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Hi Jennifer, I started on a new meta-command in LPub to address these concerns (because my head is still spinning from the whole extension topic.) I'm introducing a new meta-command: 0 LPUB CALLOUT BEGIN (parameters) 0 LPUB CALLOUT END It is intened (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I want to put no limitations on what people contribute to LPub, because I could use the help. I originally imagined that the "LPub extension" stuff would simply be GUI free, behind the scenes code that would make LPub deviate from its normal (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) contained (...) it (...) OK, so I've been a little overwhelmed with the whole LPub extension topic, so this seems a little harsh in hindsight. I didn't mean to sound so selfish. Open source and multiple platform are both goals, but there are (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Orion's LDraw Website has Moved
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Hi all, I've moved all my Lego related stuff to a new subdomain on my website. The new URL is: (URL) update all the bookmarks and hyperlinks accordingly -Orion (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) for the student. The only reason I wrote it was to prevent annoying comments from my editor because he doesn't have a clue on how to run a command line. IMHO LSynth GUI provides no added value beyond the annoyance prevention, but I started on (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hi Jack, I appreciate your input. No need to leave. I guess the only reason I thought it would be good is for non-power users. Give them one stop shopping. LPub already has pretty big external program dependency list. I've spent a lot of time (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Kevin L. Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HD4J8p.wEF@lugnet.com... [ ... snippped ... ] (...) From your discussion on how LPub operates, it generates a lot more files than I realized (I never thought about generating the .dat (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam....away.com> wrote in message news:HD4uy9.204w@lugnet.com... (...) I played around with it and thought it was pretty neat for how few lines of Tcl it was. I'd wager the existing LPub GUI could definitiely be done in (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yeah, I noticed the tcl/tk version of the LSynth GUI didn't get too many comments. (URL) you had any thoughts on how to make the LPub GUI portable? It's a bit heftier than the LSynth GUI, but it's probably doable in tcl/tk. Don (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Kevin, Let me preface my response by saying I'm a programmer, but with zero socket or plug-in experience; I've never had a need to do either. Now the reason I've de-lurked: you've suggested a couple times that you would incorporate useful code into (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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In attempt to flesh out the LPub extension facilities, I thought I'd describe how LPub works. LPub is two parts, a GUI that lets you modify global attributes used when generating building instructions, and the processes to create the building (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I've tried to outline some of the interface on (URL) think that both topics are relevent now. The protocol is easier to lock down than the extensibility, because that will be forever growing and changing. (...) Is anyone out there interested (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm not sure what the advantage to this would be. The POV rendering already consumes 100% of your computer for hours, if not days. More clients would just make things worse. What you really want is for LPub to do distributed image rendering (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Thanks for the wonderful suggestion Wayne. (...) I'll go for the language neutral socket solution. (...) I'll only allow one connection though, at least until I reorganize my data. <snip> (...) At first my head started spinning through all (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I disagree. (...) Yes. I can see the need for the name of the generated file at each post processing step. Did you want a list of *all* the files generated for a given entire model as well? (...) Good. This is the kind of stuff I envisioned (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw Help Desk Tutorials (Was Re: What's up with www.ldraw.org?)
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(...) The files were design primarly to be provided to users via a .zip file via email. The files are small enough for that. =) I'm been provided them to people on an individual bases so that they NEED not be online to "read" them. -AHui LDraw Help (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) That fits you to a T. LOL! ;-) -Tim (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) rofl. I know a few people like that. (...) That sounds like an opinion to me. And it fits my credo: "Never take what's offered. If given the choice between A or B, demand C". Steve (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw Help Desk Tutorials (Was Re: What's up with www.ldraw.org?)
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(...) Cool. We can also host them on LDraw.org when the site gets back online, or at the very least link to them from the Help Desk. I'm not going to worry about them not fitting the style sheet, since it would be quite a bit of work to convert them (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw Help Desk Tutorials (Was Re: What's up with www.ldraw.org?)
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(...) They have know of the files for several months now. I talked to them prior to uploading them to ensure that they did not get deleted. But alas water under the bridge... I've moved all the LDraw development stuff to my website under my control. (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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