Background option for cm_PackFiles and cm_UnpackFiles

[Fla$her]

I would like cm_PackFiles and cm_UnpackFiles to have an analog of B1 for cm_Copy/cm_RenMov.
I think it's not difficult to add.

[ghisler(Author)]

I will consider it, thanks for the suggestion.

[Fla$her]

Why didn't you add the option to 11.50?

[Fla$her]

I will consider it

Have you considered it?

[ghisler(Author)]

I tried to add it, but there is currently no way to start a pack or unpack operation directly in the background. You can currently only click on "Background" during an ongoing operation, but only when it is supported by the packer/unpacker, which isn't clear from the start (e.g. archive having wrong extension).

[Fla$her]

but there is currently no way to start a pack or unpack operation directly in the background.

For the user or you, as a developer (which I doubt)?

but only when it is supported by the packer/unpacker

If the problem is only this, then what prevents implementing a background operation according to the result of pressing the 'Background' button?

[ghisler(Author)]

If the problem is only this, then what prevents implementing a background operation according to the result of pressing the 'Background' button?

Because it can only go to background once the operation has already started.

[Fla$her]

Because it can only go to background once the operation has already started.

But we have /G for this. What prevents you from making /G1 for the background?

[ghisler(Author)]

At the moment when the operation starts it's not clear whether it can actually go to the background. The operation first needs to start in the foreground, so it can open the archive and determine whether background operation is possible, then the background button can be shown. But by then the background progress has already been shown, no way to start directly in the background.

[Fla$her]

The operation first needs to start in the foreground, so it can open the archive and and determine whether background operation is possible

It sounds weird. How can the check depend on the presence of a GUI? Why can't you perform the check before the GUI appears?
Even if the problem concerns only third-party archivers with their own GUI (like 7zG), then again, nothing prevents running such applications minimized, even if they fail.

[ghisler(Author)]

How can the check depend on the presence of a GUI?

Because the check can take a long time, when a large archive needs to be opened, or when there are multiple parts.

[Fla$her]

But this is only relevant for cm_UnpackFiles. But what about cm_PackFiles?

[ghisler(Author)]

Same problem, cm_PackFiles can add files to an already existing archive.

[Fla$her]

Can you do it only for new archives (with a note about this in the description, of course)?