downloading text files from apache

[Peter Risdon]

fbsd_user wrote:

>>From my web page I link to .zip, .tgz, and .exe files and when the
>link
>is clicked, apache will open window to download the file.
>
>When I link to an .txt file it gets opened and displayed. I want to
>have it open for download like the other files.
>
>Is there some config option in httpd.conf that I have missed?
>  
>
To understand the issue, read the man page for mime.types(5), and look 
at /usr/local/etc/apache/mime.types

Text files are meant to be displayed like that. Easiest answer is to 
compress them and offer the compressed version for download.

PWR.