155254 - Mac: .html extension not added when saving files w/long names

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core Graveyard :: File Handling, defect)

Description

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

found using 2002.07.01.05-branch comm bits on Mac OS 9.1 (classic emulation over
OS X). not a problem on OS X or other platforms.

1. go to a web page whose title is over 31 chars in length, such as
http://slashdot.org
2. hit cmd+S or select File > Save Page As...
3. select either "web page complete" or "html only", but don't change the
suggested file name. note that the name proffered is "Slashdot_ News for nerds,
stuff", which lacks the .html extension.
4. hit Save.
5. after the file is saved, try opening it in the browser (eg, click "launch
file" from the dl mgr window, or "launch file" from the progress dlg, or select
it via File > Open File...).

results: rather than rendering the html, all i see is the html source. the
creator is MOSS and the type is TEXT.

workaround: in the file picker for saving the file, change the suggested name to
something ending with .html --you'll be forced to have a file name shorter than
31 chars, but then at least it'll be recognized as html.

Comment 1

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

this seems limited to os 9.x...but should be relnoted as there's an easy workaround.

Comment 2

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

okay, i did find the limit with OS X: i run into this when i entered a filename
of >255 char in length. in that case, the extension was lopped off.

yeah, it's an edge case, but i might as well note it here. also, when trying to
open the file using OS X branch bits, the helper app dlg comes up (with mimetype
application/text).

Comment 3

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

this w4m using today's 1.4 branch build on OS X, so marking as such and removing
relnote kw.