bug#25076: 24.5; Enhancement request: Make `archive-mode' more Dired like (sorting etc.)

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 08:13:00 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: alan@idiocy.org, 25076@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> I think opening Dired on a temporary extraction is probably the
> way to go.  Do you want to rename this enhancement request to that
> effect, or do you want a new request for that?

No, I think the current request is fine.  Especially since Michael
suggested a different solution, using file handlers.

> Once that is available, a question will be whether, by default,
> `dired-find-file' and `find-file' should open an archive file in
> archive mode or should open Dired on (a temporary extraction of) it.

Not sure.  Probably should be a user option.