Re: Lzma support
- From: <tpgww@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: emelfm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:17:32 +1000
On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 20:23:53 -0400
Charles A Edwards <eslrahc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 09:47:32 +1000
> tpgww@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > > Lzma support was added to the pack-plugin in svn 937 for
> > > compression but there is no support for decompression of said
> > > archives.
> > >
> > > Any idea when or if this will be implemented?
> > If you mean in the unpack plugin, well it's supposed to be there.
> >
> > It looks for:
> > 1. item mime = application/x-lzma
> > or
> > 2. item name ends with .tar.lzma or .tlz
> >
> > It searches using the same process as for other archive types, but
> > I've not actually tested it yet.
> >
> > Can you please advise exactly what it's not finding ?
>
> Neither .tar.lzma or .tlz are listed in 'Categories/filetypes' nor are
> they shown as being a supported format for the unpack plugin.
>
> In a main window if I select <foo>.tar.lzma I am not given any unpack
> option and can use only the 'open with' option and use file-roller to
> decompress the archive.
>
> If I try to use plugins/unpack it gives the error 'Selected item is
> not a supported archive'
Thanks Charles.
I updated the USAGE document, the default filetypes data, and the unpack plugin
to check for mime
x-lzma-compressed-tar instead of x-lzma.
The unpack plugin worked on a .tar.lzma file I created with the pack plugin.
However I don't yet know how general the changed mime-test is.
Regards
Tom
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