* bug#25076: 24.5; Enhancement request: Make `archive-mode' more Dired like (sorting etc.) [not found] ` <<83bmwumhgc.fsf@gnu.org> @ 2016-12-02 16:24 ` Drew Adams 0 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Drew Adams @ 2016-12-02 16:24 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Eli Zaretskii, Drew Adams; +Cc: alan, 25076 > > I think opening Dired on a temporary extraction is probably the > > way to go. Do you want to rename this enhancement request to that > > effect, or do you want a new request for that? > > No, I think the current request is fine. Especially since Michael > suggested a different solution, using file handlers. OK. > > Once that is available, a question will be whether, by default, > > `dired-find-file' and `find-file' should open an archive file in > > archive mode or should open Dired on (a temporary extraction of) > > it. > > Not sure. Probably should be a user option. We already have `auto-mode-alist', for customization. I was talking about the default behavior. This is what I see in currently `auto-mode-alist' (in my setup, at least) for `archive-mode': ("\\.\\(arc\\|zip\\|lzh\\|lha\\|zoo\\|[jew]ar\\|xpi\\|rar\\|7z\\| ARC\\|ZIP\\|LZH\\|LHA\\|ZOO\\|[JEW]AR\\|XPI\\|RAR\\|7Z\\)\\'" . archive-mode) ("\\.oxt\\'" . archive-mode) ("\\.\\(deb\\|[oi]pk\\)\\'" . archive-mode) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* bug#25076: 24.5; Enhancement request: Make `archive-mode' more Dired like (sorting etc.) @ 2016-11-30 18:36 Drew Adams 2016-12-01 19:57 ` Alan Third 0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread From: Drew Adams @ 2016-11-30 18:36 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 25076 Subject line says it all. `archive-mode' still seems pretty rudimentary. It would be good to at least be able to sort the lines by file name etc. In GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (i686-pc-mingw32) of 2015-04-11 on LEG570 Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601 Configured using: `configure --prefix=/c/usr --host=i686-pc-mingw32' ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* bug#25076: 24.5; Enhancement request: Make `archive-mode' more Dired like (sorting etc.) 2016-11-30 18:36 Drew Adams @ 2016-12-01 19:57 ` Alan Third 2016-12-01 20:14 ` Drew Adams 2016-12-02 8:47 ` Michael Albinus 0 siblings, 2 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Alan Third @ 2016-12-01 19:57 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Drew Adams; +Cc: 25076 On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 10:36:08AM -0800, Drew Adams wrote: > Subject line says it all. `archive-mode' still seems pretty > rudimentary. It would be good to at least be able to sort the lines by > file name etc. I’m wondering if it wouldn’t be smarter to actually use dired to access archives, like how we can use dired to access remote directories through tramp. I expect this is probably a much bigger/harder job than I imagine, but what would be required? Just a function that could produce ls style output for archives? -- Alan Third ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* bug#25076: 24.5; Enhancement request: Make `archive-mode' more Dired like (sorting etc.) 2016-12-01 19:57 ` Alan Third @ 2016-12-01 20:14 ` Drew Adams 2016-12-02 7:15 ` Eli Zaretskii 2016-12-02 8:47 ` Michael Albinus 1 sibling, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread From: Drew Adams @ 2016-12-01 20:14 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Alan Third; +Cc: 25076 > > Subject line says it all. `archive-mode' still seems pretty > > rudimentary. It would be good to at least be able to sort the > > lines by file name etc. > > I’m wondering if it wouldn’t be smarter to actually use dired to > access archives, like how we can use dired to access remote > directories through tramp. > > I expect this is probably a much bigger/harder job than I imagine, > but what would be required? Just a function that could produce ls style > output for archives? I can't speak to that question. I suggest that you file a separate enhancement request for it. If it turns out that it is trivial then the two bugs can be merged - I don't have any objection to being able to use Dired (completely) for archives. But no, it is not just a question of producing an ls-style listing. The various Dired operations available currently expect a file as target. