https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=128380
--- Comment #5 from Chuck Spalding <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Larry Gusaas from comment #4) Have you tried to do the steps described? Please see below for my (repeated) attempt to clarify the operations and terminology. > (In reply to Chuck Spalding from comment #3) > > (In reply to Larry Gusaas from comment #2) > > > (In reply to Chuck Spalding from comment #1) > > > > I see now that my last comment is not appropriate, since there is a > > > > statement to "Use File → Eject 'OpenOffice' (the dmg file)." > > > > > > > > However, that is not ejecting "the dmg file"--it is ejecting the virtual > > > > disk contained in (and mounted by) the dmg file. > > > > > > No. That is ejecting(unmounting) the .dmg file > > > > The dmg file is simply a file in the download folder (or wherever). It never > > gets "ejected". The thing that is ejected is the virtual disk (i.e., the > > icon on the desktop [see below]). > > If the .dmg icon is on the desktop using File/Eject ejects it. The ".dmg icon" (wherever it is) represents the *file* that was downloaded. It is simply a file. It *never* gets "ejected". It (eventually) gets *deleted*. > > > The default on Macs put the .dmg in the download folder. There is no icon > > > on > > > the desktop. There are a couple of ways to eject it in Finder. > > > > There *is* an icon on the desktop after one *opens* the .dmg file. The icon > > is named "OpenOffice", and represents the virtual disk that contains the > > OpenOffice program, the license files, and the ReadMe files. > > No. That is a window, not an icon. If that is what is on the desktop going > to File does not have an option to eject it. You can close the window, like > any other window Yes, there is a *window* named "OpenOffice" that displays the contents of the virtual disk. That virtual disk is represented by the "OpenOffice" *icon* on the desktop after the .dmg file is opened. > > Again, one does *not* "eject" the .dmg file! It is just a file. One ejects > > the *virtual disk*. > > True. Since you are referring is a window on the desktop of of an open .dmg. > If it is the icon for a .dmg, which is not usually on the desktop, you can > eject it if it is open. It's incorrect to refer to "the desktop of an open .dmg file". There is only one desktop on the Mac--the machine's desktop. On that desktop there can be icons for the mounted "disks" (i.e., "Macintosh HD" [which might be hidden], any mounted USB storage devices, and the "OpenOffice" virtual disk we're discussing). Perhaps your "open .dmg file" is the virtual disk that I am referring to. That is, when the .dmg file is opened, it's contents are used to *create* a virtual disk that is represented by the "OpenOffice" icon on the Mac desktop. However, after that is done, the .dmg file is *totally* out of the picture--it is no longer "open"--it is simply the file from which the virtual disk was loaded. The "OpenOffice" window that I am referring to is a regular Finder window that is displayed like any Finder window. (Perhaps you could say that window is displayed "on the desktop".) That window shows the contents of the virtual disk named "OpenOffice". Perhaps this example will help: Plug in a USB thumb drive. An icon appears on the desktop with the thumb drive's assigned name. Double click on that icon and a window opens with the same name showing the contents of the thumb drive. To eject the thumb drive, you operate on its desktop icon. For the discussion at hand, double-clicking on the .dmg file is equivalent to inserting the thumb drive--the "OpenOffice" icon appears on the desktop, representing the virtual disk loaded *from* the .dmg file (that icon is no longer associated with the source .dmg file in any way). In this case, the "OpenOffice" window is automatically opened, showing the contents of the virtual disk. After OpenOffice is installed (i.e., copied to the Applications folder), the virtual disk is ejected by operating on its "OpenOffice" desktop icon. Again, that is totally unrelated to the .dmg file. Before you respond again, please perform the operations yourself. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the issue.
