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document on-the-fly decompression for file viewer

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Axel Kohlmeyer
2024-07-29 20:13:09 -04:00
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@ -500,10 +500,16 @@ context menu that open the corresponding documentation page in the
online LAMMPS documentation in a web browser window. When using the
keyboard, the first of those entries is chosen.
.. versionadded:: 1.6
If the word under the cursor is a file, then additionally the context
menu has an entry to open the file in a read-only text viewer window.
This is a convenient way to view the contents of files that are
referenced in the input.
referenced in the input. The file viewer also supports on-the-fly
decompression based on the file name suffix in a :ref:`similar fashion
as available with LAMMPS <gzip>`. If the necessary decompression
program is missing or the file cannot be decompressed, the viewer window
will contain a corresponding message.
Menu
----
@ -523,7 +529,7 @@ The ``File`` menu offers the usual options:
- ``New`` clears the current buffer and resets the file name to ``*unknown*``
- ``Open`` opens a dialog to select a new file for editing in the *Editor*
- ``View`` opens a dialog to select a file for viewing in a *separate* window (read-only)
- ``View`` opens a dialog to select a file for viewing in a *separate* window (read-only) with support for on-the-fly decompression as explained above.
- ``Save`` saves the current file; if the file name is ``*unknown*``
a dialog will open to select a new file name
- ``Save As`` opens a dialog to select and new file name (and folder, if