[Etoys] Opening a zip file

[Milan Zimmermann]

On April 9, 2009, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> On 09.04.2009, at 07:15, Milan Zimmermann wrote:
> > On March 18, 2009, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> > <...>
> >
> > > Etoys is the only pre-installed activity that can open zip files.
> >
> > When
> >
> > > you click on a zip file in the Journal, it opens in Etoys, and Etoys
> > > shows a little menu (probably in the upper-left corner):
> >
> > I just read about content files - Maybe we can make a (temporary)
> > olpc-extract.xo Content (xo) file that would open the zip in Etoys.
>
> Well it does open in Etoys already. There just is no simple way to
> extract to the Journal, yet.

ah I see. I thought there was a way because if I "highlight text and copy" 
from Etoys and the text appears in Journal, with a few associations. But yes I 
guess I did not see an example where a file (or files) would be put on 
clipboard...
>
> > Probably an overkill in terms of size?
>
> What size do you mean?


i ment squeak size (could be smaller if tool only did  zip/unzip). I think 
that would only be a potential issue if many were kept open. 

Thanks - MIlan

>
> - Bert -


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