Download files not named correctly

Tue Feb 5 22:32:53 UTC 2013

On 02/05/2013 11:04 AM, Rocky1937 wrote:
> 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....:-(|)
>
>
Just installed on my laptop and the selection 'save page as' is working 
here but DOES NOT list the expected file name.
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