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[Phlip]

> I got all the blacksmithing books no problem.
>
> I have been using irider for a browser.  Has a couple nice features like
> surf ahead etc.  Written by the folks that brought us Xtree for those
> that remember that sweet program from the DOS days.
>
> Wayne

Well, I had sent the url over to my EKMetalsmith's List, and we were having
difficulties. One of the guys set up a mirror, and I still couldn't see the
books, so I asked:

> Well, I've been entirely unable to download them from your mirror- or even
> to see them. Anyone get a clue as to what the difficulty is?
>
> HATE pdf files...
>
>
>
> Saint Phlip,
> CoDoLDS

One of our guys responded:

> Yes, actually I *do* have an idea what's wrong - the filenames have
> embedded characters that Internet Explorer is not handling well and not
> passing through to the viewing program (Adobe Acrobat).  I hda the same
> problem with the mirror that I set up.  However, if you right-click and
> select the "save as" option, you'll be able to save them perfectly fine,
> and they'll open from the saved files.
>
> I suspect that changing the filenames would be enough to fix the problem,
> but I didn't want to lose any of the original information.
>
> I *could* be completely full of it, here.  However, I did notice that when
> I tried to open and view the first few files, the filename as opened by IE
> stpoped at the apostrophe.  It's my best guess, anyway.  Try and save the
> files, and it should work - it did in my IE tests.
>
> -Francis Bean
> -MKA Mike Wilson

Instead of trying to see the files, I've just been doing what he suggested,
and right-clicking and copying them to my hard drive. Still can't see them
on either website, but they've all been downloading just fine, and when I've
looked at them where I have them stashed, I can see them just fine ;-)

Interesting stuff, there. A lot of it's pretty basic, and rather repetitive,
since most of us have been doing this for a while, but the files I've looked
over, so far, are all accurate and interesting.

Saint Phlip,
CoDoLDS

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....