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Re: Things for the next part update
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Thu, 27 Apr 2000 06:03:11 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Steve Bliss writes:
> In lugnet.cad, Lars C. Hassing wrote:
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> > You don't have to. Meta commands MUST be in UPPERCASE!
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Ok, if this is realy true means meta commands have to be UPPERCASE always, then
I will update MLCad for the next release to accept only UPPERCASE commands.
This would be realy no problem at all.
It sounds a bit unflexible, but ok.
Well ... maybe I add another option ...
Michael
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Message has 4 Replies: ![](/news/x.gif) | | Re: Things for the next part update
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| (...) then (...) This caught me by surprise as well. Is this UPPERCASE thing written down anywhere besides this thread? A quick search of the ldraw FAQ and ldlite16.html turns up no occurances of the word "uppercase". If this is an unwritten rule (...) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| Michael Lachmann wrote... (...) I don't think it is unflexible, it's just a matter of syntax, like C keywords (if/for/while/switch...) MUST be in lowercase. /Lars (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) Actually, I think it would be much less flexible if all cases were accepted for meta commands. That would seriously limit the kinds of comments one could write in a DAT file! Fredrik (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) I agree, but I can go with the flow on this one. I've always written my meta-commands in uppercase, but written my programs to recognize either. Steve -- A big fan of case-INsensitivity since Modula-2 (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad)
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