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Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Sat, 6 Mar 2004 23:10:15 GMT
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> > The biggest difference between Mac OS X and other Unixes is the users. Mac OS X
> > users are very untechnical compared to other Unix users. It would be a bad idea
> > to require them to use the command line. They wont even know what you are
> > talking about.
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> Again, I'm not talking about most users - most will be covered by the search
> paths proposed earlier in the thread. This would only be for non-standard
> installations, where the people installing WOULD be likely to know what I am
> talking about.
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> The only reason I proposed this idea is so the parts & ini file location is
> "open-ended" - to provide the ultimate flexibility for those that want to abuse
> it. If you create a closed list of options, sure as eggs someone will come along
> later saying "but how do I get it to work THIS way?". Better to allow for that
> eventuality from the start, IMO.
Right. I actually manage 350 Macs and I tried to put LDraw on them and ran into
several problems that I had to take up with the Mac developers. So anything
that makes this easier for admins is good in my opinion.
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| (...) [snip] (...) Again, I'm not talking about most users - most will be covered by the search paths proposed earlier in the thread. This would only be for non-standard installations, where the people installing WOULD be likely to know what I am (...) (20 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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