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In lugnet.cad, Don Heyse wrote:
> In lugnet.cad, Carl Nelson wrote:
> > In lugnet.cad, Don Heyse wrote:
> > > It'd be really nice to create a MIRROR.INI file, put it in the ldraw
> > > directory and keep it updated with the parts. Then if you could put
> > > some wrappers around your program to allow it to be used as an MLCAD
> > > generator and an LDDP plugin, that'd be fantastic.
>
> > Is there any documentation about what functionality needs to be
> > exposed to make an MLCAD plugin?
>
> Hmm, I don't know. I'm pretty sure there's documentation on language
> DLL creation, but I'm not so sure about the generators. Ask this on the
> .mlcad group.
I forwarded this question to here because I don't know the answer.
Apparently there has been some discussion in the past about developing
plugins for MLCAD:
http://news.lugnet.com/cad/mlcad/?n=177
Is there a specification for plugin development?
Thanks,
Don
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Done,
"Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam.go.away.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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>
> Is there a specification for plugin development?
No sorry, MLCad does not support plugins yet, currently I have a very quick
way introducing new generators and pseudo commands by hand - but I'll check
if I could do some more automation here to be able to load such things as
plugins.
> Thanks,
>
> Don
Regards,
Michael
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In lugnet.cad, Michael Lachmann wrote:
> > Is there a specification for plugin development?
>
> No sorry, MLCad does not support plugins yet, currently I have a very quick
> way introducing new generators and pseudo commands by hand - but I'll check
> if I could do some more automation here to be able to load such things as
> plugins.
While you're checking, think about this. What if the MLCad generators
were reconfigured as some sort of plugins, and the plugin specs were
documented? Then everyone could use your generators. You know, weird
people like me who are frightened off by too many toolbars, or those
crazy people who insist on editing their LDRAW code in a text editor
like LDDP. ;^)
Enjoy,
Don
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Don,
"Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam.go.away.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> While you're checking, think about this. What if the MLCad generators
> were reconfigured as some sort of plugins, and the plugin specs were
> documented? Then everyone could use your generators. You know, weird
> people like me who are frightened off by too many toolbars, or those
> crazy people who insist on editing their LDRAW code in a text editor
> like LDDP. ;^)
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Don
That will be documented anyway - sure. But for that feature I have to think
even more ...
but I have already an idea how that could work.
I just need to find a spare hour where I can hack a quick prototype, to see
the cons and pros of this
idea.
Best regards,
Michael
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