Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!feeder.news-service.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.004 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'cpython': 0.05; 'behavior.': 0.07; 'figures': 0.07; 'default.': 0.09; 'top-level': 0.09; 'am,': 0.12; 'extensions': 0.15; 'archive,': 0.16; 'curiosity,': 0.16; 'dummy': 0.16; 'subject:developer': 0.16; 'subject:user': 0.16; 'thunderbird': 0.16; 'with?': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'received:209.85.210.174': 0.18; 'received:mail- iy0-f174.google.com': 0.18; 'subject:Windows': 0.19; 'archive': 0.21; 'subject:help': 0.21; 'archives': 0.21; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.23; 'windows': 0.26; 'lee': 0.28; 'problem': 0.29; 'rarely': 0.30; 'does': 0.32; 'app': 0.32; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.32; 'it.': 0.33; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.33; 'creates': 0.34; 'message-id:@gmail.com': 0.34; 'agree': 0.34; 'all.': 0.34; 'directory.': 0.34; 'nested': 0.34; 'folder': 0.35; 'certain': 0.35; 'but': 0.37; 'open': 0.38; 'subject:with': 0.38; 'received:google.com': 0.38; 'registered': 0.38; 'received:209.85': 0.38; 'received:192': 0.38; 'case': 0.39; 'subject:: ': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'happens': 0.40; 'files': 0.40; 'received:209': 0.40; 'more': 0.60; 'choose': 0.61; 'subject: / ': 0.63; 'zip': 0.64; 'ever': 0.65; 'sans': 0.68 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=tScn4oMNqxxk+MgmSmuGn1XKn19eSXw1R2L0lgAUPc0=; b=RTP4z2h5fqK1jU365oa/aJstvqxvQQiX4siqR5vw9hGqbp4VJK6HxogrCjYXUOl40R sh9HL5MV6owVdV0j3TEnu6hhZEEm4XhTpU+eY3mrzIIugNq1xvr5bV0J/+XTHI9NX72y H/4M96oH+T5hizvy4+bFmn9GDu5TAO9NAPv2A= Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:01:42 -0500 From: Andrew Berg User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:7.0) Gecko/20110922 Thunderbird/7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "comp.lang.python" Subject: Re: Need Windows user / developer to help with Pynguin References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 21 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1319900520 news.xs4all.nl 6851 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:54747 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:15135 On 10/29/2011 9:43 AM, Lee Harr wrote: > So, windows now creates the dummy folder automatically? That is the default choice, but users are given a prompt to choose an arbitrary directory. Note that this only applies to the ZIP extractor in Explorer; other archive programs have their own behavior. I agree with you on having a top-level directory in an archive, but MS figures users are more likely to be annoyed with files scattered around the current directory than a nested directory. Unfortunately, many archives out in the wild have a top-level directory while many others don't, so one can rarely ever be certain how a given archive is organized without opening it. > Is the problem that the .zip has the same name (minus the extension)? Not at all. > Just out of curiosity, what happens if you double-click the > README sans .txt? Does it make you choose which app to open with? Typically, that is the case because files without extensions are not registered by default. -- CPython 3.2.2 | Windows NT 6.1.7601.17640 | Thunderbird 7.0