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X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:95062 Severity: wishlist Currently, on MS-Windows, if gzip.exe is not available at run time, it is not possible to visit .gz files. So, for example, it is not possible to read any info manual from a binary distribution made with a plain "make install". But it seems that limitation could be removed [1]. Hence this request for having built-in support on MS-Windows for displaying compressed files. TIA. In GNU Emacs 24.4.1 (i686-pc-mingw32) of 2014-10-24 on LEG570 Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.3.9600 Configured using: `configure --prefix=/c/usr' -- Dani Moncayo [1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2014-10/msg00917.html