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how to view CSV files as plain text in firefox ?

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vande1
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I am using Linux Mint with Firefox 127.0.2 (64-Bit)

In Preferences Applications, setting 

 CSV-Dokument      to    open with firefox

opens edless new firefox Tabs - so I had to kill firefox. (setting CSV-Dokument to open with OpenOffice works fine. But this is not what I want.)

In Preferences Applications, I found further CSV types: application/csv-Typ CSV Document (application/text) CSV Document (octet/stream) CSV Document (application/x-download) Which applications should I use for them ?

I found the file "mimeTypes.rdf". However, I am not familiar with the syntax.

I am using Linux Mint with Firefox 127.0.2 (64-Bit) In Preferences Applications, setting '''CSV-Dokument ''' to ''' open with firefox''' opens edless new firefox Tabs - so I had to kill firefox. (setting '''CSV-Dokument ''' to '''open with OpenOffice''' works fine. But this is not what I want.) In Preferences Applications, I found further CSV types: application/csv-Typ CSV Document (application/text) CSV Document (octet/stream) CSV Document (application/x-download) Which applications should I use for them ? I found the file "mimeTypes.rdf". However, I am not familiar with the syntax.

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thanks for the workaround using th prefix view-source: However, it's still pretty circuitous for me.

Is there no straight forward way using the firefox preferences or the file handlers.json ?

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cor-el
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If you open the CSV file via the address bar then you can prefix with the view-source: protocol.

If the file is downloaded from internet then maybe an extension helps.

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vande1
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thanks for the workaround using th prefix view-source: However, it's still pretty circuitous for me.

Is there no straight forward way using the firefox preferences or the file handlers.json ?

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cor-el
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Firefox can't handle this file format (file extension), that is why you get tab opening repeatedly when you try this. You can use view-source to override this and show the file as plain text, otherwise you need to rename the file and add a .txt file extension.

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vande1
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thanks for the explanation!

would it make sense to file an enhancement request, or have there already been plenty of internal discussions regarding this text file topic? I do like using firefox also as an (addl.) file browser.

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