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Re: New LDConfig.ldr color file
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:58:19 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Don Heyse wrote:
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In lugnet.cad, Willy Tschager wrote:
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We also encourage a switch from the current sorting on numbers to an
alphabetical order of the colors
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Hmmm, I’m not sure that helps me any. If I can’t remember the
number for a color, I’d rather they were clustered by basic color
first, then alphabetically by the actual name. Like this:
Green: Bright Green
Green: Dark Green
Green: Earth Green
If I can’t have something like that, I’d rather just sort by number.
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I think group sub-sorting might be more trouble than it’s worth. Editors can
just sort the colors by Hue-Saturation-Brightness. That’s what Bricksmith does.
It’s a simple mathematical transformation.
Allen
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Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: New LDConfig.ldr color file
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| (...) Now that's what I'm talking about! I just didn't say it right. ;) If you're not going to list the colors in ldconfig.ldr sorted by number then pick a useful ordering like Hue-Saturation-Brightness. Alphabetic order is not much better than (...) (15 years ago, 18-Aug-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: New LDConfig.ldr color file
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| (...) I don't really know what I'm talking about here, but I think there might be a big difference between the representation of RGB values in a dye based color system for bricks, another one for printing on paper, and a color system for computer (...) (15 years ago, 28-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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