"Robert M. Muench" wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > Behalf Of Petr Krenzelok
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 8:24 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [REBOL] zip file support wanted - help needed
>
> > today I talked to Carl at Express conference. We talked about
> > possibility of adding .zip support to Rebol. Few ppl requested the
> > feature some time ago, and I can personally find it usefull.
>
> Hi Petr, yes I think it's a good idea.
>
> > write %rebol.exe read zip:///c/rebol/download/core031.zip/rebol.exe
>
> Looks OK to me.
>
> > Rebol currently has some kind of compression/decompression available.
>
> Should this be changed or a new one added?
>
Carl expressed opinion, that they internally use compression/decompression
already and would not like to add second one. I am not sure we can proceed
without knowing how it works inside Rebol. Perhaps someone from RT could
clarify or set some guidelines for us to proceed?
> > Carl agreed to support requested feature, but RT lacks enough manpower
> > to handle all tasks they need to do. So - is here anyone who knows C
> > well, and would like to code it for RT?
>
> Well, this sounds very good. I might help for this part. How to proceed?
>
as stated above. If you already know how to help the situation, or you have
anything concrete in mind, please express it here ....
> > Or at least - are there any
> > sources available to study, or even complete open source solutions (of
> > course, with licence allowing RT to add it into Rebol)?
>
> Didn't checked the license but there is a ZIP compressor within the PNG
> graphics format package. I think it's ZLIB. Don't know if its suitable but
> worth a look anyway. Robert M. Muench
>
yes: http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/zlib/
Cheers,
-pekr-
>
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