On Tue, 9 Apr 2002 00:21:34 +0200 (CEST) wrote Michele Ravani
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> MR> NB> c> I don't mean invent a new compressing method. Just use gzip or
> MR> NB> bzip2.
> MR> NB> c> The reason for the option is that people are too lazy to
> MR> compress
> MR> NB> the files and adding the option would entice them to do so.
> MR> NB>
> MR> NB> Makes sense IMHO.
> MR>
> MR> Yes, but then I would rather implement some kind of configurable
> MR> pre-send
> MR> processing feature, i.e. commands that can be executed on the various
> MR> part
> MR> of the message, such as attachments.
> MR> This would allow to integrate for instance compressing, but at the same
> MR> time be able to rely on the already available compression applications
> MR> without having to integrate a compressing algorithm in M.
> MR> This would be more flexible, IMHO
>
> OTOH, these commands could be dispayed as icons on the composer toolbar and
> implemented to act on the current selection. One could write the message,
> add the attachements, then select them and click on the 'Compress' icon,
> upon which the attachements would be compressed 'in the message'.
> The default selection (i.e. nothing selected) would be the whole message.
I'd prefer a "process when attaching" feature. (Popup after OK in the
insert-file dialog (Maybe even a context sensitive, comparable to mc's F2-menu) ?
Examples:
process inserted file:
G gzip
B bzip2
Z zip
I image conversion (convert)
R recode
L LaTeX->PS
P LaTeX->PDF
Space specify command (type any filter command)
Enter Leave as is
The cost would be an additional Enter press for every unprocessed
Attachment/Inclusion. The advantage would be that I cannot by accident
compress the whole message when I forget to select an attachment.
> For what else could such a feature be used? Virus checking?
See above. (Some options (recode, image conversion) would require additional
user input about the desired output format)
Guenter
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