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27.1; arc-mode does not extract marked files

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From: Vladimir Nikishkin <lockywolf <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 44753 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44753: 27.1; arc-mode does not extract marked files
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 17:18:23 +0800

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I can't do that. I'd be happy to, but my company refuses to sign the
copyright disclaimer. :(

I'll try to find out someone who might be willing to write some lisp.

--
Yours sincerely, Vladimir Nikishkin
(Sent with Google mail mobile.)

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> 于 2020年11月20日周五 16:07写道：

> > From: Vladimir Nikishkin <lockywolf <at> gmail.com>
> > Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 11:23:41 +0800
> >
> > I have arc-mode loaded in the init.el like this:
> >
> > ```
> > (use-package arc-mode
> >              :ensure t
> >              :demand t)
> > ```
> >
> > What I do is I visit an archive, mark entries with `m', which adds an
> > asterisk next to their name, and then type `e' or `f', expecting to be
> > asked for a directory name to extract these files to.
> >
> > Instead, I am given an error:
> > archive-get-descr: Line does not describe a member of the archive
> >
> > Can support for such a feature be added?
>
> We need first to add a capability to extract archive members to files.
> This is currently not part of arc-mode.el: it can only "extract" a
> member to a buffer, let you edit it, and then put the edited copy back
> into the buffer.  Extraction to files (a.k.a. "unarchiving") is not
> yet supported.
>
> Would you like to work on adding this to arc-mode.el?
>

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