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Re: Why aren't LDRAW tools Open Source?
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lugnet.cad
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Thu, 15 Apr 2004 20:27:12 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Anders Isaksson wrote:
> "Orion Pobursky" <orion@dontaddthis.pobursky.com> skrev i meddelandet
> news:Hw88DL.1D7H@lugnet.com...
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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 the LDraw community.
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> I'm using Delphi 5 (Both at work and for fun). Haven't really looked much at
> LDDP yet but the plugin architecture sounds very interesting.
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> Unfortunately, Delphi isn't the best choice when going cross-platform. Kylix
> (Delphi and C++ for Linux) is a separate product, and Borland has more or
> less stopped developing it (at least they have 'promised' "no updates during
> 2004").
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> FreePascal is probably the best route for cross-platform in Pascal, it
> covers quite a lot of the Delphi language (but not the VCL - Visual
> Component Library, of course).
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> Cross-platform GUI development is not very fun, you can only use the common
> elements of all systems, and it's difficult to keep to the 'style' of the
> hosting OS. Better to have a pluggable system, and develop separate GUI
> parts for each host OS...
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 problem. None of my units use any VCL that I'm aware of. I'll have a
look into FreePascal and keep you posted on the results.
-Orion
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