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obscure tomcat 5.5 text file display bug?
hihi all,
i'm having an obscure problem relating to the display of regular plain
.txt files hosted withing Tomcat.
on Tomcat 4.1 links to .txt files would diplay within the browser and
the text files would preserve the text formatting (ie. spaces)
*because* the text file contents would be displayed in plain text font
(ie. fixed-width font)
however in Tomcat 5.5 links to the same .txt files would also display
within the browser, but the formatting is stripped because the text
file contents are being displayed in a non-fixed width font (looks like
courier true type) and all the spaces are stripped away.
i'm using the same browser to test. and the only difference is the
Tomcat version difference.
does anyone know why this is happening? and more importantly how to
fix it so that .txt files are displayed using fixed-width fonts in
Tomcat 5.5? (i suspect it's the way Tomcat is telling the browser what
type of file it's sending back... some kind of header info.. but i'm
not sure how to go about debugging this)
thx in advance,
woodchuck
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Removing applications
Posted by Peter Verhoye <pe...@synergetic-solutions.be>.
Hi there,
I use tomcat 4.1.31 and have a problem removing applications using the
manager tool. Most of the times when I click on remove, the war file or
the exploded directory are still there and sometimes even both.
Anyone experiencing the same? Any solution to this?
Next to this, for reason beyond the scope of this life *grin*, the
applications we use have no context file. We added them to the
server.xml file. Now, since I'm fairly inexperienced myself, what is
better? Having a context file or adding them to the server.xml?
Thanks!!
BB
Peter
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RE: obscure tomcat 5.5 text file display bug? [Bugzilla candidate?]
Posted by GB Developer <gb...@globallyboundless.com>.
Indeed, thanks Jon.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Woodchuck [mailto:woodchuck_5@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 10:15 AM
> To: Tomcat Users List
> Subject: Re: obscure tomcat 5.5 text file display bug?
> [Bugzilla candidate?]
>
>
> awesome! thanks, Jon!
>
> woodchuck
>
> --- Jon Wingfield <jo...@mkodo.com> wrote:
>
> > I agree; it does the job :)
> > There is an equivalent for IE:
> > http://www.blunck.info/iehttpheaders.html
> >
> > Enjoy,
> >
> > Jon
> >
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Re: obscure tomcat 5.5 text file display bug? [Bugzilla candidate?]
Posted by Woodchuck <wo...@yahoo.com>.
awesome! thanks, Jon!
woodchuck
--- Jon Wingfield <jo...@mkodo.com> wrote:
> I agree; it does the job :)
> There is an equivalent for IE:
> http://www.blunck.info/iehttpheaders.html
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Jon
>
>
> Woodchuck wrote:
>
> > GB Developer,
> >
> > thanks so much for your suggestion, Live HTTP Headers is awesome!
> >
> > and my hunch was correct. the problem is Tomcat 5.5 does not
> produce
> > any Content-Type information at all when serving back the .txt
> file.
> >
> >
> >
> > here is the relevant header info from Tomcat 4.1:
> >
> > HTTP/1.x 200 OK
> > Etag: W/"1706-1120587147968"
> > Last-Modified: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 18:12:27 GMT
> > Content-Type: text/plain
> > Content-Length: 1706
> > Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 20:59:46 GMT
> > Server: Apache Coyote/1.0
> > Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
> >
> >
> >
> > and here is the relevant header info from Tomcat 5.5:
> >
> > If-Modified-Since: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 18:42:58 GMT
> > If-None-Match: W/"1706-1120416178619"
> > HTTP/1.x 304 Not Modified
> > Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
> > Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 19:57:35 GMT
> >
> >
> >
> > as it clearly shows, the header info produced by Tomcat 5.5 does
> not
> > have any Content-Type or even Content-Length.
> >
> > is this a bug that i should enter into BugZilla? or is this
> something
> > that can be fixed via Tomcat configuration?
> >
> > thanks in advance,
> > woodchuck
> >
> >
> >
> > --- GB Developer <gb...@globallyboundless.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>> (i suspect it's the way
> >>>Tomcat is telling the browser what type of file it's sending
> >>>back... some kind of header info.. but i'm not sure how to go
> >>>about debugging this)
> >>>
> >>>thx in advance,
> >>>woodchuck
> >>
> >>
> >>I like using FireFox for debugging this type of thing, and the
> >>liveheaders
> >>plugin
> >>
> >>http://livehttpheaders.mozdev.org/
> >>
> >>VERY handy. There is probably an IE equivalent of some sort, but
> >>haven't
> >>heard of a really good one.
> >>
> >>
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Re: obscure tomcat 5.5 text file display bug? [Bugzilla candidate?]
Posted by Jon Wingfield <jo...@mkodo.com>.
