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Date:      Mon, 05 Jun 2000 17:07:45 +0300
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>
Cc:        Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>, Will Andrews <will@FreeBSD.org>, ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/archivers Makefile  ports/archivers/macutil            Makefile  ports/archivers/macutil/files md5             ports/archivers/macutil/patches patch-aa  ports/archivers/macutil/pkg            COMMENT DESCR PLIST
Message-ID:  <393BB431.D65D04A2@FreeBSD.org>
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Bill Fumerola wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 11:26:07PM -0700, Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrote:
>
> > Also, they are usually grouped together even if their functionality
> > are diferent, so if we move the extraction-only programs to archivers,
> > users will have to search both archivers and emulators to find
> > something that can read binhex.
> >
> > Anyway.  1-0 is hardly a valid vote.  Anybody else want to comment? :)
>
> If they are manipulating files from another format, its an archiver.
>
> If they are doing something with those files other then extracting
> or compressing or archiving (like playing them, etc) its an
> emulator.

Then Gnumeric, StarOffice, KOffice, AbiWord etc. are all emulators because they all
could "play" with files in foreign formats, and at least one of them (AbiWorld)
targeted to be replacement for the native format handler (MS World).

-Maxim



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