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diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/tdeioslave/bzip.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/tdeioslave/bzip.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..728981a7315 --- /dev/null +++ b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/tdeioslave/bzip.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +<article lang="&language;" id="bzip"> +<title +>bzip</title> +<articleinfo> +<authorgroup> +<author +>&Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail;</author> +<othercredit role="translator" +><firstname +>Malcolm</firstname +><surname +>Hunter</surname +><affiliation +><address +><email +>malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email +></address +></affiliation +><contrib +>Conversion to British English</contrib +></othercredit +> +</authorgroup> +</articleinfo> + +<para +><command +>bzip</command +> is a compression program. It is rarely used today, having been replaced with bzip2, which offers much better compression.</para> + +<para +>The bzip kioslave is not directly usable, and is intended for use as a filter. For example, the tar kioslave can filter a file through the bzip kioslave, in order to display the contents of a <literal role="extension" +>tar.bz</literal +> file directly in a &konqueror; window.</para> + +<para +>If you click on a file compressed with a <literal role="extension" +>bz</literal +> extension in &konqueror;, this kioslave is used to uncompress it and display it as a normal (uncompressed) file.</para> + +<para +>If you are a developer, and would like to use the bzip filter, you can find documentation on using kioslaves at <ulink url="http://developer.kde.org" +>http://developer.kde.org</ulink +></para> + +</article> |