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Icons can be archived into a tar, tar.gz and tar.bz2 format by using the Archive as action in the icon context menu. Archiving is always based on the current selection. The resulting archive file is placed in the current folder and its name is generated from the first icon in the selection. Note that an icon may be part of a chain - any embedded icons will also be included in the archive.
Extracting icons
For archived formats (e.g. tar.gz) Metview offers the Extract action in the icon context menu.
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