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(...) And I'm pretty sure on Mac OS X, if you use the finder to activate your program, you have no control whatsoever over the command line. So you already need another way if you want to click on a LDR file or link and have something happen. Don (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Do you mean "USERS need the ability to specify", or "programs need the ability to READ"? Either way, that approach is for advanced users (software geeks) only. We're trying to improve things for ordinary (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Seems to me programs need the ability to specify the LDRAWINI directory (and possibly LDRAWDIR) on the command line, for non-standard setups. Maybe the library needs an Ldraw-specific getopt[1] function as well. ROSCO [1] (URL) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm logged onto an NT domain right now at work and it's set to this: ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users That's on the local drive. But I suppose you're right, a competent administrator could set it up somewhere on the network. (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad.dev (2004.03.03.1000) #9551 (1 article)
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(...) Well, there is Mac OS 8-9 and Mac OS X. Mac OS 8-9: The search path for the ini/pref file is: /System Folder/Preferences There is no where else it should be saved. Andrew can tell you what the format is (I don't think it is xml/plist). Mac OS (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You're welcome. I chose C rather than C++ because L3P is still also compiled with 1988 TurboC. L3Lab and LDrawSetup is C++, but can easily interface to a lib in C. You can write a wrapper class if you think it's necessary. (...) But of course (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Sure. (...) OK. (...) Fine. (...) I think so too. Users will also have the option to use the new app LDrawSetup, which can setup LDrawDir, SearchDirs, LgeoDirectory, MIME-types. /Lars (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It's no problem handling the \ or /'s. We do that all the time already in our parts referencing e.g. S\3039S01.DAT, we do manage to find the subpart on unix too :-) My library reads env vars and ini files in any format and converts it to the (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) No, but leading blanks would be preserved as well... (...) Isn't that what %ALLUSERSPROFILE% is for? (...) LDRAWINI is just an opportunity for quickly temporarily using another specific ldraw.ini file. /Lars (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Lars C. Hassing" <sp.lars@am.hassings.dk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:Htz996.1H4@lugnet.com... (...) style of (...) it - (...) What I said ;-) <SNIP> (...) env (...) with (...) notified (...) all programs. (...) That sound interesting - any way I (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam....away.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:Hu0CMF.1Fyv@lugnet.com... (...) Ok, agreed too. So with have <HIDE> and optionally <SHOW> - right? (...) I would still like the quotation marks as an option - not a must. If a (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Oh yeah. One other thing about an ldraw.ini located on a central server. I'd prefer to leave the client OS up to the user. This reinforces my case for the <LDRAWDIR>parts path format without the nasty OS specific slash character. Enjoy, Don (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I agree, and prefer <> around all tags. (...) Ah, but what about leading blanks. ;^) Nevermind, I don't think you can create an absolute path that starts with leading blanks. (...) But wait. The reason given for looking in LDRAWDIR is for a (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The data contained in either environment variables or ini files should have exactly the same format. (...) Trailing blanks are preserved in both env var and ini files. So I still don't think quotation marks are necessary... (...) I didn't mean (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It is pretty meaningless doing a numbers report in the midst of a parts update. The increase in held files is a temporary artifact to keep dependent or non-referenced files out of the update. Chris (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Section Totals 166 certified files. 232 files need admin review. 430 files need more votes. 552 have uncertified subfiles. 237 held files. Total Files: 1,617 Comparison with Prev. Report: 2004-03-02: 166 / 232 / 430 / 552 / 237 (1,617) 2004-02-24: (...) (21 years ago, 2-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Thanks for the nod, Travis and Franklin. I, Steve Bliss, accept this nomination. Steve (21 years ago, 2-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Where to store the preferences? While I've been aware of this thread, I haven't actually been following it, so correct me if I've got the wrong end of the stick. (...) MacOS 9 and earlier is a single user environment and it was easy to place (and (...) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Many thanks for yet another update on MBC! Can I vote for yet another key mapping...? You've added the Delete key for deleting selected pieces, can you please also map the Backspace key to the same function, so that Powerbook users won't have (...) (21 years ago, 2-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Sorry to immediately respond to my own respond to my own reply, but I forgot one minor detail. The corallary to this bit is that to be safe, Windows programs should treat both / and \ as path separators any time they parse paths, and work (...) (21 years ago, 2-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I believe that this isn't entirely true. We had a problem at work where a program didn't work right in Windows 9x (I think it was 98, but I'm not entirely sure), but worked fine in Windows NT and Windows 2000. After some careful debugging, I (...) (21 years ago, 2-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) Thank you Travis and Orion. I accept your nomination -AHui LDraw Help Desk (URL) A&M LWorks (URL) A&M Productions (URL) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Winners of LDraw.org's February 2004 Model and Scene of the Month Contests
