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Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Tue, 17 Feb 2004 23:21:33 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Michael Lachmann wrote:
> > [LDraw]
> > BaseDirectory=C:\LDraw
> > LgeoDirectory=C:\L2P
> > LdrawSearch="<HIDE>C:\LDrawXtra\MyPrims\In Work|
> > C:\LDrawXtra\MyParts\In Work|
> > <MODELDIR>|<HIDE><LDRAWDIR>\BFC\P|<HIDE><LDRAWDIR>\BFC\PARTS|
> > <HIDE><P>|<PARTS>|<MODELS>|<MODELS>\TEST|C:\LDrawXtra\MyParts\Done"
> >
> > I like the single LdrawSearch variable because it's easier for me to
> > pull out of the ldraw.ini file, but I'm willing to go with your format
> > for the ldraw.ini file if you allow absolute paths. Maybe something
> > like this?
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> Have you ever tried to pull out a variable under MS-Windows with a length of
> 500 characters? Or what would happen if the definition goes past 10 lines?
> Using seperators like '|' I see potential for making errors. But you are
> right its a possible solution.
> Against that is that the ini file already contains sections, and we try to
> mix logic and paths ... this is not a very clean solution.
Right. In case the variable gets too long we can resort to multiple variables:
[LDraw]
BaseDirectory=C:\LDraw
LgeoDirectory=C:\L2P
LdrawSearch01=<HIDE>C:\LDrawXtra\MyPrims\In Work
LdrawSearch02=C:\LDrawXtra\MyParts\In Work
LdrawSearch03=<MODELDIR>
LdrawSearch04=<HIDE><LDRAWDIR>\BFC\P
LdrawSearch05=<HIDE><LDRAWDIR>\BFC\PARTS
LdrawSearch06=<HIDE><LDRAWDIR>\P
LdrawSearch07=<LDRAWDIR>\PARTS
LdrawSearch08=<LDRAWDIR>\MODELS
LdrawSearch09=<LDRAWDIR>\MODELS\TEST
LdrawSearch10=C:\LDrawXtra\MyParts\Done
LdrawSearch11=\\127.0.0.1\freedrive\public\ldraw\parts
LdrawSearch12=<HIDE>/tmp/ldraw-temp-parts/
and this goes for environment variables too: LDRAWSEARCH01, LDRAWSEARCH02, ...
> I would suggest: Default is that the paths are based on the ldraw directory.
> E.g.: MODELS\TEST or PARTS
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> If you want to have another folder different from the ldraw directory I
> would use an absolute specification of the path. That means there are no
> '<', '>' brackets in the path specification.
> An absolute path can start with one of "\\", "/" or "C:".
> E.g. C:\TEMP or /usr/home/mike or even \\server\share\directory\parts
But then you would have to make a (platform dependent) path analyzer.
Also <LDRAWDIR>\MODELS\TEST is more readable to the user.
About the shortcuts <P>, <PARTS> and <MODELS> I guess they can be allowed
but they are not that necessary anymore - unless you want a single LDRAWSEARCH.
<MODELS> and <MODELDIR> might also lead to confusion.
/Lars
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| (...) In DOS/Windows the problem with environment space is (I believe) more a problem of limited total environment space. I don't think there's additional limitations on individual variables. So using multiple environment variables might conceivably (...) (20 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| Hi Don, "Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam....away.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:Ht8vwM.ps2@lugnet.com... (...) <SNIP> > (...) Have you ever tried to pull out a variable under MS-Windows with a length of 500 characters? Or what would happen if the (...) (20 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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