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  Re: Testing long filenames was Re: Unofficial directory (with non-standard name lenght)?
 
(...) Thanks, Well well, first advantage of downgrading to XP, I guess. Just to be sure, you did drag and drop into the "application", or did you write it in a command line? /Tore (18 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
 
  Re: txt2dat on Mac OS X (was Re: Announcing Bitsticker)
 
(...) Hmmm, interesting. txt2dat is currently compiled against 2.1.9, I haven't tried upgrading since txt2dat is the only thing I use it for. But the API doc at the freetype site still documents (URL) FTOrientation API>. Also, version 2.3.1 (which I (...) (18 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
 
  txt2dat on Mac OS X (was Re: Announcing Bitsticker)
 
(...) Hi Ross, It works! I just built it by hand, so I'll write a simple makefile for it tomorrow. Only issue is that the version of Freetype 2 that comes with OS X doesn't seem to know about FTOrientation, so I just ifdeffed out the few bits that (...) (18 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
 
  Mac MPD Utility obsolescence
 
Man, I just realized that my old (URL) MPD Utility> is still listed on LDraw.org. Frankly, I don't think there's still a need for it, and I wouldn't really trust it to "do the right thing" with any given MPD. It was sort of cobbled together as a (...) (18 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
 
  Re: Testing long filenames was Re: Unofficial directory (with non-standard name lenght)?
 
(...) (URL) Here's> the output on XP. ROSCO (18 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
 
  Re: Testing long filenames was Re: Unofficial directory (with non-standard name lenght)?
 
(...) Well, I made a small program in Delphi 7 that lists the command line parameters, drag and dropped a file named "LongFileName.dat" in it, and here is the surprising result: (URL) (Running on a Win98SE PC.) So I think long file names still has (...) (18 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
 
  Re: LDView 3.1 on Mac OS X!
 
(...) Sure, but as I said, you can't be 100% certain that the contents of the standard LDraw directory are all official and vice versa, so the best way to manage them (in my opinion) is lump them all together, and have a program that helps you (...) (18 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
 
  Re: Unofficial directory (with non-standard name lenght)? (Was: LDView 3.1 on Mac OS X!)
 
(...) The only character either Linux or Mac OS X is allergic to is '/'. Spaces are perfectly acceptable under both. One need only take care that any paths fed to the shell are properly escaped. Ideally anybody writing shell scripts or system() (...) (18 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
 
  Re: LDView 3.1 on Mac OS X!
 
It's me the user that wants to know which unofficial parts I've downloaded and am using, and thus which may require updating, deleting, or something. For me it is purely a user-management issue. My program doesn't really care if a part is Official (...) (18 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
 
  Re: Unofficial directory (with non-standard name lenght)? (Was: LDView 3.1 on Mac OS X!)
 
(...) With tongue slightly in cheek, I believe it is time to accept the technological advancements of 1984. If DOS wasn't obsolete the day it was written, it definitely was within a few years. DOS filenames tend to be inscrutable, and there just (...) (18 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
 
  Re: LDView 3.1 on Mac OS X!
 
(...) Well the other thing to consider is that with the adoption of the standard header on DAT files, there really is no *need* to store unofficial files in a different sub-directory, because programs will be able to tell which files are unofficial (...) (18 years ago, 1-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
 
  Re: LDView 3.2 on Mac OS X with Qt 3.3.7 status report
 
I've tried a little (without success) to get QT4 to build as a universal static library. If I get that working, I'll see if I can't work out the QT4-specific bugs. While the border and extra space on top aren't good in the QT4 version, the overall (...) (18 years ago, 1-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
 
  Re: Unofficial directory (with non-standard name lenght)? (Was: LDView 3.1 on Mac OS X!)
 
(...) First of all, I agree that we should avoid using space in filenames for all official stuff. It's just too problematic. However, that's not a reason to forbid the use of long filenames in general. The thing is, any program that doesn't support (...) (18 years ago, 1-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
 
  Request for votes in LDraw polls
 
Hi all, As some of you know (and perhaps some do not) LDraw conducts various polls, both for official reasons (such as elections and Constitutional changes) and for contests (such as model of the month, part of the month etc.). Unfortunately the (...) (18 years ago, 1-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) ! 
 
  Testing long filenames was Re: Unofficial directory (with non-standard name lenght)?
 
(...) And sorry to reply to myself... Could people using older operating systems test this? I'm happy to maintain the status quo if there are problems but if no-one finds problems then I think we make the majority suffer for something that isn't (...) (18 years ago, 1-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
 
  Re: Unofficial directory (with non-standard name lenght)? (Was: LDView 3.1 on Mac OS X!)
 
(...) I'm not sure about 98 and its ilk but I've never had any problems with long filenames in XP for l3p (and possible other command lines although I can't remember any off hand). I would certainly recommend against using spaces in filenames as (...) (18 years ago, 1-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
 
  Re: LDView 3.2 on Mac OS X with Qt 3.3.7 status report
 
(...) I think I forgot to mention that using Qt 3 also restored "polling" mode, which broke with Qt 4. Jim (18 years ago, 1-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
 
  Re: Unofficial directory (with non-standard name lenght)? (Was: LDView 3.1 on Mac OS X!)
 
(...) It it really so? We still use renderers and utilities that have command line inputs, and I don't know but I have a strong feeling that long names may cause problems like "Unofficial" turs into "Unoffi~1" followed by path not found errors. And (...) (18 years ago, 1-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
 
  Motion to the LDraw Bylaws (Accountability of "Key Positions"): Call for Ratification
 
Since the motion to the LDraw Bylaws has been posted (URL) and publicly discussed, and since by peoples' silence, there appear to be no more lingering objections, the Steering Committee hereby calls for a community vote to ratify the motion which (...) (18 years ago, 1-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)  
 
  2007/2008 LDraw Steering Committee Election is open
 
The 2006 LDraw.org Steering Committee election is now open. To vote, please visit (URL) and log in with your user account. Next, visit the ballot page on LDraw.org here: (URL) LDraw organization members may vote and you may vote for up to five (...) (18 years ago, 1-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)  


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