You can visit a .tar.bz2 file with GNU Emacs 23, and it works.  If I
rename the .spkg file to .tar.bz2, it works.  But I don't see how to
tell Emacs that .spkg == .tar.bz2...

Bill

On Nov 12, 3:45 pm, "Justin C. Walker" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Nov 12, 2011, at 15:34 , Bill Janssen wrote:
>
> > As spkg files are simply tar files, possibly compressed, it would be
> > nice to use the tar-mode in Emacs to visit them.  Any way to do that?
>
> The first thing to overcome is that .spkg files are actually .bzip2'd tar 
> files.  Does the emacs's tar-mode support that?  In my limited testing, it 
> appears not, but I've never used it, so I can't be sure.
>
> Justin
>
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