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Re: Question for the LSC. Blanks in file names legal?
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Mon, 16 May 2005 14:48:25 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Travis Cobbs wrote:
> In lugnet.cad, Kevin L. Clague wrote:
> > Is it legal to have blanks in file names in type 1 records?
> >
> > I looked at
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> > http://www.ldraw.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=45
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> > and it does not specify. I'd guess that LDRAW.EXE cannot handle them.
> >
> > What is the LSC's position on this issue.
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> (Note FUT lugnet.cad.dev)
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> I realize that spaces are officially a no-no, but since I've also seen files
> that contain references to sub-models with spaces in the filenames, I'm adding
> support for this to the next LDView release. It will generate a warning, but it
> will load the file (as long as there aren't any trailing or leading spaces in
> the filename; I won't be supporting that).
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> I understand why it's not officially supported by the spec, but the reason I'm
> adding support for it is because it's not really fair to users to not allow
> spaces in their filenames. I don't think it should be necessary for users to
> know anything about the internals of the file format that their files are
> created with. And the fact is that it's pretty easy to support spaces in
> filenames.
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> The only reason I'm not supporting leading or trailing whitespace is that I
> suspect this will cause some existing files to fail to load, since it was never
> a problem before to have multiple spaces before the filename, or trailing
> whitespace after the filename.
Travis,
I have done the same in LPub. Easier to implement it than explain it every
time someone gets burned.
Kevin
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> --Travis Cobbs
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