14 Jan
2012
14 Jan
'12
12:19 a.m.
In Konqueror, open a directory containing several compressed files.
Select all of the files.
Open the popup context menu (right-click).
There is no option to compress those files into a new archive.
Bug or misconfiguration?
Darrell
14 Jan
14 Jan
12:33 a.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] Konqueror bug or misconfiguration?
In Konqueror, open a directory containing several
compressed files.
Select all of the files.
Open the popup context menu (right-click).
There is no option to compress those files into a new archive.
Bug or misconfiguration?
Darrell
Sounds like a "feature" to prevent recompression of compressed files,
which almost always inflates the resultant archive to a larger size than
if it was compressed once.
Any thoughts from others on this list?
Tim
1:40 a.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] Konqueror bug or misconfiguration?
In Konqueror,
open a directory
containing several compressed files.
Select all of the files.
Open the popup context menu (right-click).
There is no option to compress those files into a new
archive.
>
> Bug or misconfiguration? Sounds like a "feature" to prevent
recompression of
compressed files,
which almost always inflates the resultant archive to a
larger size than
if it was compressed once.
Any thoughts from others on this list?
About where in the code would I try to study this? The "Compress" menu option
does not appear at all. Only the Extract option. Kind of weird I never ran into this
before.
I needed to create single archives of my Slackware 3.5.13 packages for easier downloading.
I selected the files in Konqueror and then did the proverbial deer in the headlights act.
I just stared. :)
I had to archive the files manually in konsole. Doable for me, but not for many people.
That's why I'm asking whether this is a bug or configuration problem. To me, there
is no reason why a person can't archive a set of archived files.
Darrell
2:25 a.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] Konqueror bug or misconfiguration?
In Konqueror, open a directory
containing
several compressed files.
Select all of the files.
Open the popup context menu (right-click).
There is no option to compress those files into a new
archive.
>
> Bug or misconfiguration? Sounds like a "feature" to prevent
recompression of
compressed files,
which almost always inflates the resultant archive to a
larger size than
if it was compressed once.
Any thoughts from others on this list?
About where in the code would I try to study this? The "Compress" menu
option does not appear at all. Only the Extract option. Kind of weird I
never ran into this before.
I needed to create single archives of my Slackware 3.5.13 packages for
easier downloading. I selected the files in Konqueror and then did the
proverbial deer in the headlights act. I just stared. :)
I had to archive the files manually in konsole. Doable for me, but not for
many people. That's why I'm asking whether this is a bug or configuration
problem. To me, there is no reason why a person can't archive a set of
archived files.
Darrell
22 Jan
22 Jan
12:47 a.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] Konqueror bug or misconfiguration?
On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 2:25 AM, Timothy Pearson <
kb9vqf(a)pearsoncomputing.net> wrote:
for
Has a bug report been filed? If a bug, then it could at least show an
option not to compress but to simple mesh together in a TAR file.
Best regards,
Tiago
In Konqueror,
open a directory
containing several compressed files.
Select all of the files.
Open the popup context menu (right-click).
There is no option to compress those files into a new
archive.
>
> Bug or misconfiguration? Sounds like a "feature" to prevent
recompression of
compressed files,
which almost always inflates the resultant archive to a
larger size than
if it was compressed once.
Any thoughts from others on this list?
About where in the code would I try to study this? The "Compress" menu
option does not appear at all. Only the Extract option. Kind of weird I
never ran into this before.
I needed to create single archives of my Slackware 3.5.13 packages for
easier downloading. I selected the files in Konqueror and then did the
proverbial deer in the headlights act. I just stared. :)
I had to archive the files manually in konsole. Doable for me, but not many people. That's why I'm asking
whether this is a bug or configuration
problem. To me, there is no reason why a person can't archive a set of
archived files.
Darrell
Correct. This sounds like a bug.
The issue is probably in the konqueror service menu handling/mimetype code
in tdeutils or tdebase--I suspect that when compressed files are detected
the service menu providing "Extract" overrides the default service menu
that provides the "Compress" options.
Tim
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12:55 a.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] Konqueror bug or misconfiguration?
Has a bug report been filed? If a bug, then it
could at least show an option not to compress but to simple
mesh together in a TAR file.
Best regards,
No bug report filed because I can't reproduce the error. Can you?
That's why I like to run things by others here in the list. Sometimes just weird
things happen, sometimes there 's a short between the headphones.
Perhaps some day I'll reproduce the event and then I'll try to be more observant
about environment, user, settings, etc. I know I saw what I described, but right now there
is a "Compress" option in the pop up menu. I have no explanation. :)
Darrell
2:46 a.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] Konqueror bug or misconfiguration?
On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:55:18 -0800 (PST)
Darrell Anderson <humanreadable(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
I can reproduce the behaviour you described in KDE 3.5.10, so it did exist at
some point but may now have been fixed (or not). However, I should probably
note that I get the "Extract" option replacing "Compress" only if all
the files I
select are recognized as being compressed--if I select, say, two .zip files and a
.txt, the "Compress" option remains available.
Has a bug
report been filed? If a bug, then it
could at least show an option not to compress but to simple
mesh together in a TAR file.
Best regards,
No bug report filed because I can't reproduce the error. Can you?
That's why I like to run things by others here in the list. Sometimes just weird
things happen, sometimes there 's a short between the headphones.
Perhaps some day I'll reproduce the event and then I'll try to be more observant
about environment, user, settings, etc. I know
I saw what I described, but right now there is a "Compress" option in the pop up
menu. I have no explanation. :)
3:54 a.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] Konqueror bug or misconfiguration?
I can reproduce the behaviour you described in KDE
3.5.10,
so it did exist at
some point but may now have been fixed (or not).
However, I should probably
note that I get the "Extract" option replacing "Compress"
only if all the files I
select are recognized as being compressed--if I select,
say, two .zip files and a
.txt, the "Compress" option remains available.
What you describe rang a bell. I tried a directory only with compressed files. I still
can't repeat the problem here with either 3.5.10 or R14_GIT. My head hurts. :)
Darrell
12:38 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] Konqueror bug or misconfiguration?
On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:54:04 -0800 (PST)
Darrell Anderson <humanreadable(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
Mine is starting to do the same. The obvious (but likely not helpful) question
is, what did you change?
I can
reproduce the behaviour you described in KDE 3.5.10,
so it did exist at
some point but may now have been fixed (or not).
However, I should probably
note that I get the "Extract" option replacing "Compress"
only if all the files I
select are recognized as being compressed--if I select,
say, two .zip files and a
.txt, the "Compress" option remains available.
What you describe rang a bell. I tried a directory only with compressed files.
I still can't repeat the problem here with either 3.5.10 or R14_GIT. My head
hurts. :)
5:55 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] Konqueror bug or misconfiguration?
What you
describe rang a bell. I tried a directory
only with compressed files.
I still can't repeat the problem here with
either
3.5.10 or R14_GIT. My head
hurts. :)
Mine is starting to do the same. The obvious (but
likely not helpful) question
is, what did you change?
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