>> > In Konqueror, open a directory >> containing several compressed files. >> > >> > Select all of the files. >> > >> > Open the popup context menu (right-click). >> > >> > There is no option to compress those files into a new >> archive. >> > >> > Bug or misconfiguration? > >> Sounds like a "feature" to prevent recompression of >> compressed files, >> which almost always inflates the resultant archive to a >> larger size than >> if it was compressed once. >> >> Any thoughts from others on this list? > > About where in the code would I try to study this? The "Compress" menu > option does not appear at all. Only the Extract option. Kind of weird I > never ran into this before. > > I needed to create single archives of my Slackware 3.5.13 packages for > easier downloading. I selected the files in Konqueror and then did the > proverbial deer in the headlights act. I just stared. :) > > I had to archive the files manually in konsole. Doable for me, but not for > many people. That's why I'm asking whether this is a bug or configuration > problem. To me, there is no reason why a person can't archive a set of > archived files. > > Darrell > Correct. This sounds like a bug. The issue is probably in the konqueror service menu handling/mimetype code in tdeutils or tdebase--I suspect that when compressed files are detected the service menu providing "Extract" overrides the default service menu that provides the "Compress" options. Tim