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Re: LDraw File Format Spec 1.0 DRAFT - Call for Public Comments
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lugnet.cad
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Date:
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Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:33:16 GMT
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On Aug 22, 2007, at 10:39 PM, Travis Cobbs wrote:
> I perfectly well understand that many programs don't support this,
> and I'm not
> saying that those programs are broken. What I am saying it that
> it's not
> appropriate to say in the spec that spaces aren't allowed in
> filenames. And
> furthermore, I think that supporting spaces in filenames is a
> feature that
> programs should have going forward (which is what this spec is all
> about).
> Users should be able to use them and they should work. The main
> reason for
> having them be discouraged (as they are in the spec) is because
> many programs
> don't support them.
My issue with spaces is not with programs supporting them or not,
it's that the elements inside a line are delimited by spaces, you
have 1 <space> color <space> x <space> ... <part> but then when it
comes to file names that rule is broken. I want to be able to name
models with spaces, using underscores or whatever other solution is
ugly.
I'd be ok with spaces in file names if the entire file name had to
be quoted if it had spaces, so it would be something like: 1 16 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 "my model.dat" but I'm not sure how others feel
about it.
Also, the part where it lists what characters are allowed should
be more clear and list what's allowed and what's not instead of
simply discouraging some characters. I don't think discouraging
something should be in the spec, the way I see it a spec is a set of
rules and should only define what's allowed.
I think the entire paragraph about file names could be something
as simple as:
Filenames should not exceed 255 characters (including the extension)
and may only contain the following characters: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, _, -,
<space> and .
Leonardo
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