Those pesky icons

Submitted by Gannet on Sat, 2007-02-03 00:21
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I've just noticed that folder Icons don't seem to be working (again?), though this is also happening in 1.3.1 so it's not related to 1.4. Then Icon file gets saved and restored properly on extraction but the folder flag does not. Tried with .zip and .tar and same result. Also, if I try to extract the Icon file by itself from the archive, version 1.4 gives me an error.

And another smaller issue, while extracting stuff recognises the presence of resource forks and is able to display the progress bar correctly the same does not happen when saving. Would it be possible to have any potential ._ files get displayed in the list as soon you add files (ie, before saving)?

‹ Extracting files from archives with non-english named items inside... The application BetterZip quit unexpectedly (solved) ›
Submitted by Robert on Sat, 2007-02-03 00:38.

Yeah, those icons are a problem. I'll work on that next. The resource forks are extracted the moment the archive is created. At the moment this would be a lot of work to change, but you are right, it would look much better. I'll think about it.

Submitted by Gannet on Sat, 2007-04-21 00:49.

Just noticed what the problem here is - the apple double header isn't being created for folders. If you haven't already fixed it, that is :)

Submitted by Robert on Sat, 2007-04-21 09:27.

Thank you, Gannet! And yes, it is already fixed. The next version will no longer have this problem.

Submitted by Gannet on Wed, 2007-04-25 07:50.

Good to hear :)

Btw, Bzip2 doesn't really have a compression setting. The number used simply specifies the block size and defaults to 9. High (usually) means slightly better compression but comes at no cost of speed. Lower uses less memory but of course that's only useful if your computer is 20 years old.
Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that I'd suggest leaving it at the default and not have the setting adjustable.

Submitted by Robert on Wed, 2007-04-25 15:46.

Oh, I obviously missed the small print in the bzip2 man page. I'll take it out with the next version.