GNU bug report logs - #25657
archive-extract: also add archive-extract-to-disk

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 01:04:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Merged with 26192

Found in version 25.1

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: archive-extract: also add archive-extract-to-disk
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2017 08:56:33 +0800

Help says:
> archive-extract is an interactive compiled Lisp function in
> ‘arc-mode.el’.

> (archive-extract &optional OTHER-WINDOW-P EVENT)

> In archive mode, extract this entry of the archive into its own
> buffer.

OK that's nice, but there should also be a command to extract to disk.
The file might be some binary goop and the user doesn't want to load it
into emacs maybe.
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