Re: Mathematica and NetScape
- To: mathgroup at christensen.cybernetics.net
- Subject: [mg2050] Re: Mathematica and NetScape
- From: Dr Phillip Kent <p.kent at ic.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 01:50:04 -0400
- Organization: Imperial College
"Brian H. Marston" <c570529 at showme.missouri.edu> wrote: >1. Is there a way to have Mathematica start automatically on > an SGI Indy from Netscape when you click on a .ma file? > In other words, is it possible to open .ma files from Netscape > using Mathematica as a helper app? Yes. > >2. Is there a way to have Math Reader start automatically on > a Mac or PC from Netscape when you click on a .ma file? > In other words, is it possible to open .ma files from Netscape > using Math Reader as a helper app? > Yes - the process is essentially machine-independent. On your WWW server you will need to edit the mime.types file (lives in ../httpd/conf for the NCSA httpd) and add the line application/mathematica ma So you're associating the mime type application/mathematica with a file suffix ".ma". Then, for each browser you're using you need to associate a helper application with the mime type application/mathematica. This varies from browser to browser - I prepared some notes about this, which are not exhaustive but pretty good. See: http://othello.ma.ic.ac.uk/notebooks/ConfigureViewer.html Then, all you need to do to launch automatically is to put the ma suffix into the URL for a link. For examples take a look at http://othello.ma.ic.ac.uk/View-TMP-Notebooks.html There is also some discussion about this at http://www.wri.com/mathematica/mathreader.html Finally, to read about WWW and Mathematica interaction in general please visit: http://www.wri.com/WWWMath.html -Phillip Kent, Imperial College, London. >