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 ====== Xfburn - a simple CD/DVD/Blu-ray burning tool====== ====== Xfburn - a simple CD/DVD/Blu-ray burning tool======
  
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 ===== Introduction ===== ===== Introduction =====
  
-Xfburn is a simple CD/DVD/Blu-ray burning tool based on [[http://libburnia-project.org|libburnia]], which are set of libraries and CLI apps. It can blank/erase rewritable media (CD-RW/DVD-RW), compcreate and burn/write ISO images, create and burn audio CDs, as well as burn personal compositions of data to either CD or DVD.+Xfburn is a simple CD/DVD/Blu-ray burning tool based on [[http://libburnia-project.org|libburnia]], which are set of libraries and CLI apps. It can blank or erase rewritable media (CD-RW/DVD-RW), create and burn ISO images and audio CDs, as well as burn personal compositions of data to either CD or DVD.
  
- +For more detailed information, please have a look at the [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/xfburn/-/blob/master/README.md|README]] or the [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/xfburn/-/blob/master/NEWS|NEWS]] file.
-For more detailed information please have a look at the README or the NEWS file.+
  
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 <figure "xfburn dialog"> <figure "xfburn dialog">
-{{:apps:xfburn:xfburn-0.4.1.jpg?350|:apps:xfburn:xfburn-0.4.1.jpg}} +{{:apps:xfburn:xfburn-main-window.jpg?0x350|xfburn dialog}} 
-{{:apps:xfburn:xfburn-0.6.2.png?350|:apps:xfburn:xfburn-0.6.2.png}}+</figure> 
 +<figure "xfburn progress dialog"> 
 +{{:apps:xfburn:xfburn-progress-dialog.png?0x450|xfburn progress dialog}}
 </figure> </figure>
  
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 ===== Debugging ===== ===== Debugging =====
  
-If xfburn crashes, freezes, or somehow makes no progress for you, then you can +If xfburn crashes, freezes, or somehow makes no progress for you, then you can help greatly in debugging the problem. It does require you to build xfburn from the sources, and to install gdb. If you can handle that, here are the exact instructions: 
-help greatly in debugging the problem. It does require you to build xfburn from + 
-the sources, and to install gdb. If you can handle that, here are the exact +1. Rebuild xfburn with debugging support - grab the sources, and run: 
-instructions:+ 
 +   $ meson setup build 
 +   $ meson compile -C build
  
-1. Rebuild xfburn with debugging support - grab the sources, and run (you can update  
-   `-j4` to match your core count): 
-   ``` 
-   $ autoconf 
-   $ ./configure && make clean all -j4 
-   ``` 
 2. Enable core dumps, then run xfburn until it hangs, or crashes: 2. Enable core dumps, then run xfburn until it hangs, or crashes:
-   ```+
    $ ulimit -c unlimited; xfburn/xfburn 2>&1 | tee xfburn.output    $ ulimit -c unlimited; xfburn/xfburn 2>&1 | tee xfburn.output
-   ``` + 
-3. From another terminal, kill xfburn (only if it hasn't crashed already, of coures) +3. From another terminal, kill xfburn (only if it hasn't crashed already, of course) 
-   ```+
    $ kill -SEGV `pidof xfburn`     $ kill -SEGV `pidof xfburn` 
-   ``` + 
-4. Get a backtrace from the coredump: +4. Get a backtrace from the coredump (Note that sometimes the core.xxxxxx file is just called core, and that 32270 is just an arbitrary number which was the process id - yours will be different): 
-   ```+
    $ gdb xfburn/xfburn core.32270 --batch -ex 'thread apply all bt' > xfburn.backtrace    $ gdb xfburn/xfburn core.32270 --batch -ex 'thread apply all bt' > xfburn.backtrace
-   ``` + 
-   (Note that sometimes the core.xxxxxx file is just called core, and that 32270 is +    
-    just an arbitrary number which was the process id - yours will be different) +5. Open up a bug report at our [[:apps:xfburn:bugs|issue tracker]] for xfburn, and add both the xfburn.output and the xfburn.backtrace files to it. Done! There is no need to attach the core dump, as it is heavily system dependent.
-5. Open up a bug report at our [[:apps:xfburn:bugs|issue tracker]] for xfburn, and add +
-   both the xfburn.output and the xfburn.backtrace files to it. Done! +
-   There is no need to attach the core dump, as it is heavily system dependent.+
  
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 ===== Latest Release ===== ===== Latest Release =====
-{{rss>https://archive.xfce.org/feeds/project/xfburn 1 date description 2h}}+{{rss>https://archive.xfce.org/feeds/project/xfburn 1 date 2h}} 
 + 
 +[[https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/xfburn/-/blob/master/NEWS|Read the CHANGELOG]]
  
-[[https://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/xfburn/|Previous Releases]]+  * **[[https://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/xfburn/|Download current release]]** (older versions of this component are also available here)
  
 We recommend to use a packaged version of Xfburn if it is available. Xfburn is packaged for several distributions, for example: We recommend to use a packaged version of Xfburn if it is available. Xfburn is packaged for several distributions, for example:
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 ===== Reporting Bugs ===== ===== Reporting Bugs =====
-  * **[[:apps:xfburn:bugs|Reporting Bugs]]** -- Open bug reports and how to report new bugs+  * **[[:apps:xfburn:bugs|Reporting Bugs]]** -- List of currently open bugs and instructions on how to submit new bug reports
  
-Any comments are welcome! We aim to make xfburn a very easily usable program. +Any comments are welcome! We aim to make xfburn an easy to use program. 
-So if you think something could be implemented differently, feel free to speak+If you think something could be implemented differently, feel free to speak
 up and it will be considered. up and it will be considered.
  
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