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(...) Thanks! Got it. This begs the question: Am I slowly going blind/dense, or are the links not displayed prominently enough? It seems to me I'm having much more problems finding things with the new ldraw.org layout, than with the old one. The (...) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I, William R. Ward, second this nomination. (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) That's not exactly true. I'm sure you can work out an arrangement with Lars. After all, L3P is not entirely open source, and the benefit of all the LDRAW tools using an identical parts search strategy is probably more useful than having you (...) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Oh. I didn't know it was as easy as: ~/MacOSX/environment.plist I guess that is one route. In Cocoa, which is what Andrew and I are both developing in now, it is really easy to grab prefs that have a unique name for the application. It isn't (...) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam....away.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HtwMAE.3BM@lugnet.com... (...) Done, sorry about that - but it was a hard day at work :-( (...) As mentioned earlier in this thread ... we should go with: 1) Users Home (...) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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Ok I hop on again ... "Lars C. Hassing" <sp.lars@am.hassings.dk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:Htnz7B.G2z@lugnet.com... (...) located (...) directories, (...) (URL) However, I suggest section name [LDrawSearch] which is more in line with [LDraw]. I (...) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Winners of LDraw.org's February 2004 Model and Scene of the Month Contests
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(...) (URL) the heading "View the current month's contest submissions" -Orion (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Actually Environment variables work pretty well on OS X because they've set up a standard place to put them, and it's one of those plist files. See here for details. (URL) would be nice though to have a standard fallback location for the (...) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad.dev)
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One other thing. Environment variables work too, but only serious Unixy Mac OS X people actually modify them--that is, some developers, but no one else. Normal users would even know what they are. Heck, even I don't modify mine. For my l3p and (...) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) /etc would work, except it would require admin permission to install, which is something the Mac OS X community doesn't like for an installer/app that isn't a system modifying type of installer/app. Saving stuff in /etc/ will also not survive (...) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Winners of LDraw.org's February 2004 Model and Scene of the Month Contests
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(...) vote. I want to show the entries to other people, on my computer. -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Oops, I forgot to add this. These sort of restrictions mean a user may be forced to put extra search directories in their home directory. Rather than recognize $HOME or %USERPROFILE% in an absolute path, it might be nice to add a <HOME> (...) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) I'm only willing to abandon environment variables if you're willing to go the distance and really try to work out a standard that we all can use. I, like Lars, was quite disappointed when you got impatient and cut short the previous discussion (...) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) I, René Hoffmeister, second this nomination. PeBe rulez! (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Winners of LDraw.org's February 2004 Model and Scene of the Month Contests
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(...) Good point. Links have been added. -Orion (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) them in the bar on the right side of the main ldraw.org page. Perhaps their should be a link or thumbnail in the winners article and on the voting page... --Bram (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Winners of LDraw.org's February 2004 Model and Scene of the Month Contests
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Congratulations to the winners of the February Model/Scene of the month contests: MOTM, Chris Parkinson, Transport SOTM, Lars Kristian Håkestad, "The pirateship is sinking" Voting for the March 2004 Model of the Month and Scene of the Month Contests (...) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | Mac Brick CAD 2.2b1 New Release
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After the level of input from the previous release, I've managed to update MBC again to version 2.2b1 This release fixes a couple of major memory bugs and also mainly adds some of the features that have been requested recently (and before) It is now (...) (21 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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