Configuring Your Browser for Linux® or Unix®
Mozilla Firefox / Netscape 9
Click on
SampleMaplet.maplet
A dialog window will ask "What should Firefox do with this file?"
Select "Open with" and Browse to the Command Line Maple which is usually:
/usr/local/Maple9.5/bin/maple for Maple 9.5
/usr/local/Maple10/bin/maple for Maple 10
/usr/local/Maple11/bin/maple for Maple 11
Check "Do this automatically for files like this from now on.
Click OK and close the Sample Maplet after it opens.
Netscape 8- / Mozilla (pre-Firefox)
Method 1:
Click on
SampleMaplet.maplet
A dialog window will ask "What should Mozilla/Netscape do with this file?"
Select "Open it with" and Choose. Browse to the Command Line Maple which is usually:
/usr/local/Maple9.5/bin/maple for Maple 9.5
/usr/local/Maple10/bin/maple for Maple 10
/usr/local/Maple11/bin/maple for Maple 11
Check "Always perform this action when handling files of this type.
Click OK and close the Sample Maplet after it opens.
If Method 1 does not work try:
Method 2:
Click on Edit + Preferences
Under Catagory, Expand Navigator and Click on Helper Applications
Click on New Type to open the New Type dialog:
Enter the following information:
MIME Type: application/maplet
Description: Maplet
Extension: maplet
Select "Open it with" and Choose. Browse to the Command Line Maple which is usually:
/usr/local/Maple9.5/bin/maple for Maple 9.5
/usr/local/Maple10/bin/maple for Maple 10
If possible, uncheck "Always ask me before handling files of this type.
Click OK to close the New Type window.
You should now see the File Type "application/maplet" listed. Clicking on it will show the information you entered.
Click OK again to close the Preferences window.
The first time you run a Maplet, a window may open asking "What should Mozilla/Netscape do with this file? Uncheck the box which says "Always ask before opening this type of file." and click OK.
Philip B. Yasskin
Department of Mathematics
Texas A&M University
yasskin@math.tamu.edu
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Douglas B. Meade
Department of Mathematics
University of South Carolina
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Last Updated: Jan 5, 2008
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