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Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Wed, 3 Mar 2004 18:59:03 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Michael Lachmann wrote:
> > I agree, and prefer <> around all tags.
>
> Ok, agreed too. So with have <HIDE> and optionally <SHOW> - right?
Sure.
> > > > > Quotation marks should not be necessay if we use the < >.
> > > >
> > > > You are right but I still would allow them for the rare case of
> > > > blanks at the end of a directory name.
> > >
> > > Trailing blanks are preserved in both env var and ini files.
> > > So I still don't think quotation marks are necessary...
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> > Ah, but what about leading blanks. ;^) Nevermind, I don't think you
> > can create an absolute path that starts with leading blanks.
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> I would still like the quotation marks as an option - not a must. If a user
> uses them fine, if not also fine - if there is a problem with blanks or tabs
> the user can still use quotation marks.
OK.
> <SNIP>
> > So, how about this search strategy?
> >
> > Windows:
> > %USERPROFILE%\ldraw.ini
> > %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\ldraw.ini
> > %LDRAWDIR%\ldraw.ini
> > %WINDIR%\ldraw.ini
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> That would be a perfect way I guess. MLCad also allows to let the user
> specify the ldraw dir manualy in a dialog. I could imagine having this
> option as an emergency solution if no ldraw dir can be found.
Fine.
> Or open a dialog to ask the user for this path once, my feeling is if the
> user didn't setup the variable - the user will not modify the ldraw.ini file
> either - at least that is what I learned from houndreds of support requests
> from MLCad users.
I think so too.
Users will also have the option to use the new app LDrawSetup,
which can setup LDrawDir, SearchDirs, LgeoDirectory, MIME-types.
/Lars
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| "Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam....away.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:Hu0CMF.1Fyv@lugnet.com... (...) Ok, agreed too. So with have <HIDE> and optionally <SHOW> - right? (...) I would still like the quotation marks as an option - not a must. If a (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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