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 > > -- > Justin C. Walker > Director > Institute for the Enhancement of the Director's Income > -- > Fame is fleeting, but obscurity > just drags on and on. F&E -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
