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Re: Multiple MovedTo Arguments Really Legal?
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lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad
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Fri, 5 Mar 2004 22:41:50 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Tore Eriksson wrote:
> In lugnet.cad, Orion Pobursky wrote:
> > In lugnet.cad, Tore Eriksson wrote:
> > > > The ~ tells mklist to ignore this part.
> > >
> > > Yes, that's one of the uses for the "~Moved to..." statement.
> > >
> > > > Just ignore the line, the following line type 1 will automatically redirect you to the new part.
> > >
> > > Ignoring is not an option. There just has to be a way automatically replace
> > > references to renamed files, especially considered the enormous rate of
> > > renaming/renumbering official part. My method worked until this problem popped
> > > up.
> >
> > There is: use the file referenced by the type 1 line in the MovedTo file.
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> Sorry, I'm a little bit slow. Exactly how am I supposed to do that with
> 973p11.dat? And then make this a generic routine for a utility to handle
> automatically?
I had a look at 973p11.dat and I see what you mean. I'm not sure.
> >
> > > Btw, doesn't MLCad also have a feature to replace references to moved files? I
> > > don't use MLCad, but doesn't multiple movedto argument mess things up for MLCad,
> > > too?
> >
> > Yes, MLCad messes this up as well. The problem is that you're using the 0
> > ~MovedTo comment as a reference instead of the type 1 line in the file. 0
> > ~MovedTo is a comment and not a META command and shouldn't be treated as such.
> >
> > -Orion
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> My opinion is that neither MLCad nor MovedTo.exe messes anything up. I think
> it's the multiple MovedTo arguments that messes everything up, and the change of
> its usage, be it just a comment or not. And not to mention to have rendering
> code in a MovedTo file! It should be illegal. :)
The rendering code is very neccessary. Not all LDraw programs automatically
detect the fact the a file ahas been moved. If there were no rending code the
the model could potentially have missing pieces.
-Orion
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| (...) Sorry, I'm a little bit slow. Exactly how am I supposed to do that with 973p11.dat? And then make this a generic routine for a utility to handle automatically? (...) My opinion is that neither MLCad nor MovedTo.exe messes anything up. I think (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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