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Subject: 
Re: Issues with a Few Parts on the Tracker
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lugnet.cad.dat.parts
Date: 
Tue, 13 Apr 2004 03:51:30 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, "Larry Pieniazek"
<larry.(mylastname)@ascentialsoftwareDOTcom> wrote:

> I guess what I am driving at here is, while removing a command is always
> something that should not be undertaken lightly, does removing this command have
> benefits that outweigh the cost? What benefit does the command actually give the
> language anyway, for that matter?

The CMDLINE meta-statement was originally created to give us some way of giving
rendering suggestions to programs that use the parts library.

For instance, it was thought that we could specify a 180deg rotation for all those
panel parts (like 4215) whose normal position hides the printed surface.

Steve



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  Re: Issues with a Few Parts on the Tracker
 
(...) This is always a good argument against removing any syntax. But see below. (...) As is this one. But see below. (...) Not a large number in the scheme of things really. IF the change is done to parts as they are changed anyway... I guess what (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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