Re: [PHP-DOC] Bug #16476 Updated: unpacking

2002-04-11 Thread Thomas Schöfbeck
Hi Goba, I know the link, which unfortuntely pointed "only" to an "ugly" commandline-tool (who reads the text till the end? ;). That's the reason why I've moved the para about the "colorful" tools to almost the top. Cu, Thomas Gabor Hojtsy wrote: > > the arguments for both gz and bzip2 make s

Re: [PHP-DOC] Bug #16476 Updated: unpacking

2002-04-09 Thread Gabor Hojtsy
> the arguments for both gz and bzip2 make sense to me (user-friendliness and > dl-size). > > We Austrians tend alsways to a compromise ;) > > If it stays at bzip2: Why not write a link at the doc-download-page to the > somewhere mentioned FAQ-Page, and list there some Freeware for Win like > Ulti

Re: [PHP-DOC] Bug #16476 Updated: unpacking

2002-04-09 Thread Thomas Schöfbeck
Hi all, the arguments for both gz and bzip2 make sense to me (user-friendliness and dl-size). We Austrians tend alsways to a compromise ;) If it stays at bzip2: Why not write a link at the doc-download-page to the somewhere mentioned FAQ-Page, and list there some Freeware for Win like UltimateZ

Re: [PHP-DOC] Bug #16476 Updated: unpacking

2002-04-09 Thread Gabor Hojtsy
> Let's agree to disagree :) > I still think .zip or .tar.gz is the right way to go for Windows users. I can understand why it's important, but I don't like the idea. BTW it seems most of the guys think that .tar.gz should be back... Goba

Re: [PHP-DOC] Bug #16476 Updated: unpacking

2002-04-08 Thread Andi Gutmans
Let's agree to disagree :) I still think .zip or .tar.gz is the right way to go for Windows users. Andi At 09:10 08/04/2002 +0200, Gabor Hojtsy wrote: > > I definitely would go for either .zip or .tar.gz. I think .zip on Windows > > is preferable but as .tar.gz is supported by Winzip it's OK too

Re: [PHP-DOC] Bug #16476 Updated: unpacking

2002-04-08 Thread derick
On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, Mark Kronsbein wrote: > > > > BTW why don't we provide a .doc format of the manual? > > Because Word has problems with documents over 100 Pages ;) And it can not be easily generated. Derick ---

Re: [PHP-DOC] Bug #16476 Updated: unpacking

2002-04-08 Thread Hartmut Holzgraefe
Gabor Hojtsy wrote: > BTW why don't we provide a .doc format of the manual? because people would start to *work* on the doc version and hand in modifications or even translations in doc format ;o -- Hartmut Holzgraefe [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.six.de/ +49-711-99091-77

Re: [PHP-DOC] Bug #16476 Updated: unpacking

2002-04-08 Thread Mark Kronsbein
> BTW why don't we provide a .doc format of the manual? Because Word has problems with documents over 100 Pages ;) SCNR Mark -- German Gabber Network @ http://www.gabber.de Infos und Tips zu PHP http://www.php-homepage.de

RE: [PHP-DOC] Bug #16476 Updated: unpacking

2002-04-08 Thread Stig S. Bakken
gt;From: Gabor Hojtsy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > >Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 11:46 PM > > >To: Sander Roobol; Simone Cortesi > > >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; PHP Documentation > > >List > > >Subject: Re: [PHP-DOC] Bug

RE: [PHP-DOC] Bug #16476 Updated: unpacking

2002-04-08 Thread Stig S. Bakken
, April 07, 2002 11:46 PM > >To: Sander Roobol; Simone Cortesi > >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; PHP Documentation > >List > >Subject: Re: [PHP-DOC] Bug #16476 Updated: unpacking > > > > > > > >> > Anyway, the

Re: [PHP-DOC] Bug #16476 Updated: unpacking

2002-04-07 Thread Gabor Hojtsy
> I definitely would go for either .zip or .tar.gz. I think .zip on Windows > is preferable but as .tar.gz is supported by Winzip it's OK too. > I don't think it's right to start educating windows users like Gabor says. > It has nothing to do with bzip2 being hard but with the fact that barely > a

RE: [PHP-DOC] Bug #16476 Updated: unpacking

2002-04-07 Thread Andi Gutmans
D]] >Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 11:46 PM >To: Sander Roobol; Simone Cortesi >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; PHP Documentation >List >Subject: Re: [PHP-DOC] Bug #16476 Updated: unpacking > > > > >> > Anyway, the files unpack j

RE: [PHP-DOC] Bug #16476 Updated: unpacking

2002-04-07 Thread James Cox
]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; PHP Documentation List Subject: Re: [PHP-DOC] Bug #16476 Updated: unpacking > >> > Anyway, the files unpack just fine on w2k with the right tools > >> [tm] (i > >> > used cygwin, bunzip2). If it doesn't work for you your tools are > >>

Re: [PHP-DOC] Bug #16476 Updated: unpacking

2002-04-07 Thread Gabor Hojtsy
> >> > Anyway, the files unpack just fine on w2k with the right tools > >> [tm] (i > >> > used cygwin, bunzip2). If it doesn't work for you your tools are > >> broken > >> > or you don't know how to use them. > >> > >> Again, as nobody on windows is familiar with bzip2, which is > >> perfectly

Re: [PHP-DOC] Bug #16476 Updated: unpacking

2002-04-07 Thread Philip Olson
Although bzip2 is better I must vote +1 for .tar.gz Supporting how to use bunzip2 on windows is a bit of a pain. Hopefully that will change one day. Regards, Philip On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Sander Roobol wrote: > On 2002.04.07 20:30 Simone Cortesi wrote: > > At 20.19 07/04/02 +0200, [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [PHP-DOC] Bug #16476 Updated: unpacking

2002-04-07 Thread Sander Roobol
On 2002.04.07 20:30 Simone Cortesi wrote: > At 20.19 07/04/02 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > Anyway, the files unpack just fine on w2k with the right tools >> [tm] (i >> > used cygwin, bunzip2). If it doesn't work for you your tools are >> broken >> > or you don't know how to use them.

Re: [PHP-DOC] Bug #16476 Updated: unpacking

2002-04-07 Thread Simone Cortesi
At 20.19 07/04/02 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Anyway, the files unpack just fine on w2k with the right tools [tm] (i > > used cygwin, bunzip2). If it doesn't work for you your tools are broken > > or you don't know how to use them. > >Again, as nobody on windows is familiar with bzip2, wh

Re: [PHP-DOC] Bug #16476 Updated: unpacking

2002-04-07 Thread derick
On 7 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > winzip and winrar suck and aren't available on every platform and have > bad compression. winzip can decompress tar.gz just fine, and winzip is installed at almost every box. Why the f*ck is the manual compressed with bzip2 then? No single windows user