Re: [Nano-devel] .gz support, DONE

[Chris Allegretta]

Hey Tilman,

Impressive work!  What say ye -devel folks?

On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 4:23 PM, Tilman WEIERS <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Chris:
>
> I suggested adding support for .gz files to nano on 2 September 2015. I
> then understood that members of the mailing list were apprehensive since an
> implementation seemed cumbersome. I thus decided to implement support
> for .gz files myself. You will find my changes annexed to this email.
> My changeset is based on nano 2.5.0.
>
> My changes affect one file only, which is files.c. As I commenced
> implementation, I reviewed the support for .gz files in vim and in lv.
> Both vim and lv rely on the gzip system command. My review thus
> suggested that the approach via the gzip system command is preferred to
> other approaches such as shell script or zlib.
>
> Please do not hesitate and come back should you have questions. I am
> certainly happy for you to merge my changes into the main branch of
> nano.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tilman WEIERS