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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 21:12:40 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Don Heyse wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Allen Smith wrote:
> > In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Don Heyse wrote:
> > > In lugnet.cad, Willy Tschager wrote:
> > > > We also encourage a switch from the current sorting on numbers to an
> > > > alphabetical order of the colors
> > >
> > > 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.
> >
> >
> > 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.
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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 random.
Each program that reads and uses the LDconfig.ldr file should know how best to
display the colors. If the program shows color swaths, then it does make good
sense for the program to display them in a Hue-Saturation-Brightness order. For
programs that display only the names, then displaying the names in alphabetical
order makes sense.
When adding to and editing the LDconfig.ldr file, people can not visually
translate the Hex RGB values to color swaths, therefore it does not make sense
to sort them by Hue-Saturation-Brightness in the file itself.
Sorting by color codes or alphabetically makes the file more easily edited and
new colors added without having to use a program to calculate where a new color
would fit in a Hue-Saturation-Brightness sort order.
Color codes are becoming less well-known, as many programs don't display the
color code along with the color swath / color name.
Therefore, alphabetical sorting in the LDconfig.ldr file makes the most sense;
leaving each software program to best determine how these colors should be
displayed to the program user.
Scott W.
Member LSC
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| (...) Personally I find it harder to remember all the silly names than to remember the basic colors by number. If they aren't sorted by color then I still want red, blue, yellow, black, white, and grey near the top of the list. The numeric order has (...) (15 years ago, 19-Aug-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | 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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