GAP Forum: [Fwd: bugfix #5 for GAP4.2]

> < ^ Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 09:17:56 -0400
> ^ From: David Hobby <hobby@mcs.newpaltz.edu >
^ Subject: [Fwd: bugfix #5 for GAP4.2]

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> > Stephan Rosebrock reports problems installing fix 5 on which I deduce to be a
> > Windows system. The most likely source for this problem would be that the fix
> > was downloaded as ASCII instead of binary. A description of this problem, and
> > the fix for it can be found at:
> >
> > http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~gap/Info/mime.html
> >
> > Steve Linton
>
> I've been having this problem too. As far as I can tell,
> the problem is with Netscape, and not so much with Windows. I'm
> running Netscape Communicator 4.06, under Windows 95, although I've
> also had the same problem on other machines. I just made the changes
> outlined at the link, and .zoo files STILL download as text.
> (Aside from unzooing problems, one can also tell by the icons that
> Windows uses for them.)
> The one thing that I've found that works is to use Microsoft's
> Internet Explorer instead. I personally prefer Netscape, but here is
> one place where the competitor is better. Internet Explorer seems to
> be actively checking what the file type is before it commences to
> download .zoo files. I've contacted Netscape about the problem as
> well, but have yet to get a reply. (Of course this would all be
> moot if GAP were packed using Zip instead. : ) )
>
> ---David Hobby
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Subject:        Re: bugfix #5 for GAP4.2

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Stephan Rosebrock reports problems installing fix 5 on which I deduce to be a
Windows system. The most likely source for this problem would be that the fix
was downloaded as ASCII instead of binary. A description of this problem, and
the fix for it can be found at:
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~gap/Info/mime.html
Steve Linton

I've been having this problem too. As far as I can tell,
the problem is with Netscape, and not so much with Windows. I'm
running Netscape Communicator 4.06, under Windows 95, although I've
also had the same problem on other machines. I just made the changes
outlined at the link, and .zoo files STILL download as text.
(Aside from unzooing problems, one can also tell by the icons that
Windows uses for them.)
The one thing that I've found that works is to use Microsoft's
Internet Explorer instead. I personally prefer Netscape, but here is
one place where the competitor is better. Internet Explorer seems to
be actively checking what the file type is before it commences to
download .zoo files. I've contacted Netscape about the problem as
well, but have yet to get a reply. (Of course this would all be
moot if GAP were packed using Zip instead. : ) )

---David Hobby

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