RE: EFS and gnome/kde (was Re: Request: Test suite for EFS.)

[Svanberg Liss <lisss ydab se>]

> I have talked to a kde developer today and efs was mentioned. The kde guys
> would be very interested in discusing this. A unified gnome/kde file
> format would go along way. They will be in gnome-kde@gnome.org. Anyone
> interested should meet there.
<...>
> > Let's not forget that GMC already has the ability to peek inside
> > compound files like tar files.  There's absolutely no reason why
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Would it be possible to use the tar format, instead of a special
gnome/kde-file-in-a-filesystem format?
Tar is standard, and will probably remain as a standard for compund files.

// Liss