Feature: Add 7z dictionary and word size options#18232
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Works as expected.
I would recommend adding estimated memory usage as with these options you can go well above what the system has available causing Files/the system to lag or crash. 7zip will show it has amount used for compression/what you have available (it only checks once when the dialog is opened)/total installed
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The estimated memory usage it quite low to what is actually gets used. Based on Task manager shows with the same settings in both
7zip estimates 13.89GB and uses that.
Files estimates 3.32GB uses about 15.5GB (Removing what Files uses based on amount before compression started)
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