In a recent note, Thomas Dickey said:
> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 08:06:29 -0500 (EST)
>
> iirc, libz is supposed to be able to do uncompress (perhaps with some
> option - I don't recall that). It would be useful to have that, though
> the bug that I'm interested in at the moment is whether the external
> uncompress is working properly.
>
gunzip will quietly uncompress (no option required) when it
recognizes a compressed file.
A couple things I've wished for in this area:
o gunzip (and various others) can work as filters (pipe;
no temp file required). It would be nice to:
- see a partial display during transmission on a slow link.
- Not tie up the temp space for an otherwise unneeded temp
file.
However:
- using a filter would require retransmitting the file when
switching between source and rendered display or resizing
the screen window. (Same thing happens when invoking Lynx
with a character special file as the command argument,
then switching to source display.)
o I notice (mostly) that when I leave and re-enter a compressed
page, it gets retransmitted. It would be better if a cached
copy were available. However this may merely be Lynx's
respecting a short (zero?) expiration time supplied by the
server.
o Using filters is somewhat related to my wish for streaming
to an external viewer when the .mailcap entry omits a "%s"
conversion specification, rather than writing to a temp file
then redirecting that file to stdin of the viewer.
-- gil
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