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Re: More newbie questions
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Date: 
Fri, 18 Aug 2000 18:50:55 GMT
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On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Sproaticus wrote:

[...SNIP...]
Yah, I keep a directory \ldraw\archive\models\ handy for stuff I snarf.  It
actually goes a couple levels deeper: \ldraw\archive\models\(author)\(model)\ .
Lately, though, I've been thinking of just MPD'ing everything to cut down on
that last directory level, treating an MPD as a virtual directory.

I think Not, MPD won't act as a virtual direcotry, since you can only use it to
represent the model contained within it, not several, unless they all are part
of a larger model, (same tree root) i.e. the first file included in the MPD.

See ya
Rui Martins



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  Re: More newbie questions
 
"Rui Martins" <Rui.Martins@link.pt> wrote in message news:Pine.GSU.4.10.1...0@is-sv... (...) It (...) \ldraw\archive\model...)\(model)\ . (...) down on (...) it to (...) part (...) MPD. (...) I'm thinking the same. I categorized my models into their (...) (24 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
  Re: More newbie questions
 
(...) ^^^^^^^^ (...) Which is exactly what I'm using it for. :-, Uhh hummm, I guess "virtual directory" isn't the best term, as it implies a lot more functionality than what is possible. How about "model container"? :-, Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
  Re: More newbie questions
 
(...) That's not exactly true. The original MPD spec did not require that all archived files be part of a single model. With the addition of path information on the 0 FILE statement, it is possible to throw a bunch of different files into an MPD. (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)

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  Re: More newbie questions
 
(...) Yah, I keep a directory \ldraw\archive\models\ handy for stuff I snarf. It actually goes a couple levels deeper: \ldraw\archive\model...)\(model)\ . Lately, though, I've been thinking of just MPD'ing everything to cut down on that last (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)

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