Re: [Cooker] zip/unzip ark Kde

2002-09-12 Thread o beckles
Leon Brooks wrote: On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 11:39, Richard Houser wrote: Zip and Unzip really aren't used that much in the linux world from my experience StarOffice/OpenOffice and now KOffice pack their documents with it. Sorry, that makes it `required' for me even if the ability to port

Re: [Cooker] zip/unzip ark Kde

2002-09-12 Thread Felix Miata
o beckles wrote: Leon Brooks wrote: On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 11:39, Richard Houser wrote: Zip and Unzip really aren't used that much in the linux world from my experience StarOffice/OpenOffice and now KOffice pack their documents with it. Sorry, that makes it `required' for me even if

Re: [Cooker] zip/unzip ark Kde

2002-09-12 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:03:58 -0400 Felix Miata [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I get an unusable install, the first thing I want to do is copy all the logs to an msdos partition, which can be rather troublesome without zip. Why? Both winzip and zip magic, and most win users have one or the

Re: [Cooker] zip/unzip ark Kde

2002-09-12 Thread Felix Miata
Charles A Edwards wrote: On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:03:58 -0400 Felix Miata [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I get an unusable install, the first thing I want to do is copy all the logs to an msdos partition, which can be rather troublesome without zip. Why? Both winzip and zip magic, and

Re: [Cooker] zip/unzip ark Kde

2002-09-12 Thread Tulear
o beckles wrote: Felix Miata wrote: Charles A Edwards wrote: On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:03:58 -0400 Felix Miata [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I get an unusable install, the first thing I want to do is copy all the logs to an msdos partition, which can be rather troublesome

Re: [Cooker] zip/unzip ark Kde

2002-09-12 Thread Felix Miata
huug wrote: Today, Felix Miata [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Charles A Edwards wrote: On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:03:58 -0400 Felix Miata [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I get an unusable install, the first thing I want to do is copy all the logs to an msdos partition, which can be rather

Re: [Cooker] zip/unzip ark Kde

2002-09-12 Thread Ben Reser
On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 03:17:26PM -0400, o beckles wrote: I think adding simple tools like zip and rar would help to make the distribution easier to use for newbies, windows converts and people have to work in windows environments. I don't think a majority of users live in a 100% Linux

Re: [Cooker] zip/unzip ark Kde

2002-09-11 Thread Richard Houser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Götz Waschk wrote: | Am Dienstag, 10. September 2002, 09:51:17 Uhr MET, schrieb Ben Reser: | |On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 06:31:19AM +, Jose wrote: | |I noticed on a fresh install that one of my students was trying to open |up a zip package from

Re: [Cooker] zip/unzip ark Kde

2002-09-11 Thread Leon Brooks
On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 11:39, Richard Houser wrote: Zip and Unzip really aren't used that much in the linux world from my experience StarOffice/OpenOffice and now KOffice pack their documents with it. Sorry, that makes it `required' for me even if the ability to port Windows apps and muck

[Cooker] zip/unzip ark Kde

2002-09-10 Thread Jose
I noticed on a fresh install that one of my students was trying to open up a zip package from within Kde, but it wouldn't open up because ark complained that zip was not installed. Shouldn't ark's depend on zip and unzip?

Re: [Cooker] zip/unzip ark Kde

2002-09-10 Thread Ben Reser
On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 06:31:19AM +, Jose wrote: I noticed on a fresh install that one of my students was trying to open up a zip package from within Kde, but it wouldn't open up because ark complained that zip was not installed. Shouldn't ark's depend on zip and unzip? No because ark

Re: [Cooker] zip/unzip ark Kde

2002-09-10 Thread Götz Waschk
Am Dienstag, 10. September 2002, 09:51:17 Uhr MET, schrieb Ben Reser: On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 06:31:19AM +, Jose wrote: I noticed on a fresh install that one of my students was trying to open up a zip package from within Kde, but it wouldn't open up because ark complained that zip was

Re: [Cooker] zip/unzip ark Kde

2002-09-10 Thread Ben Reser
On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 06:55:06PM +0200, Götz Waschk wrote: Come on, the kde packages depend on so many other not really needed stuff, these two additional packages won't make a difference. As I find things that shouldn't be required that are I recommend that they be removed. In most cases

Re: [Cooker] zip/unzip ark Kde

2002-09-10 Thread Jose
I agree somewhat, however a new user trying Linux out for the first time probably won't be able to figure it out. I view it as a matter of polish. I guess it just doesn't matter :( On Tue, 2002-09-10 at 17:21, Ben Reser wrote: On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 06:55:06PM +0200, Götz Waschk wrote:

Re: [Cooker] zip/unzip ark Kde

2002-09-10 Thread Mark Piper
On Tue, 2002-09-10 at 13:35, Jose wrote: I agree somewhat, however a new user trying Linux out for the first time probably won't be able to figure it out. I view it as a matter of polish. I guess it just doesn't matter :( IMHO: As a once newbie linux user, I remember being confused by this.

Re: [Cooker] zip/unzip ark Kde

2002-09-10 Thread Felix Miata
Mark Piper wrote: IMHO: As a once newbie linux user, I remember being confused by this. It should matter, and they should be installed! Mandrake is by no means a minimalist distro. And if memory serves correctly, I think I manually had to link gunzip to unzip, or else ark complained...