bug#45036: closed (Add archive-copy, just like dired-do-copy)

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> Add archive-copy, just like dired-do-copy
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> Fri, 04 Dec 2020 08:32:17 +0800
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> "Zip-Archive mode defined in ‘arc-mode.el’:
> Major mode for viewing an archive file in a dired-like way."
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> That's great, but how about letting "C" copy a file, like in dired.
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> I mean what's the big deal? We just want to copy it to /tmp, ~, etc.
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> Sure, raise some alarm if we want to copy it to some place _within the
> archive_. But hey, you let us view a file with v, so why not copy with C?
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> Wait, there's
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> 5 matches for "extract" in buffer: *Help*
>      22:e .. f          archive-extract
>      25:RET             archive-extract
>      35:E               archive-extract-other-window
>      45:o               archive-extract-other-window
>      56:<mouse-2>       archive-extract
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> Must be important. Let's have a look.
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> "In archive mode, extract this entry of the archive into its own buffer."
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> I don't want to get tangled up (editing?) in the archive.
> I don't want to even look at the file's contents.
> I just want to copy it somewhere far far away (but still on the local
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> So please add archive-copy or archive-copy-file, that, just like
> dired-do-copy, preserves the date.
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> There I am, looking at
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> M Filemode      Length  Date         Time      File
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>   -rw-rw-rw-     30933   3-Dec-2020  12:04:16  doc.kml
>   -rw-rw-rw-       481   3-Dec-2020  12:04:16  images/icon-1.png
>   -rw-rw-rw-       478   3-Dec-2020  12:04:16  images/icon-2.png
>   -rw-rw-rw-      1026   3-Dec-2020  12:04:16  images/icon-3.png
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>                  32918                         4 files
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> with the cursor on doc.kml .
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> OK, "C" should allow me to copy doc.kml to e.g., /tmp/doc.kml .
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> emacs-version "27.1"
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> > From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
> >  <jidanni@jidanni.org>
> > Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2020 08:32:17 +0800
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> > "Zip-Archive mode defined in ‘arc-mode.el’:
> > Major mode for viewing an archive file in a dired-like way."
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> > That's great, but how about letting "C" copy a file, like in dired.
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> This is already implemented for Emacs 28.
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> So I'm closing this bug report.
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