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Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Tue, 10 Feb 2004 22:52:54 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Lars C. Hassing wrote:
> Several users have asked for an option to L3P for specifying additional search paths for parts.
> LDView already has implemented "Extra Search Dirs" to search after the usual ones.
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> I think it would be of common interest and for the benefit of the community if we could agree on
> THE way to do it, so I'll make the following proposal (as a starting point):
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> Two environment variables LDRAWPREDIRS and LDRAWPOSTDIRS
> can be used to specify additional search directories.
> Each variable can contain multiple directories separated by a |.
> The search path will then be:
> 1. Inside the document if it is an MPD
> 2. The document's directory (the directory of the main model)
> 3. Any directories in %LDRAWPREDIRS%
> 4. %LDRAWDIR%\P
> 5. %LDRAWDIR%\PARTS
> 6. %LDRAWDIR%\MODELS
> 7. Any directories in %LDRAWPOSTDIRS%
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> Environment variables are preferred, because they work on all platforms.
> However, on Windows, if they are not set, ldraw.ini is then checked.
> A sample ldraw.ini may look like this:
> [LDraw]
> BaseDirectory=C:\LDraw
> LgeoDirectory=C:\L2P
> PreDirectories=C:\LDrawXtra\MyParts\In Work
> PostDirectories=C:\LDrawXtra\MyParts\Done|C:\LDrawXtra\UnOff
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> Other namings: LDRAWDIRPRE, LDRAWDIRSPRE, - you name it!
> /Lars
I like this idea. Can you support delimiting paths by ';' instead of '|'? ';'
is more in line with the delimitation in the PATH environment varible.
-Orion
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