233375 - Set Mac type and creator on downloaded files (via exthandler)

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core Graveyard :: File Handling, defect)

Description

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

from bz in bug 78919 comment 69

On an unrelated note, we should add some calls to
SetFileTypeAndCreatorFromMIMEType in the appropriate spots in the helper app
code (eg when saving), imo.

Comment 1

[Frankie]

*** Bug 180842 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2

[Smokey Ardisson (offline for a while; not following bugs - do not email)]

This seems to be calling for Mozilla to do the right thing but the opposite of
what's being called for in bug 236389.

Comment 3

[Frankie]

Perhaps the best solution is "set Mac codes if and only if you can get them right".

For creator, that would mean MOZZ for Composer documents, and maybe using "Open
With" file handler prefs when available.

For type, the most helpful case would be to set TEXT for anything that Gecko's
parser counts as text. Text documents are the ones most likely to download with
unexpected suffixes.

Comment 4

[Smokey Ardisson (offline for a while; not following bugs - do not email)]

*** Bug 343229 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5

[Josh Aas]

see bug 236389