "save page
> > > >> > as" does save each chapter  with the same name.  This is where my
> > > >> > problem is now.  I am unable to move on to your next scenario.  --
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> On the other hand, if you RIGHT-click on the chapter name you are also
> > > >> >> presented with a menu but here when you go to Save As the file names are
> > > >> >> numbered sequentially----
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >
> > > >> > And that is exactly correct -- but it is not available to me.  It DOES
> > > >> > work for me under a Windows OS.  In addition, under ubuntu and three
> > > >> > different browsers (firefox Google Chrome and Chromium) it DOES NOT
> > > >> > work.  That pretty much says it is an ubuntu problem with 12.04 1
> > > >> > LTS.  I  reinstalled 11.10 on my laptop and the downloading function
> > > >> > worked correctly.  At that point I did a complete clean install of
> > > >> > 12.04 1 LTS on the laptop.  Once again the download DOES NOT work.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I am almost certain that an update 3 or 4 weeks ago broke the, then
> > > >> > functioning, downloads under 12.04 LTS.   I have not tried upgrading
> > > >> > to 12.10 to see is that is working properly.  This is where I stand as
> > > >> > of last evening.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I do all updates as they come along to keep everything current and up
> > > >> > to date.
> > > >>
> > > >> The question now comes up, of course, what do you mean by "an update 3
> > > >> or 4 weeks ago"? If I missed your description of this in earlier post
> > > >> then I am sorry. But, "update" to what? Are we talking here Ubuntu 12.04
> > > >> or Firefox to bring it up to v18.0 which you stated you are using in
> > > >> your opening post?
> > > >>
> > > >> I know that you mentioned that you have other computers running Ubuntu
> > > >> and I assume that you had them all also updated at the same time but was
> > > >> the update to FF or the Ubuntu OS?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Yes, I did mean Ubuntu 12.04 OS updates which may have included 
> > > > Firefox at the same time.
> > > >> You also mention that you don't have this trouble with the Windows
> > > >> version of Firefox - but is that running Firefox v18?
> > > >
> > > > At the time Win XP was using FF 12.0 .  As mentioned above, the 3 
> > > > browsers were Firefox Ver. 18.0.1,  Google Chrome Ver. 24.01321.57 and 
> > > > Chromium Ver. 23.0.1271.97.  Windows just updated Firefox to Ver. 
> > > > 18.0.1 and the download is now NOT functioning as expected.
> > > 
> > > I think that this is saying something: if even XP now has the same 
> > > hassle with FF 18.01 then this requires some thinking about....
> > > 
> > > Can you do me a favour?
> > > 
> > > Let me preface this by saying that if you look at my signature line you 
> > > will see that I do not use *buntu of any kind but do use KDE. I point 
> > > this out because I am going to ask you to do something which is based on 
> > > what *I* see in KDE but I have no idea (I have forgotten how to after 
> > > giiving Ubuntu away a couple of years or so ago) where to find the 
> > > setting I am going to mention. But even so it shouldn't be impossible to 
> > > find even in Unity or gnome...
> > > 
> > > While I have Firefox 18.0.1 installed I do not use it but use version 
> > > 21.0a1 which is a Nightly (it's built and released every night). I would 
> > > like to try using this Nightly and see if there is any difference. 
> > > Installing it is dead easy. Here are the steps:
> > > 
> > > * go here
> > > 
> > > http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-central/
> > > 
> > > and download the appropriate *.tar.bz2 file for your system (32- or 
> > > 64-bit) of Firefox 21.0a1;
> > > 
> > > * create some folder - lets call it TEST - and move (or copy, as you 
> > > wish) this *tar.bz2 into it;
> > > 
> > > * unpack this *tar.bz2 file and it will unpack itself into a sub-folder 
> > > within TEST callled 'firefox';
> > > 
> > > * BACKUP your '/.mozilla' directory in your /home - the FF 12.0a1 will 
> > > use this /.mozilla folder for all its info (bookmarks, security 
> > > settings, etc);
> > > 
> > > * MOVE (or copy, as you wish) the 'firefox' folder which was created 
> > > when you unpacked the downloaded *tar.bz2 file into your '/home/<Rocky>';
> > > 
> > > * (here's the bit I was talking about above where you will need to find 
> > > the setting): go to the applications Menu settings which contain the 
> > > parameter(s) that start Firefox when you click on the Quicklaunch 
> > > widget. The menu item will contain 'firefox %u' as the application launcher;
> > > 
> > > * change this 'firefox %u' to now read-
> > > 
> > > /home/<Rocky - or whatever you use as your user name>/firefox/firefox
> > > 
> > > and save this change.
> > > 
> > > When you now start Firefox it will start this Nightly and the first 
> > > thing it will do is to check if the Add-ons you have are compatible with 
> > > it. (If some are not then let me know because there is an Add-on which 
> > > overcomes this incompatibility.) Iti will also ask you if you want to 
> > > make Firefox your default browser.
> > > 
> > > See if this Nightly misbehaves re your book Chapters.
> > > 
> > > Now, if you want to get back to using the 18.0.1 version of Firefox 
> > > simply go back to that Menu settings and change back to 'firefox %u' 
> > > from '~/<Rocky....>/firefox/firefox'. (Or, if you want the ability to 
> > > switch from one to the other create a new launcher widget so that you 
> > > have one for FF 21.0a1 and another for FF 18.0.1. When you switch, FF 
> > > will go thru the Add-on compatibility check once again.)
> > > 
> > > And there is no need to delete the 21.0a1 firefox in your home directory 
> > > - unless you want to.
> > > 
> > > BTW, if you keep using 21.0a1 2 things will happen:
> > > 
> > > * if you have set it to auto update itself then it will update itself 
> > > daily (occasionally there are several days without an update because the 
> > > build process goes wrong so don't worry); and
> > > 
> > > * your Firefox 18.0.1 may get updated via the normal Ubuntu update 
> > > process but don't worry it won't affect 21.0a1. (And, of course, any 
> > > daily update of 21.0a1 will not affect 18.0.1.)
> > > 
> > > [pruned]
> > > 
> > > BC
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I have discovered that 'same image as' is working as expected ( jpg
> > to be exact ).

Ignore the above comment - was in the wrong program....:-(|)
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