# Vim documentation: pi_gzip

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    *pi_gzip.txt*	For Vim version 9.2.  Last change: 2026 Feb 14

    		  VIM REFERENCE MANUAL	  by Bram Moolenaar

    Editing compressed files with Vim		*gzip* *bzip2* *compress*

    1. Autocommands			|gzip-autocmd|

    The functionality mentioned here is a |standard-plugin|.
    This plugin is only available if 'compatible' is not set.
    You can avoid loading this plugin by setting the "loaded_gzip" variable:
    	:let loaded_gzip = 1

    							*g:gzip_exec*

    For security reasons, one may prevent that Vim runs executables automatically
    when opening a buffer.  This option (default: "1") can be used to prevent
    executing the executables command when set to "0":
    	:let g:gzip_exec = 0

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    1. Autocommands						*gzip-autocmd*

    The plugin installs autocommands to intercept reading and writing of files
    with these extensions:

    	extension	compression
    	*.bz2		bzip2
    	*.bz3		bzip3
    	*.gz		gzip
    	*.lz		lzip
    	*.lz4		lz4
    	*.lzma		lzma
    	*.xz		xz
    	*.Z		compress (Lempel-Ziv)
    	*.zst		zstd

    That's actually the only thing you need to know.  There are no options.

    After decompressing a file, the filetype will be detected again.  This will
    make a file like "foo.c.gz" get the "c" filetype.

    If you have 'patchmode' set, it will be appended after the extension for
    compression.  Thus editing the patchmode file will not give you the automatic
    decompression.  You have to rename the file if you want this.

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