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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] extensions of "interest"
Date: Thu,  9 Apr 2009 13:48:07 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a3492599e046cef4825229272dd3812f@quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <14ec7b180904091043u3865bd63k69919f711c606f70@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu Apr  9 13:44:50 EDT 2009, mirtchovski@gmail.com wrote:
> 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).

or you could refrain from making the web any worse by just
providing the document in ... oh, what's that archane format ...
right, html.  if i recall correctly, it's the standard for web content.

☺

by the way, this is an absolute gem from sutoc

"handles are not inherently portable.  however, between like
architechtures and software operating system support versions
things just might work out.

fills me with optimism.

- erik



  reply	other threads:[~2009-04-09 17:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-04-09 17:17 ron minnich
2009-04-09 17:25 ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-09 17:34   ` J.R. Mauro
2009-04-09 17:40     ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-09 17:43     ` andrey mirtchovski
2009-04-09 17:48       ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2009-04-09 17:58         ` J.R. Mauro
2009-04-09 17:59         ` andrey mirtchovski
2009-04-09 18:06           ` Anthony Sorace
2009-04-09 21:25           ` Steve Simon
2009-04-09 21:30             ` andrey mirtchovski
2009-04-09 21:31               ` andrey mirtchovski
2009-04-09 22:30                 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2009-04-09 22:45                   ` andrey mirtchovski
2009-04-10 12:40                   ` John P. Cummings
2009-04-09 23:06                 ` Bakul Shah
2009-04-09 23:10                   ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-10  5:16                     ` lucio
2009-04-11 23:34                       ` Russ Cox
2009-04-12  2:42                         ` Anthony Sorace
2009-04-12  4:53                           ` lucio
2009-04-14  0:03                           ` dave.l
2009-04-09 23:10                   ` andrey mirtchovski
2009-04-10  5:05                     ` Bakul Shah
2009-04-09 23:20                   ` Robert Raschke
2009-04-09 19:05       ` maht
2009-04-09 19:16         ` J.R. Mauro
2009-04-09 19:22           ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-09 19:40             ` J.R. Mauro
2009-04-09 19:43             ` Mechiel Lukkien
2009-04-10  1:35       ` LiteStar numnums

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