README
WISH CD-Writer 2006
by David McClamrock <mcclamrock@locl.net>
Available for download at "Pa Penguin's Icebox" <http://www.geocities.com/pa_mcclamrock>
WISH CD-Writer is a simple program for CD writing and rewriting on Linux and other Unix-type operating systems. It requires at least Tcl and Tk 8.4, as well as three commonly available free programs: "mkisofs" to create CD images, "cdrecord" to blank CD-RWs or write data CDs, and "cdrdao" to write audio CDs. If you want WISH CD-Writer to convert MIDI files to WAV files, which in turn can be converted to tracks on an audio CD, you'll need yet another commonly available free program, "TiMidity++."
Unlike many graphical front ends to mkisofs, cdrecord, and cdrdao, WISH CD-Writer is not intended to give the user access to as many CD-writing options as possible. It is intended to present computer users with as few difficult options as possible, while being as useful as possible for common purposes such as:
- copying data CDs (including bootable CDs);
- creating ("mastering") new data CDs for copying and distribution;
- backing up files on CDs;
- producing audio CDs from MIDI, WAV, or "raw audio" files.
To install WISH CD-Writer, you can use the "cdinstall.tcl" script that is included in the program archive. After opening the archive (by running "tar -zxvf" on the archive from the command line, if you don't have a better way), just change directory (cd) to the subdirectory containing the WISH List files and run "./cdinstall.tcl" (without the quotes) from the command line. (You should be logged in as root when you do this.) There's also a "cduninstall.tcl" script that you can run if you decide WISH CD-Writer is useless, but I hope you'll send me suggestions for improvement instead.
A list of installation directories is kept in /usr/local/etc/wishes/cddirs.tcl. Selected options are kept in $HOME/wishes/cdspecs.tcl. If the needed directories or files don't exist, they will be created when the user first installs or runs the program.
If you try it out, please let me know if you (1) like it, (2) find any bugs, or (3) both!
David McClamrock <mcclamrock@locl.net>
January 2006