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24.0.93; desktop.el doesn't restore buffers visiting files in archives

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Message #17 received at 10708 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 10708 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#10708: 24.0.93;
	desktop.el doesn't restore buffers visiting files in archives
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:13:09 -0500

>> >> IOW, desktop.el does not realize that this form of file names means an
>> >> archive member, and therefore does not extract that member when
>> >> restoring the desktop.
>> > Of course, the "right" fix is to implement a file-name-handler
>> > for tarballs (and other archives),
>> Is "archive!member" a good syntax?

I don't know.

> We are using it for a long time, and no one ever complained.

That's because currently we don't handle such files specially, but with
a file-name-handler for it we would need to be careful not to trigger
the file-handler for non-archives.


        Stefan

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