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Article #2849Re: OD under 3.0
From: John Jay Feiler
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 05:46
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 05:46
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In article <1asp4oINNnjl@gap.caltech.edu> madler@cco.caltech.edu (Mark Adler) writes: > > Volker Herminghaus-Shirai believes the documentation and says: > > >> The Disk->* Workspace menu is greyed out when the active file viewer window > >> does not display a directory on a removable media. Click on the appropriate > >> icon in the file viewer to display a (e.g. the root) directory of the > >> OD or Floppy disk. Then the Disk->Eject menu item should be selectable. > > That's the way it's supposed to work. However, there are two bug symptoms > that violate that in both directions. First, depending on what my auto- > launched applications are (seriously!), Workspace leaves the Disk menu > grayed out when a removable media is selected, whether it is the OD, CD, > or floppy. Removing Librarian from my dock fixed this. (Other combinations > of removed apps worked also.) > > The other problem is that when my dock is set up to prevent the above bug, > then if I have three removable media in there at the same time (OD, CD, and > floppy), and I have selected my root hard drive in Workspace, then the > Disk menu *is* lit, and cmd-e will eject one of the three media. I do not > know how to predict which one--it does not seem to depend on the order in > which they were mounted. > > I have sent this to bug_next. Another way to trigger this bug is to autolaunch Engage! Unfortunately, that exactly what most people would want to do with it. =-( > > Mark Adler > madler@cco.caltech.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!uwm.edu!rpi!scott.skidmore.edu!psinntp!psinntp!relief!jjfeiler From: jjfeiler@relief.com (John Jay Feiler) Subject: Re: OD under 3.0 Message-ID: <1992Oct8.054637.4581@relief.com> Sender: jjfeiler@relief.com Reply-To: jjfeiler@relief.com Organization: relief consulting References: <1asp4oINNnjl@gap.caltech.edu> Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 05:46:37 GMT Lines: 35