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* bug#25076: 24.5; Enhancement request: Make `archive-mode' more Dired like (sorting etc.) 2016-12-01 20:14 ` Drew Adams @ 2016-12-02 7:15 ` Eli Zaretskii 2016-12-02 16:13 ` Drew Adams 0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2016-12-02 7:15 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Drew Adams; +Cc: alan, 25076 > Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 12:14:34 -0800 (PST) > From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> > Cc: 25076@debbugs.gnu.org > > > > Subject line says it all. `archive-mode' still seems pretty > > > rudimentary. It would be good to at least be able to sort the > > > lines by file name etc. > > > > I’m wondering if it wouldn’t be smarter to actually use dired to > > access archives, like how we can use dired to access remote > > directories through tramp. > > > > I expect this is probably a much bigger/harder job than I imagine, > > but what would be required? Just a function that could produce ls style > > output for archives? > > I can't speak to that question. I suggest that you file a separate > enhancement request for it. If it turns out that it is trivial then > the two bugs can be merged - I don't have any objection to being > able to use Dired (completely) for archives. > > But no, it is not just a question of producing an ls-style listing. > The various Dired operations available currently expect a file as > target. Then one almost obvious solution is to unpack the archive under temporary-file-directory, and invoke Dired on that. In any case, IMO adding such a feature (which I agree should be nice) is out of scope of archive-mode, as it is designed. Its basic design is to show you the archive as it is on disk, with no changes. The file listing you are looking at in archive-mode is in most cases a specially-formatted TOC that is recorded in the archive. Changing its order means changing the archive itself, which is not what the request wants, AFAIU. So if Dired on a temporary copy is not a good solution for some reason, I guess we need a new mode, which will reuse some basic capabilities of archive-mode, but otherwise be designed similarly to Dired. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* bug#25076: 24.5; Enhancement request: Make `archive-mode' more Dired like (sorting etc.) 2016-12-02 7:15 ` Eli Zaretskii @ 2016-12-02 16:13 ` Drew Adams 2016-12-02 16:19 ` Eli Zaretskii 0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread From: Drew Adams @ 2016-12-02 16:13 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: alan, 25076 > > > > Subject line says it all. `archive-mode' still seems pretty > > > > rudimentary. It would be good to at least be able to sort the > > > > lines by file name etc. > > > > > > I’m wondering if it wouldn’t be smarter to actually use dired to > > > access archives, like how we can use dired to access remote > > > directories through tramp. > > > > > > I expect this is probably a much bigger/harder job than I > > > imagine, but what would be required? Just a function that > > > could produce ls style output for archives? > > > > I can't speak to that question. I suggest that you file a > > separate enhancement request for it. If it turns out that > > it is trivial then the two bugs can be merged - I don't have > > any objection to being able to use Dired (completely) for archives. > > > > But no, it is not just a question of producing an ls-style > > listing. The various Dired operations available currently > > expect a file as target. > > Then one almost obvious solution is to unpack the archive under > temporary-file-directory, and invoke Dired on that. Yes. And that is what I've done, manually. I think wrapping that up so that it happens transparently is probably the best solution. > In any case, IMO adding such a feature (which I agree should be > nice) is out of scope of archive-mode, as it is designed. Its > basic design is to show you the archive as it is on disk, with > no changes. The file listing you are looking at in archive-mode > is in most cases a specially-formatted TOC that is recorded in > the archive. Changing its order means changing the archive itself, > which is not what the request wants, AFAIU. I think you're right. > So if Dired on a temporary copy is not a good solution for some > reason, I guess we need a new mode, which will reuse some basic > capabilities of archive-mode, but otherwise be designed similarly > to Dired. I think opening Dired on a temporary extraction is probably the way to go. Do you want to rename this enhancement request to that effect, or do you want a new request for that? Once that is available, a question will be whether, by default, `dired-find-file' and `find-file' should open an archive file in archive mode or should open Dired on (a temporary extraction of) it. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* bug#25076: 24.5; Enhancement request: Make `archive-mode' more Dired like (sorting etc.) 2016-12-02 16:13 ` Drew Adams @ 2016-12-02 16:19 ` Eli Zaretskii 0 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2016-12-02 16:19 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Drew Adams; +Cc: alan, 25076 > Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 08:13:00 -0800 (PST) > From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> > Cc: alan@idiocy.org, 25076@debbugs.gnu.org > > I think opening Dired on a temporary extraction is probably the > way to go. Do you want to rename this enhancement request to that > effect, or do you want a new request for that? No, I think the current request is fine. Especially since Michael suggested a different solution, using file handlers. > Once that is available, a question will be whether, by default, > `dired-find-file' and `find-file' should open an archive file in > archive mode or should open Dired on (a temporary extraction of) it. Not sure. Probably should be a user option. