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Subject:	Re: Primitives and long file names
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad
Date:	Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:19:52 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Philippe Hurbain wrote: > Now that long file names are allowed in LDraw and on Parts Tracker, what should > we do with primitives for which name systematics gives filenames length > 8 > characters? > > - Continue to cram everything in 8 characters nonetheless, eg. > http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cgi?f=p/48/1-16ri21.dat > http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cgi?f=p/48/11-24cyl.dat > with some extreme, almost meaningless cases like > http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cgi?f=p/48/11-48r19.dat > > - Go above 8 chars, like > http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cgi?f=p/48/5-24rin24.dat or > http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cgi?f=p/48/1-16con24.dat but then it's not > coherent with present official primitives names such as 48\1-16ri13.dat or > 48\5-48ri32.dat. As there are few such official files, incoherency could be > cured by a few ~movedto > > Thoughts? > > Philo Just a thought, but you could also utilize new sub directories e.g. 1 16 ........... ring\5-24-24.dat or even 1 16 ........... ring\24\5-24.dat This should work on existing software cause 48\ or s\ are already in use, so most software should be aware of the fact the filename in a type 1 line isn't really 'just' a file name but a relative path. Roland

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		Re: Primitives and long file names
(...) Nooo...ooo! Please......... Do not make lDraw folder structure more complex than what is now: If you follow the rules of using separates folder for Unofficial files (like SR3DBuilder does), it will make things harder to manage since my (...) (14 years ago, 29-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)

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		Primitives and long file names
Now that long file names are allowed in LDraw and on Parts Tracker, what should we do with primitives for which name systematics gives filenames length > 8 characters? - Continue to cram everything in 8 characters nonetheless, eg. (URL) some (...) (14 years ago, 3-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)

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