Re: visiting large zip file

[Benjamin Riefenstahl <Benjamin.Riefenstahl@epost.de>]

Hi Kin,


Kin Cho <kin@neoscale.com> writes:
> Visiting a large zip file to list the contents of the zip file
> doesn't work if the zip file size exceeds the emacs buffer size
> limit.
> 
> Obviously this is not the way it should work since the zip file
> content doesn't need to be read into the buffer.

In my setup the variable auto-mode-alist says that ZIP files are
handled by archive-mode.  This is defined in arc-mode.el.  Right at
the top of that file is a table that indicates that viewing is an
*internal* operation for all archive file types.  So Emacs does
actually need to read the file to interpret it.

I haven't found a way to use external tools instead in arc-mode.el.


Sorry, benny