Comment 74 for bug 389176
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| Beni Cherniavsky (cben) wrote Re: Have the file-roller automatically extract an archive on double click | #74 |
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(Get the code!)
Switching the default action to Archive Mounter seems superior to extraction:
- Doesn't modify your hard disk - no danger, no problem if low free space.
- Fully familiar nautilus interface!
- Behaves as real file system, e.g. you can move between images in EOG.
Summary of work needed before adopting it (also documenting on the wiki):
- Testing and discussion! It's also a radical interface change.
- Bug #296585: the archive is mounted but nautilus window is not opened.
Until it's fixed, it's unusable as default action. There is a proposed simple fix.
- There has been concerns that only gnome apps can open files inside a mounted archive.
This is AFAIK not a problem, as nowdays they are FUSE-mounted under ~/.gvfs/, which is the path passed to apps.
- It's too transparent: the archive is mounted read-only, and no clear indication for being an archive is given.
A yellow bar with explanation and buttons ([Extract], [Open in Archive Manager] ?) would be nice.