i compress a folder that is in the path
/home/john/work/project/lib/compressme
but in thunar, i open the "project" folder directly using a link,
so thunar shows the path :
/home/john/Desktop/project/lib/compressme

if i create the archive "compressme" from that thunar window,
the resulting archive contains all the folders in that path :
/home/john/Desktop/project/lib/compressme

instead of just "compressme".
If i compress from the
/home/john/work/project/lib/compressme
thunar window, i get the correct behavior.