> > This is not readable by an editor. Is there something special about the > > .gz?? > > It is GZipped. you can unzip it with `gunzip', or use `zmore' instead of > `more', or `zless' instead of `less'. Ofcourse, these are all pagers. But > I bet there's some emacs mode to read and write gzipped files.
jka-compr Putting the following line in ~/.emacs: (require 'jka-compr) you can then simply edit a gzipped file and Emacs will uncompress it automatically. (Funny how an non-Debian specific question still generates so many responses on this list!) -- Peter Galbraith, research scientist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maurice-Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada 418-775-0852 - FAX 418-775-0546 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
