Hi, arc-mode doesn't set coding-system-for-read when opening files inside a zip file. So when opening pictures I often get format error due to ascii conversion, as my default coding-system is raw-text. The patch below sets coding-system-for-read while reading the file, and buffer-file-coding-system on the resulting buffer. Works for me. -- René xemacs-packages/os-utils/ChangeLog addition: 2006-08-17 René Kyllingstad <listmailxemacs(a)kyllingstad.com&gt; * arc-mode.el (archive-extract): set coding-system-for-read and buffer-file-coding-system XEmacs Packages source patch: Diff command: cvs -q diff -u Files affected: xemacs-packages/os-utils/arc-mode.el Index: xemacs-packages/os-utils/arc-mode.el =================================================================== RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/packages/xemacs-packages/os-utils/arc-mode.el,v retrieving revision 1.5 diff -u -u -r1.5 arc-mode.el --- xemacs-packages/os-utils/arc-mode.el 2005/01/30 14:40:06 1.5 +++ xemacs-packages/os-utils/arc-mode.el 2006/08/17 13:16:45 ＠＠ -815,6 +815,7 ＠＠ (descr (archive-get-descr)) (ename (aref descr 0)) (iname (aref descr 1)) + (coding-system-for-read (find-file-coding-system-for-read-from-filename iname)) (archive-buffer (current-buffer)) (arcdir default-directory) (archive (buffer-file-name)) ＠＠ -835,6 +836,7 ＠＠ (expand-file-name (concat arcname ":" iname))) (setq buffer-file-truename (abbreviate-file-name buffer-file-name)) + (setq buffer-file-coding-system coding-system-for-read) ;; Set the default-directory to the dir of the superior buffer. (setq default-directory arcdir) (make-local-variable 'archive-superior-buffer)