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Re: [Groff] Compression support for files?
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Ralph Corderoy |
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Re: [Groff] Compression support for files? |
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Thu, 17 Jul 2014 15:44:31 +0100 |
Hi Steffen,
> And i like to have a choice; having a choice is the essence of freedom
The free in free software doesn't mean everyone gets to add their
favourite features into the canonical source of a program; a mess would
result.
If you really want programs to handle compressed files then investigate
zlibc instead, an LD_PRELOAD library that intercepts open(2) and
friends. http://www.zlibc.linux.lu/install.html
That keeps the code separate to each program and gives just one thing to
improve.
Cheers, Ralph.