Steps §
Check your Firefox .torrent preferences §
- Edit > Preferences
- Applications tab
- Find "BitTorrent seed file" and click the dropdown to the right.
- Choose 'Always ask'
Install and Configure the "Save Link in Folder" Add-on §
- Download and install [1] Save Link in Folder
- Go to Tools > Add-ons
- Find and select "Save Link in Folder", then click "Preferences"
- Under "Main", click "New" (top right)
- Description: "BitTorrent"
- Path (wherever you like)
- if there is a duplicate filename... "Overwrite the file"
Final steps §
- Surf and find a .torrent file to download. Click on it.
- In this dialogue, choose the new option "Save link in folder" and choose "BitTorrent".
- Unfortunately, the "Do this automatically for files like this from now on." does not work.
From now on, simply clicking on a .torrent file will pull up the 'save as' dialogue. Just press enter.
BUG: Unfortunately this same dialogue appears for other files. When you choose another option when saving that non-torrent file, you'll have to re-choose the "BitTorrent" option when downloading your next .torrent. Sigh.
Old failure notes §
FAILS:
Make a script "savefile.sh" which has:
mv $1 /wherever
In Firefox:
- [2] explains why this fails..
Fails:
- [3] Open Download
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- Might work.. but I couldn't figure it out. Boo.
- [4] Automatic Save Folder
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- Would be perfect, but I cannot install it! I get a download error. Fuck. Downloaded it from the author's website.
- Doesn't actually do anything.
- [5] PlayLink
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- Not available for Linux.
not appropriate:
- [6] Launchy
- [7] Shelve
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- Only works on the currently-viewed document.
- [8] OpenDownload
- [9] Dijjer this!
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- Needs some sort of 'Dijjer' thing.
- [10] DownloadWith
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- Doesn't work. Way too dated.
untested:
- [11] Save File to
- [12] FavLoc
