[X-Newbies] Text based web browser for Tiger on G5.

[Brian Durant]

On 1/24/06, Vincent Cayenne <vcayenne at mac.com> wrote:
> At 8:58 PM +0100 1/24/06, Brian Durant wrote:
> >Funny, Safari doesn't save to text. Camino seems to do a great job.
> >The problem is that when you highlight text and copy or even saving as
> >a text file, you get all this extraneous java, graphics or URL stuff
> >that you have to edit in before you can get real, unadulterated text
>
> You're doing it wrong - when you copy in Safari, the content is held
> in multiple forms (I'm over-simplifying) and will paste in the
> "richest" form that the destination accepts. You just need to change
> the characteristics of the destination. For example, select and copy
> some material on a page in Safari. Open Apple's TextEdit and get two
> empty documents open (File--> New). Leave one of 'em in the default
> format but in the second, choose Format--> Make Plain Text. Now paste
> into each.
>
> You can use this once you're aware of it - get and use content in the
> format that's appropriate, putting it into whichever app will render
> the way you wish.

OK, yes I see what you are talking about. I had just hoped that I
could cut out that extra step with TextEdit and just be able to do a
command i (like in Safari) in a text web browser and be able to create
an e-mail, but this is definately the next best thing.

Cheers,

Brian