having trouble with apache 2.0 and handlers

I was using apache 1.3.xx a while. Then I desided to upgrade
to apache 2.0.xx.

but I have a problem with handlers!

My configuration was like this

..htaccess
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
DirectoryIndex index.html
SetHANDLER tpl-file
ACTION tpl-file /cgi-bin/handler/someHandler.cgi
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

So I every request to this directory, where the .htacces
lies, was handled by someHandler.

Example

Docroot /var/www/html
I saved .htacces in /var/www/html/home/ and created a
index.html.
so if I requested <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://localhost/home/test/1/2," target="_blank">http://localhost/home/test/1/2,</a> the cgi
script got invoked with /home/test/1/2.

With apache 2.0 and the same config I allways get a recource
not found (404)!

but if i request <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://localhost/home/index.html/test/1/2" target="_blank">http://localhost/home/index.html/test/1/2</a>
it works. But I would like the old request paths and not
these ugy index.html in it. Do I have to proxy the request
with something like that:

RewriteRule ^/home/(\.)* /home/index.html/$1 [P,L]

Any suggestions how this can be solved?

cu Philipp
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