Re: compression and archive support for gmc?

[Sri Ramkrishna <sri aracnet com>]

> 
> I found myself using gmc the other day, wishing I could select a
> directory,
> and create a tar file of it..  Or select files, and create a tar file
> graphically..
> 
> Another thing would be able to select a file(s) and have them gzipped..
> If I select a directory, then all files in all subdirectories are
> gzipped..
> 
> I think it would be great to have this graphically integrated with gmc..

Sounds like what you want is a plug-in type system, where you could select
a file or files, and then be able to work an action on them.  I bet you
could use something like gnome-perl/gnome-python, and write quick scripts
that can do what you are asking for.  You could write some basic plug-ins
that comes with gmc.  What do other people think?  Does this sound like a
good feature?

	sri


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