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    Re: Things for the next part update —Michael Lachmann
   (...) <SNIP> (...) <SNIP> (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad)
   
        Re: Things for the next part update —Don Heyse
     (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad)
    
         Re: Things for the next part update —Lars C. Hassing
     (...) The FAQ ((URL) shows uppercase syntax, e.g.: <QUOTE-BEGIN> Step meta-command. Marks the end of a building step. Line format: 0 STEP This command will cause LDraw to stop until you press <enter>, and it will cause LDraw to save the current (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad)
    
         Re: Things for the next part update —Don Heyse
     (...) Yes all the examples seem to use uppercase, but it's never explicitly stated that it MUST be uppercase. The only thing I could find that came close was a mention in ledit.doc that said the ledit commands were documented in uppercase for (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad)
   
        Re: Things for the next part update —Lars C. Hassing
     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 (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad)
   
        Re: Things for the next part update —Fredrik Glöckner
     (...) 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 (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad)
   
        Re: Things for the next part update —Steve Bliss
   (...) 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 (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad)
 

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