From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: arc-lzh-exe.el -- archive-mode on lzh self-extracting exes Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:25:10 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87zm5etm0r.fsf@zip.com.au> <87tzvitz4z.fsf@zip.com.au> <87mz1516p8.fsf@zip.com.au> <87odljq5l2.fsf@stupidchicken.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1177180209 30130 80.91.229.12 (21 Apr 2007 18:30:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 18:30:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: cyd@stupidchicken.com, user42@zip.com.au, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 21 20:30:03 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HfKLR-0001yx-0Q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:30:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HfKQd-0003lW-5j for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:35:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HfKOY-0001nQ-Bq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:33:14 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HfKOX-0001mk-Tv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:33:13 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HfKOX-0001mI-J5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:33:13 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HfKJK-0005QQ-Pv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:27:50 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HfKGk-0001rW-NN; Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:25:10 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Eli Zaretskii on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:38:05 +0300) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:69739 Archived-At: > If that change is to simply recognize a new kind of archive, why delay > it? Because .exe files are much more widespread than LZH archive in .exe disguise. So the change in point might adversely affect many files. Indeed, nost files named .exe are not LZH archives. It would not be right at all to treat them as LZH archives. I see only two ways to handle the .exe LZH archives: 1. Detect them automatically (probably complex). 2. Have users say explicitly when they want to treat a .exe file that way. #2 is probably best. Does that currently work? Does it work to visit the .exe file normally and then do M-x archive-mode? If so, this isalready exactly as it should be.