Pre-gaps ripped in EAC? Options

[12345]

Are the pre-gaps ripped and added to the tracks when ripping with the "copy selected tracks" option in EAC or are they just added when using "copy image & create cue sheet"? If they can be added to the tracks in "copy selected tracks" mode, do i have to press F4 to "detect gaps" for EAC to include them?

[Infrared Archer]

Pregaps are used by hardware cd players.

If you directly select a track to play in a harware cd player, the track will start playing at index 1 of that track skipping any index 0 gap (if present) in the track. From what I understand the cd's table of contents lists all tracks and their index 1 positions.
If you play a cd continuously you will here the index 0 gaps.

If tracks are not played back continuously you will not here any index 0 gap (if present).

Track7
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No index 0
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track 3
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No index 0
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track 8
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index0 played
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track 9
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index 0 played
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track 10
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No index 0 played
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track 12

So, because winamp doesn't recongnize if index 0 is appended to a track, it will not leave out the index0 gap in non-continuous tracks like a hardware cd player would.

This only becomes annoying with certain cd's such as Tool's Lateralus, assuming I append gap to previous track, as is default for all cd rippers.

track 12 Triad + 2min (track 13 index0) gap consisting of silence is appended.
This means everytime I play Triad I hear 2 minutes of silence at the end of the track.
I should only hear 2 minutes of silence if track 13 (Faipp De Oiad) is played directly after track 12 (Triad)

I hope this makes sense, pregaps and offsets aren't my native tounge either