469736 - downloading a .c file [i.e. a C programming language file] results in infinite tab creation

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 218257

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect)

Description

[Peter Kingswell]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2a1pre) Gecko/20081215 Minefield/3.2a1pre
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2a1pre) Gecko/20081215 Minefield/3.2a1pre

upon opening/downloading a .c file, firefox will infinitely create new tabs.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. click above URL
2. Browse and select firefox as application to open .c files
3. check 'remember' ...
4. Hit OK
--> firefox will infinitely create new tabs. I also noticed 2 more ff threads starting up.
Actual Results:  
infinite tab creation

Expected Results:  
displayed the c file text, probably with default text MIME type.

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

You get a download dialog because Firefox can not display the Mime-type, you select to open this mime-type with Firefox, the called Firefox can not handle the file itself and looks for the configured helper apps and you had Firefox definied, that means Firefox gets openened..... (recursion).

This is a dupe of 2 bugs : a) don't allow to select Firefox as helper application b) convert a mime/type X to plain/text and view it in Firefox