From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3aaafc130904091034p10450b65y8dbff0d1651ba5f4@mail.gmail.com> References: <13426df10904091017i30c0c357i3f3136919d4a800f@mail.gmail.com> <3aaafc130904091034p10450b65y8dbff0d1651ba5f4@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 11:43:11 -0600 Message-ID: <14ec7b180904091043u3865bd63k69919f711c606f70@mail.gmail.com> From: andrey mirtchovski To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] extensions of "interest" Topicbox-Message-UUID: d75468d4-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 i propose an extension to HTTP (call it HTTPeeLite) which allows me to specify in my request to that webpage the format in which i prefer to receive the man page. a 'setup' exchange can be sent beforehand to establish the available types of documentation (.doc, .pdf, .tex, .rtf, etc).