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(...) Ok, but remember James used the word "eventually" a few messages back. I wouldn't skip the environment.plist file in favor of the org.ldraw.plist file just yet. Do both files, or just the environment.plist file if both is too much work. (...) (21 years ago, 8-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) I like the idea of a single repository of ldraw-related settings. I'd also be satisfied with the short version of the plist name (with org.ldraw.apps second). The key and string for LDRAWDIR do match the draft environment.plist contents from (...) (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Trevor, I couldn't resist, but... Did you consider the time and work required to bring it up in PSP etc and resize them? For a big lot of picture or for really complex models/scenes this may make sense because the time required for resizing a (...) (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Sorry! No, I meant a preference window. James (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) When you say "pref pane" do you mean a "PreferencePane" that goes into "System Preferences...", or do you mean just a way to set the preferences from a dialog box opened by selecting "Preferences..." from the application's "Application" menu? (...) (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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At Mon Jul 28 16:00:04 2003, the following review was posted: Reviewer: Steffen Certification: hold Comments: pattern is incomplete, portuguese flag has some yellow detail in the center which will be very difficult to model :-( (URL) the official (...) (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Alright! Now this works with anything- radiosity included. It actually makes a very low count look like a very high count(just use Jeroen de Haan's radio_1.inc). You will need some kind of image editing software capable of resizing images (if you (...) (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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I vote for org.ldraw.plist because it's short and simple. However I could probably be convinced to go for org.ldraw.ldrawconfig.plist because it's like com.apple.internetconfig.plist, or maybe org.ldraw.apps.plist, but not the one with mac in it. To (...) (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) No, Apple doesn't encourage that. And you are right, it shouldn't be named org.ldraw.ldrawdir.plist. Most preferences for a single application are stored in a single file. Some applications use entire folders (especially web browsers--so they (...) (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Unless I'm misunderstanding, I think you would be much better off if you drop ".ldrawdir" from the plist filename above. That way the file can contain other settings in the future in addition to the LDRAWDIR setting you have now. Or put (...) (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) These two pages discuss everything you could want to know. (URL) preferences format: The most common preference file format is an xml file with the file extension ".plist" with this DTD: (URL) propose the code to be: <key>LDRAWDIR</key> (...) (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Well, the transparency in PNG files really is just an alpha channel. It might not be called that, but it's 8 bit just like your standard alpha channel in TIFF and others. For whatever reason, Photoshop treats it as transparency while treating (...) (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) That's a reasonable goal. We made some similar progress recently in Windows with the ldraw.ini file. So, where is the Library/Preferences/* usage documented. I don't know anything about it. Could you point me to a document like qa1067.html (...) (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) LOL, I guess so. James (21 years ago, 6-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Dang. So already there has to be 2 locations: ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist, and Library/Preferences/*pref name* That is ok. What if we all agree that if our app changes the ldraw directory, it will change it in both places? Same with the (...) (21 years ago, 6-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Does this mean that my little invention, the LDRAWDIR environment string, is spread to Macs, too? Sorry for the intrusion, but this is a true ego trip, my little "child" is found in so many system settings of computers all over the world. I (...) (21 years ago, 6-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) The latest version of ldglite will come with a script to update the ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist file with the LDRAWDIR setting. See here for details. (URL) you want to test the script before the release, I'm sure Tom could email you the (...) (21 years ago, 6-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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So I have been thinking a user should only have to edit the LDraw folder location once, in one app, and all other apps should use the same location. This is similar to com.apple.internetconfig.plist, where the system internet settings for mail, (...) (21 years ago, 6-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Yeah. I wrote the webpage because I needed an alpha channel. Mainly, Mac OS X's window server uses alpha channels to calculate transparencies, so if I wanted to add a background to the image, but not the entire image, I had to use alpha (...) (21 years ago, 6-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I *believe* (and don't quote me on this) ;-) ... that what we did was move over usernames, but will require you to reset your password. This was a technical/security issue. Try to reset your password through the system, if that doesn't work, (...) (21 years ago, 6-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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