I agree; it does the job :)
There is an equivalent for IE:
http://www.blunck.info/iehttpheaders.html
Enjoy,
Jon
Woodchuck wrote:
> GB Developer,
>
> thanks so much for your suggestion, Live HTTP Headers is awesome!
>
> and my hunch was correct. the problem is Tomcat 5.5 does not produce
> any Content-Type information at all when serving back the .txt file.
>
>
>
> here is the relevant header info from Tomcat 4.1:
>
> HTTP/1.x 200 OK
> Etag: W/"1706-1120587147968"
> Last-Modified: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 18:12:27 GMT
> Content-Type: text/plain
> Content-Length: 1706
> Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 20:59:46 GMT
> Server: Apache Coyote/1.0
> Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
>
>
>
> and here is the relevant header info from Tomcat 5.5:
>
> If-Modified-Since: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 18:42:58 GMT
> If-None-Match: W/"1706-1120416178619"
> HTTP/1.x 304 Not Modified
> Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
> Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 19:57:35 GMT
>
>
>
> as it clearly shows, the header info produced by Tomcat 5.5 does not
> have any Content-Type or even Content-Length.
>
> is this a bug that i should enter into BugZilla? or is this something
> that can be fixed via Tomcat configuration?
>
> thanks in advance,
> woodchuck
>
>
>
> --- GB Developer <gb...@globallyboundless.com> wrote:
>
>
>>> (i suspect it's the way
>>>Tomcat is telling the browser what type of file it's sending
>>>back... some kind of header info.. but i'm not sure how to go
>>>about debugging this)
>>>
>>>thx in advance,
>>>woodchuck
>>
>>
>>I like using FireFox for debugging this type of thing, and the
>>liveheaders
>>plugin
>>
>>http://livehttpheaders.mozdev.org/
>>
>>VERY handy. There is probably an IE equivalent of some sort, but
>>haven't
>>heard of a really good one.
>>
>>
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RE: obscure tomcat 5.5 text file display bug? [Bugzilla candidate?]
Posted by Woodchuck <wo...@yahoo.com>.
GB Developer,
thanks so much for your suggestion, Live HTTP Headers is awesome!
and my hunch was correct. the problem is Tomcat 5.5 does not produce
any Content-Type information at all when serving back the .txt file.
here is the relevant header info from Tomcat 4.1:
HTTP/1.x 200 OK
Etag: W/"1706-1120587147968"
Last-Modified: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 18:12:27 GMT
Content-Type: text/plain
Content-Length: 1706
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 20:59:46 GMT
Server: Apache Coyote/1.0
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
and here is the relevant header info from Tomcat 5.5:
If-Modified-Since: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 18:42:58 GMT
If-None-Match: W/"1706-1120416178619"
HTTP/1.x 304 Not Modified
Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 19:57:35 GMT
as it clearly shows, the header info produced by Tomcat 5.5 does not
have any Content-Type or even Content-Length.
is this a bug that i should enter into BugZilla? or is this something
that can be fixed via Tomcat configuration?
thanks in advance,
woodchuck
--- GB Developer <gb...@globallyboundless.com> wrote:
> > (i suspect it's the way
> > Tomcat is telling the browser what type of file it's sending
> > back... some kind of header info.. but i'm not sure how to go
> > about debugging this)
> >
> > thx in advance,
> > woodchuck
>
>
> I like using FireFox for debugging this type of thing, and the
> liveheaders
> plugin
>
> http://livehttpheaders.mozdev.org/
>
> VERY handy. There is probably an IE equivalent of some sort, but
> haven't
> heard of a really good one.
>
>
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RE: obscure tomcat 5.5 text file display bug?
Posted by Woodchuck <wo...@yahoo.com>.
thanks GB Developer!
i will definitely give this a try!
woodchuck
--- GB Developer <gb...@globallyboundless.com> wrote:
> > (i suspect it's the way
> > Tomcat is telling the browser what type of file it's sending
> > back... some kind of header info.. but i'm not sure how to go
> > about debugging this)
> >
> > thx in advance,
> > woodchuck
>
>
> I like using FireFox for debugging this type of thing, and the
> liveheaders
> plugin
>
> http://livehttpheaders.mozdev.org/
>
> VERY handy. There is probably an IE equivalent of some sort, but
> haven't
> heard of a really good one.
>
>
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RE: obscure tomcat 5.5 text file display bug?
Posted by GB Developer <gb...@globallyboundless.com>.
> (i suspect it's the way
> Tomcat is telling the browser what type of file it's sending
> back... some kind of header info.. but i'm not sure how to go
> about debugging this)
>
> thx in advance,
> woodchuck
I like using FireFox for debugging this type of thing, and the liveheaders
plugin
http://livehttpheaders.mozdev.org/
VERY handy. There is probably an IE equivalent of some sort, but haven't
heard of a really good one.
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