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    Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ??? —Travis Cobbs
   (...) I could probably whip up a program that does the conversion fairly quickly (hour or two of work?) if you're interested. I have the advantage that I already have a full parser for ldconfig.ldr. Spitting out the ldliterc.dat file should be (...) (17 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
   
        Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ??? —Don Heyse
   (...) Yes, but wouldn't that be subverting Willy's diabolical plan to render everything with ldview? ;^) Don (17 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
   
        Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ??? —Travis Cobbs
   (...) Well, to be perfectly honest, while I'm pretty confident that LDView can be gotten to work relatively easily (via xvfb) on the LDraw server, I'm not sure whether its performance will be "acceptable". So I think it's only fair to keep the (...) (17 years ago, 3-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
   
        Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ??? —Willy Tschager
     (...) Though the color problem has been solved I'm still in favour for the switch for the simply fact that LDView is maintained and updated (and LDView's outputs look much smarter ;-) but it's up to Travis to take the decision - since he has to code (...) (17 years ago, 3-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
   
        Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ??? —Willy Tschager
   (...) Though the error has been fixed I'm still in favour for the switch for the simple fact that LDView is maintained and updated (and that IMHO it's output looks much smarter) but I'm happy to leave the decision to go/no go to Travis since he has (...) (17 years ago, 3-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
   
        Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ??? —Travis Cobbs
   (...) I'd be happy to try, but it would require some things: An admin to install xvfb on the server An admin to give me a user account on the server to get it working Possible admin support if other dependencies are missing on the server As a note, (...) (17 years ago, 3-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
 

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