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(...) I spent a bit of time working out how to reply to this mail without coming across as an open source zealot :) (...) I always thought open source relied on the concept of copyright (one of the 3 major concepts in intellectual property). It is (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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As a programmer for some 28+ years I have extreme reservations about Open source or as i call it "socialized" programming. The entire concept of open source flies in the face of intellectual property rights. That being who owns the rights to (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Orion, I updated my site. Kevin (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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In lugnet.cad, Don Heyse wrote: <snip> (...) a library sort of thing, like Lars taught me about L3P. (...) I don't like the getopt format because it is so different than standard issue meta-commands. (...) Well, I have to get hooked in and put in a (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) That is indeed where I downloaded it from! I'd be extremely grateful if you could send the correct version to me, just remove the obvious spam-trap from my email. :) With thanks, -Rich Mackin- (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Did you download LPub from here: (URL) so, there's an error with this distribution. I can send you the correct file if you'd like. -Orion (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Ugh! That's probably because I went the 'Ownerdraw' route to get the colors. I'll take a look at it when real life permits (couple of weeks...). -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) hi Daniel, I have tested GLIDE 0.7 and i must say it looks promising. As simple as it is now, the interface seems very effective. In a more stable and polished state, undoubtly it would be my preferred editor for small models. It's difficult (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi all, Having some problems with LPub 2.0 - namely, when I attempt to start it up, I get an error message saying that it can't find the registry entries for POV-Ray, even though I have POV-Ray 3.5 installed on my Windows 98SE system. I have a (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) You should take a peek at it. I use it to open an ldlist part finder window so I can drag and drop parts into ldglite. Hey that reminds me, the new colored fonts in ldlist 4 look bad on my system. Here's a picture: (URL) font used in the (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I'm fairly certain that my DATBase and L3Check units (individual linetype manipulating classes and Error checking from L3P code) are compatible with a variety of Pascal compliers. DATModel (classes for model level maniplation) may pose a (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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"Orion Pobursky" <orion@dontaddthis.p...ursky.com> skrev i meddelandet news:Hw88DL.1D7H@lugnet.com... (...) units used (...) own (...) I'm using Delphi 5 (Both at work and for fun). Haven't really looked much at LDDP yet but the plugin architecture (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I have the beginnings of this with the DATBase, DATModel, and L3Check units used for LDDP. I've been considering splintering these units off into their own project. The only thing hindering me is the (apparent) lack of Delphi programmers in (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Yes, I think we can go in that direction. It would certainly make updating errors a lot simpler. And since most of LDDP's functions manipulate the text in some way it's easily doable. (...) No, but there is hope. See above -Orion (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Then you should suggest that on the web page, or in the book. People forget what they discussed on lugnet after a week or so. [snip: many, many lsynth features. It's time for me to buy the book] (...) That sounds good, but will lsynthcp still (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I think ldview and ldglite can do this. (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Cool! I actually like the plugin idea even better than open source (although the two ideas do work together well). In my LDRAW fantasy world (which is probably based on Karim's Artemis paper) all the really nifty functionality is provided by (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Now that would be the zoom, wouldn't it? What I actually meant was a) a zoom that can get "inside" a model (useful for buildings specially) and b) a way to move and rotate the camera's target point. (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) That is my experience. Nobody has said anything about the source code I have posted. And not all of it was my yucky code, but some awesome OpenGL code written by an OpenGL wiz. And I have tried to read both ldglite, MBC, and LDView source (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Don't forget LDDP's generator (soon to be a plugin again). It's based on Fredrik Glockner's emacs code and supports: 73590B.DAT Hose Flexible 8.5L with Tabs (750.dat for endpoints) 73590A.DAT Hose Flexible 8.5L without Tabs (752.dat for (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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