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Smart default filename option for new multi-file archives #501

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Darklocq opened this issue Dec 12, 2019 · 3 comments
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Smart default filename option for new multi-file archives #501

Darklocq opened this issue Dec 12, 2019 · 3 comments

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@Darklocq
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I guess it's not completely terrible that Keka produces something like Compressed file.7z by default when you create a new multi-file archive. Various other tools, including the built-in Apple Archive Utility.app, do something similar.

However, it would be more helpful if, when all the filenames start with a common character string, to use that in the resulting archive file name. E.g., when I 7z up a pile of files:

  • Keka_2019-12-12-070227_Serenity.hang
  • Keka_2019-12-12-074453_Serenity.cpu_resource.diag
  • Keka_2019-12-12-074847_Serenity.hang
  • Keka_2019-12-12-064818_Serenity.hang
  • Keka_2019-12-12-064226_Serenity.hang
  • Keka_2019-12-12-064226-1_Serenity.hang
  • Keka_2019-12-12-064529_Serenity.cpu_resource.diag

it would be useful to have Keka write out Keka_2019-12-12-… archive.7z. Using the Unicode 'Horizontal Ellipsis' (U+2026) character (rather than the three-char ... string) should be platform-agnostic and use up minimal space.

Also, using "archive" instead of "compressed file" would be more concise and more consistent with various other apps, including Apple's. That even goes for when none of the files start with the same string, and the output from Keka would thus just be something like Archive.7z or Archive.zip. Maybe this bit is a separate feature request, actually; but I don't want to create more tickets than necessary.

@gingerbeardman
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Related #188

@aonez aonez added this to the Look at milestone Dec 12, 2019
@aonez aonez self-assigned this Dec 12, 2019
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aonez commented Dec 12, 2019

Thanks for the reminder @gingerbeardman 😅

@Darklocq doing that common string is a cool idea but I think the result won't always be the desired or can be confusing. Not sure about that one.

About changing to Archive, maybe I can create a poll in Twitter... Already done. Right now you can customize the name for all the file, but makes sense to:

  • Customize only the default/fallback name

@aonez
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aonez commented Dec 20, 2019

@Darklocq This was in fact a duplicate, sort of, from #236.

Take a look at the latest dev build:
https://github.com/aonez/Keka/releases/tag/v1.2.0-dev.3742

You can set a custom name for compression using placeholders. For this issue, you'll want to use %s that prints the shared name.

Take a look and let me know any thought on #236 😊

@aonez aonez closed this as completed Dec 20, 2019
@aonez aonez modified the milestones: Look at, 1.2.0 Dec 20, 2019
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