Re: Zip-Archive mode should allow copy

[Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>]

Emacs is the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time
display editor.

Dan Jacobson wrote:
 > Zip-Archive mode should allow copy, like dired's "C".
 > As of now, if one wants a specific file, one must bring it up in a
 > buffer, and write it, hopefully intact with no added newlines etc.
 > into a file.

Have you ever experienced a problem with Emacs making incorrect coding
system changes when you do that?  If so, submit a proper bug report.

You could just define a keyboard macro that does what you need (e.g.
`f C-x C-w C-x k'), name it, then bind it to "C" in Archive Mode's
local keymap.

 > No we don't always want to edit files when extracting
 > them from archives, e.g., .exe's.

(add-hook 'find-file-hooks
           (lambda ()
             (when (and archive-subfile-mode
                        (let ((case-fold-search nil))
                          (string-match "\\.exe\\'"
                                        (aref archive-subfile-mode 0))))
               (setq buffer-read-only t))))

-- 
Kevin Rodgers