Thomas Perl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello! > > On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:42:16 +0200 George Danchev wrote: >> On Saturday 18 November 2006 11:33, Adrian von Bidder wrote: >> > If they can't be used with the exact same commandline, there's no >> > sense in providing these virtual packages because the programs need >> > explicit support for each of those programs. (And especially with >> > these writing applications, arcane options need to be specified in >> > many cases, so it's not a case of a common API with some few extra >> > options a backend might use if it has specific support.) >> >> Fair concern, but this is also true for other already existing >> virtual packages -- editor comes to mind. Isn't it more important >> what a functionality is being provided, and not so important how it >> is provided. > > Yeah, but an editor just takes one or more filenames as arguments and > opens/edits these. For burning to a CD/DVD, you have to specify a bunch > of options before cdrecord (for example) burns the disc (driver, > device, speed, burnproof options, etc..). > > It's not like a "cd-writer myfile.iso" will burn the iso to CD/DVD, is > it? Or at least not until we have a wrapper for every cd burning tool > there is.
Actualy it will. Udev sets the /dev/cdrw link and wodim defaults to that. All you have to do is wodim myfile.iso and it will burn it for you. But I guess that is an exception. > Enjoy. > Thomas MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]