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Subject:	Question for the LSC. Blanks in file names legal?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad
Date:	Tue, 5 Apr 2005 12:14:29 GMT
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Is it legal to have blanks in file names in type 1 records? I looked at http://www.ldraw.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=45 and it does not specify. I'd guess that LDRAW.EXE cannot handle them. What is the LSC's position on this issue. Kevin

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		Re: Question for the LSC. Blanks in file names legal?
(...) As a followup question, at first read/reread, the document is a bit confusing. The term "line" is overloaded. In one case line means, text as it would be viewed on a terminal, and in the other it is a graphical representation of what (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad)

		Re: Question for the LSC. Blanks in file names legal?
(...) No. LDraw commands are space-delimited, so a filename containing blanks would result in a 'Part' command with invalid formatting/syntax. That is, it would have too many parameters. (...) Hmm. It should be more explicit on this point. It should (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad)

		Re: Question for the LSC. Blanks in file names legal?
(...) (Note FUT lugnet.cad.dev) I realize that spaces are officially a no-no, but since I've also seen files that contain references to sub-models with spaces in the filenames, I'm adding support for this to the next LDView release. It will generate (...) (20 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)

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