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* bug#25076: 24.5; Enhancement request: Make `archive-mode' more Dired like (sorting etc.) 2016-12-01 19:57 ` Alan Third 2016-12-01 20:14 ` Drew Adams @ 2016-12-02 8:47 ` Michael Albinus 2022-02-03 20:38 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen 1 sibling, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread From: Michael Albinus @ 2016-12-02 8:47 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Alan Third; +Cc: 25076 Alan Third <alan@idiocy.org> writes: > On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 10:36:08AM -0800, Drew Adams wrote: >> Subject line says it all. `archive-mode' still seems pretty >> rudimentary. It would be good to at least be able to sort the lines by >> file name etc. > > I’m wondering if it wouldn’t be smarter to actually use dired to > access archives, like how we can use dired to access remote > directories through tramp. > > I expect this is probably a much bigger/harder job than I imagine, but > what would be required? Just a function that could produce ls style > output for archives? The clean solution would be to add a file name handler for archives. Several primitive functions need to be implemented; one of them would be `insert-directory’. See (info "(elisp) Magic File Names") for the complete list of functions. Not all of them would require an own implementation, 'tho. My (always erroneous) memories tell me, that Stefan did propose something like this years ago. Nobody took the ball. Best regards, Michael. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* bug#25076: 24.5; Enhancement request: Make `archive-mode' more Dired like (sorting etc.) 2016-12-02 8:47 ` Michael Albinus @ 2022-02-03 20:38 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen 2022-02-03 23:14 ` Kévin Le Gouguec 0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2022-02-03 20:38 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Michael Albinus; +Cc: Alan Third, 25076 Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes: > The clean solution would be to add a file name handler for > archives. Several primitive functions need to be implemented; one of > them would be `insert-directory’. I see that Tramp has support for archives on systems with GVFS (Gnome stuff). I'm running on a Gnome system, so I expected this to just work, but... opening a zip file opens it in archive-mode. I read the manual section on this, but it doesn't seem to say what's needed for this to work? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* bug#25076: 24.5; Enhancement request: Make `archive-mode' more Dired like (sorting etc.) 2022-02-03 20:38 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2022-02-03 23:14 ` Kévin Le Gouguec 2022-02-05 6:27 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen 0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread From: Kévin Le Gouguec @ 2022-02-03 23:14 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Lars Ingebrigtsen; +Cc: Alan Third, Michael Albinus, 25076 Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes: > Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes: > >> The clean solution would be to add a file name handler for >> archives. Several primitive functions need to be implemented; one of >> them would be `insert-directory’. > > I see that Tramp has support for archives on systems with GVFS (Gnome > stuff). I'm running on a Gnome system, so I expected this to just work, > but... opening a zip file opens it in archive-mode. I read the manual > section on this, but it doesn't seem to say what's needed for this to > work? The trick is to add a trailing '/' to the filename before visiting it, I think? (The mnemonic being "open this as if it were a folder", IIUC) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* bug#25076: 24.5; Enhancement request: Make `archive-mode' more Dired like (sorting etc.) 2022-02-03 23:14 ` Kévin Le Gouguec @ 2022-02-05 6:27 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen 0 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2022-02-05 6:27 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Kévin Le Gouguec; +Cc: Alan Third, Michael Albinus, 25076 Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec@gmail.com> writes: > The trick is to add a trailing '/' to the filename before visiting it, I > think? (The mnemonic being "open this as if it were a folder", IIUC) Ah, thanks. I've now added this to the Archive file names section in the tramp manual. As for the request in this bug report (which is basically "make archive-mode better"), I don't think that's actionable enough for the bug tracker, so I'm closing this bug report. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
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