Re: Brasero string freeze break

[Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>]

On Fri, 2009-07-31 at 16:50 +0200, Marcel Telka wrote:
> Hi Philippe,
> 
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 03:01:58PM +0200, Philippe Rouquier wrote:
> > And instead of 
> > "Dvd+rw-format erases and formats DVD+/-R(W)"
> > I put
> > "Dvd+rw-format blanks and formats DVD+/-R(W)"
> 
> AFAIK, dvd+rw-format is name of a command. It should be written with
> lowercase d. Otherwise it won't work:
> 
> $ dvd+rw-format
> * BD/DVD±RW/-RAM format utility by <appro fy chalmers se>, version 7.1.
> - usage: dvd+rw-format [-force[=full]] [-lead-out|-blank[=full]]
>          [-ssa[=none|default|max|XXXm]] /dev/dvd
> $ Dvd+rw-format
> bash: Dvd+rw-format: command not found
> $

In which case, please avoid starting a sentence with it.

"The dvd+rw-format command blanks and formats DVD+/-R(W)"

And that feels very odd, using "DVD+/-R(W)" as an object.

"The dvd+rw-format command blanks and formats a DVD+/-R(W) disc"

But then, "DVD+/-R(W)" isn't really a format.  It's a geeky
way of describing multiple formats in one strings of letters
and punctuation.

Where is this string used?  Can we help the user better?
Is there a reason we're referring the user to a shell
command anyway?  Doesn't Brasero manage everything in
the interface?

--
Shaun