[Greasemonkey] FF Wants to Save User Scripts

A. Alfred Ayache alfred at lastbyte.ca
Tue May 23 19:05:00 EDT 2006


Bill Donnelly wrote:
> It sounds like you may have saved one sometime and clicked the
> "always perform this action for this type" checkbox.
> (or whatever the wording is) Or done that for a regular .js
> file, since WinDoze doesn't recognize the whole ".user.js" as
> the extension, just the .js part. (what OS are you using?)
> Only Gm recognizes the full ".user.js" as a Gm script.

I'm using Win2K.

> Try going into the menu Tools | Options...  dialog and choose
> the Downloads tab and click the View and Edit Actions button
> at the bottom in the "Download Actions" section where it says
> "Firefox can automatically download or open files of certain types".
> This will bring up the Download Ations dialog.
> You should have an entry in that list with the extension .js
> or .user.js, and that is the entry you need to remove.

I'd actually looked there before posting.  No.  There is no .js or .user.js 
entry.  (BTW, how do you add file types here?)

> If this doesn't fix your problem, then I think you may not be
> completely explaining what is going on. Try it and let us know.

Don't know what else to tell you.

> 
> 
> A. Alfred Ayache wrote:
>> I'm developing my first GM user script.  I've been able to run a 
>> couple of them, and am happy with my progress.
>>
>> But now, FF won't let me install scripts.  When I point it to a 
>> .user.js file, it recognizes it as a JavaScript file, and wants to 
>> save it to disk.
>>
>> How do I fix this?
>>
>> Thanks,

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