From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QRBsx-0001rn-7f for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 30 May 2011 23:28:40 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A071FE0453; Mon, 30 May 2011 23:26:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 518FAE0453 for ; Mon, 30 May 2011 23:26:48 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.65,293,1304290800"; d="scan'208";a="516972144" Received: from 213-152-39-90.dsl.eclipse.net.uk (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 31 May 2011 00:26:48 +0100 Received: from [192.168.1.102] (unknown [192.168.1.102]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FA42A9400 for ; Tue, 31 May 2011 00:24:25 +0100 (BST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How do I eject an audio CD inside Gnome? From: Stroller In-Reply-To: <20110530101021.GA3749@acm.acm> Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 00:26:45 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <4DE1A80B-F40B-427A-8093-2712C703CEF4@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> References: <20110529204905.GA5736@acm.acm> <20110529221308.65f988ec@digimed.co.uk> <20110529213713.GC5736@acm.acm> <201105292356.10969.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <20110530101021.GA3749@acm.acm> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 02aafc3e5c0e322507c75d51a06be042 On 30/5/2011, at 11:10am, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > ... > Right clicking on "Audio Disc" gives an "eject" menu point. YUCK!!! = If > I'd've wanted an Apple Macintosh, I know where to buy one. I just = want > my drive's eject button to work. Your Linux box isn't working, and you're complaining about Macs? That seems a little inappropriate. Let me assure you: when a Mac has a hardware button, it will work just = fine. It won't be disabled for no reason.=20 This is why I use Mac for the desktop. Because when I get home after a = hard day's work fixing computers I don't want to have to do a "bat shit = crazy amount of work to keep things working" [1]. I don't want the kind = of grief you've been experiencing with this issue. I'd *love* to use = Linux on the desktop, but it's stuff like this that discourages me. Right-clicking a CD to get an eject menu is very well-established across = all UIs. It's better established in Windows, in fact (since c 95), than = it is in Macs, which used to be criticised because one dragged the CD = "to the trash" (actually, the Trash icon changes to an eject icon as = soon as you start to drag a CD in MacOS). I would be *extremely* = surprised to hear that KDE didn't have a right-click eject menu option = when I last used it seriously a decade ago. None of this need prevent = the drive's physical eject button working - it should be possible for = the o/s to be aware of that (as it is in Windows, for instance). I'd be the first to admit that Macs have flaws, but this isn't one (or = two) of them. > It gets worse. If you double click on "Audio Disc", it opens a window > with the "files" uselessly displayed. =20 I'll bet it doesn't display the actual files. Audio CDs don't have = files, they have a single spiral of wav-like audio data. AIUI Linux = desktops *present* audio CDs so that they *appear* as audio files, so = that you can more conveniently drag and drop them to your MP3 music = collection. Typically there is a preference which allows you to choose = between copying them as MP3, AAC, FLAC &c - the audio data will be = transcoded to the selected format only after you drag & drop the icons = in another folder.=20 Stroller. [1] Alan McKinnon, 28 May 2011 9:06:34 am GMT+01:00=