Re: [Vimprobable-users] [PATCH 0/3] add external file handlers

[Hannes S. <ha...@yl...>]

Before we get into code details, I think the concept should be clear
and agreed on. Apart from the mailcap question which ruskie already
asked, I see the following potential irritation:

As you currently implemented this, a file is first downloaded to the
regular download location (which I would assume to be some sort of
permanent storage space) and then, if a definition is found for this
MIME type, opened. What other browsers do is offer a choice to *either*
download a file to permanent storage *or* open it.

Not getting into the discussion of "opening" also involving downloading
the file, it is usually stored in non-permanent space for that purpose,
because when a file is selected to be "opened", I guess the assumption
is that the user does not want to store it permanently. The other way
around, it could also get annoying not to be able to simply *save* a
file anymore *without* opening it immediately afterwards.

So, what's everyone's views on this?

Hannes