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Re: In dev: new ldconfig.ldr file
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Date: 
Mon, 9 Aug 2004 17:08:45 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss wrote:
Oh well.  Do you think you could release alternate ldconfig.ldr
with the original edge colors?

I don't see why not.  How's this?
http://www.ldraw.org/library/unofficial/ldconfig-alt.ldr

Nice, but should it have an 8.3 name if it's going into the distribution?
The DOS tools won't use the file, but DOS users may still unzip new part
libraries to an 8.3 filesystem.

I basically followed LDraw's edge colors for the basic colors, then got
creative for the newer/extended color set.

I like it, but I'll have to spend some more time comparing.  Many of the
colors vary a bit from the ldlite defaults, and some of the basic edge
colors are still different from ldraw/ldlite.  I'll have to play with
the yellow bricks for a while and see if I like them better with your
brown edges instead of the original dark grey.

Meanwhile, how would you handle multiple color setups in say the
LDRAW.INI file?  I can imagine wanting to switch easily between the
ldconfig.ldr file for printing, and the alt version for web instructions
and on screen work.

Actually maybe a new meta tag (or 2) would allow multiple named
color settings in one ldconfig.ldr file.

0 !COLORBLOCK BEGIN default
0 !COLOR blah blah blah
0 !COLOR blah blah blah
0 !COLORBLOCK END

0 !COLORBLOCK BEGIN ldraw-ldlite
0 !COLOR blah blah blah
0 !COLOR blah blah blah
0 !COLORBLOCK END

Feel free to stomp all over this if it sounds nutty to you.

Don



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  Re: In dev: new ldconfig.ldr file
 
(...) Yeah, I could see a section in LDRAW.INI like: [Configurations] 0=ldconfig.ldr 1=ldcfgalt.ldr ... (...) Well, yeah -- but then there'd have to be another interface element to allow the user to select the colorblock. I think it would be easier (...) (20 years ago, 9-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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(...) nbd. :) (...) OK, thanks for clarifying. Most comments I've heard in this area have been from people who prefer black edges over colored edges, which is why ldconfig.ldr has the more depressing style. (...) I don't see why not. How's this? (...) (20 years ago, 9-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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