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- From: jackson@phobos.sscl.uwo.ca (Peter L. Jackson)
- Subject: Re: tar/zip mode?
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- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 05:32:46 GMT
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- In article <JACKSON.92Aug18221901@phobos.sscl.uwo.ca> jackson@phobos.sscl.uwo.ca (Peter L. Jackson) writes:
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- > In article <1992Aug19.004058.18149@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> dmjones@theory.lcs.mit.edu (David M. Jones) writes:
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- >
- > > Greetings.
- > >
- > > Has anyone written a GNU emacs interface to either the zip or the tar
- > > archive utilities? I've been thinking of trying to write something
- > > that is a cross between dired mode and crypt.el to make it easier to
- > > manipulate archives without manually unpacking them. I've already
- > > checked the Elisp directory, but didn't find anything obviously
- > > relevant. Any leads would be appreciated.
- >
- > Try the new v19 dired, it, among many other *significant* enhancements
- > lets you step into a tar file by hitting "e". It should be available
- > at the usual elisp archive sites.
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- Whoops, I slipped up. While the new dired is good, it doesn't do tar
- files. For that you need tar-mode.el. Sorry about any
- misunderstanding.
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