On Mon, Feb 28, 2000 at 04:05:21PM -0000, Carrasco Benitez Manuel wrote:
> Do you know if there have been discoussion on
> supporting the direct viewing of zip files ?
> Something like:
>
> file:///myfile.zip
> file:///myfile.zip/index.html
>
> or bit more complicated
> http://mymachine.com/myfile.zip
> http://mymachine.com/myfile.zip/index.html
>
> There result of the above should to show one
> file/directory and not to interpret it as a request
> to download the "myfile.zip". I am aware that
> this would need more thinking ...
>
> It came to me while writing the specifications for "Xdossier"
> http://www.dragoman.org/xdossier/doc/draft-carrasco-xdossier.01.txt
>
> A example of Xdossier
> http://esubmission.eudra.org/ectd
Emacs' "dired" feature allows one to look in
.tar-files.
Whatever software, the file has to be downloaded
first, right? So, just do that.
Then use your favorite tool for examining it.
Seems to me like the best solution.
