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This seems pretty simple, but I didn't know about it. I have Stuffit Deluxe 8 installed, and I just realized you could select files and folder in the finder, and hit cmd +s to create a stuffit archive of your selections. That's so cool. I just wish there was a pref to change it to zip (I use zip more than sit).
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Use Command-S to create Stuffit archives
I can't believe that this was published as a hint. The command-key equivalent command-S for "stuff" exists only when MagicMenu is running, and it's not modifiable.
Use Command-S to create Stuffit archives
You can set a keyboard shortcut for Ziping files.
Use Command-S to create Stuffit archives
That's good to know, thanks for the tip. I personally use Stuffit because I have noticed that zip files created using Panther's "create archive" feature contains invisible files that become visible when unzipped on a PC. It usually confuses my clients.
Use Command-S to create Stuffit archives
"You can set a keyboard shortcut for Ziping files.
Use Command-S to create Stuffit archives
I was the one who submitted this hint. I'm sorry people felt that it wasn't worthy of publishing. I personally don't think that every hint needs to be a system-level hack that only die-hard geeks will appreciate. Sometimes, they can just be little productivity tips for a specific app. I personally appreciate those hints.
Use Command-S to create Stuffit archives
Hints that are specific to an app need to clearly state the app requirement, and this one doesn't. Cmd-S does nothing in the Finder on a normal Panther install.
Use Command-S to create Stuffit archives
This is a hint??
applescript tool to make zip/bzip archives
the following applescript makes tar-bzip2 archives out of any selected folder. put it in your finder tool bar or add it to the action menu. select a folder and then click the tool.
you can modify it to make zip files too of course. But zip and bzip are not natively aware of HFS file resource forks/meta data. tell application "Finder"
try
activate
set frontWin to folder of front window as string
set frontWinPath to (get POSIX path of frontWin)
do shell script "perl -we '$x = \"" & frontWinPath &
"\"; die \"aborting: can not parse \n$x\n\" unless
$x =~ m(^(.*/)([^/]*)/$);$a = quotemeta($x);$d =
quotemeta($1);$t= quotemeta($2);$y = $t.\".tbz2\";die
\"aborting: source is not a folder\n$x\n\" unless
-d $1 and -d $x; die \"aborting: target exists\n
$y\n\" if -f \"$d/$y\";$command = \"cd $a/.. &&
tar --bzip2 -cf $y $t\"; exec $command '"
on error error_message
beep
display dialog error_message buttons ¬
{"OK"} default button 1
end try
activate
end tell
end run
IMPORTANT NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: I have seriously modified the above script so that it will display in a much narrower fashion. If you're using this script, you'll need to modify the do shell script... line. Remove every line break, replacing each with a single space. The end of the script is the line that starts with tar --bzip2....
Use Command-S to create Stuffit archives
I was the one who submitted this hint. I'm sorry people felt that it wasn't worthy of publishing. I personally don't think that every hint needs to be a system-level hack that only die-hard geeks will appreciate. Sometimes, they can just be little productivity tips for a specific app. I personally appreciate those hints.
Use Command-S to create Stuffit archives
I agree. Sometimes the simplest "hints" are the most useful. Thank you.
Use Command-S to create Stuffit archives
I agree with you too. It as much or more drive space to store someone's whine about the hint as it does to store the hint. It takes just as much or more bandwidth for me to bring the whines to my broswer as it does for me to bring the hint. Etc.
Use Command-S to create Stuffit archives
You may be right about that, but I still regard tips that can be 'discovered' by clicking on a menu as weak.
No argument with you there.
I've no argument with you there. My argument is only with people who go out of their way to spend more time and a similar amount of electrons and bandwidth just to make someone else feel bad and themselves feel superior.
Use Command-S to create Stuffit archives
And Command-U unstuffs a file. I use this every day. You can choose to zip instead of stuff (Command-Option 3), but why exactly would you want to do that? It has no benefits over Stuffing.
All Mac files?
The Stuffit SitX format will not save permissions properly. Everything seems to come out with rwxr-xr-x after unstuffing it. Also, it won't handle HFS+ arbitrary named forks (although no archiving tool seems to handle this).
Use Command-S to create Stuffit archives
I tried this hint and it didn't work until I enabled Magic Menu Command keys in the preferences. |
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