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(...) Well, I suppose that as long as we're stuck with lawyers in our society, we have to face realities like this. We don't have to like it, though. (...) Making LDRAW-using apps harder to use doesn't really help this, though. People who stick with (...) (19 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) Yes, that's my setup too. This machine is actually owned by my company, which is too cheap to buy me a cinema display, but is happy to buy me two 15" displays. And there are some minor advantages to this setup (mostly, if one dies, I can live (...) (19 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) Yes, but it is the best way. When the library isn't found, just display a window asking "1). browser for library" "2). search for library" "3). download library and install (New uses select this)" That should keep the low-attention-span Mac OS (...) (19 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) Nearly all of my computers use this resolution. On my main machine I at least have 2 monitors. James (19 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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Dear Joe, I'm glad you like the program! Further comments are interspersed below: (...) Oi! So small! I just switched my computer to 1024 x 768, and I can promise you, Mac OS X was not made for that resolution! (...) My thoughts exactly. But I (...) (19 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) Wow, my first impressions are that it is very cool. I poked it with a stick and here are some observations that I made... *I'd love to have preset views like other LCad programs (press 1, 2, 3... etc for different views of model) (...) (19 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Well that just sucks. They don't want too many people using LDraw, I guess? Because many users simply won't jump through that many hoops to get started. They'll download a CAD program, double-click it, see scary messages about LDraw not being (...) (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) Perfect. Sorry I missed that before, and thanks for pointing it out! Best, Joe (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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Dear Joe, I'll write more about your previous (good!) suggestions when I have more time later. For now, I'll point you in the direction of the Tools menu, where you'll find a "Show Colors" selection. You'll notice that the Colors palette tracks (...) (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) It's always nice to see new stuff like this. Especially with the source code available in CVS on the sourceforge site. Cool! (...) Hmm, I don't know, the file looks OK to me. I don't remember any limit on nested MPD subfiles. And I also don't (...) (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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