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Re: L3P-Bug using LGEO
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:02:32 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss wrote:
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> I disagree because the dat and ldr extensions do not indicate the type of
> content in the file (except that it's an LDraw file).
hmm ... I always understod .ldr as scene file and .dat just for parts. at least
this was what I thought reding from tim's post back in 2001:
http://news.lugnet.com/cad/?n=6850
"The extension change is just that. Nothing changes in the actual file
format. It allows an LDraw model file to be distinctive from other files"
and
http://news.lugnet.com/cad/?n=6858
"> Are we going to change all the Parts files and Primitives ?
No, for now parts stay .DAT."
> I imagine if we ever
> break backwards compatibility in the part library, we'll switch all the files
> to .LDR extensions.
as far as I remember with already broke backwards compatibility with LDraw
0.something:
http://news.lugnet.com/cad/?n=12351
> Steve
w.
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 | | Re: L3P-Bug using LGEO
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| (...) What can I say? Tim has always been focused sharply on models. Although he used "model" extensively throughout that post, any implication of having separate definitions of "part" vs "model" as file-types is inaccurate. (...) That was entirely (...) (19 years ago, 15-Nov-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: L3P-Bug using LGEO
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| (...) I think Tim meant LDraw files distinctive from other programs' .DAT files. Also from (URL) is problematic because its an ambiguous file format, many different programs use it. To identify more with LDraw, we chose LDR." Anyway, as Travis (...) (19 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: L3P-Bug using LGEO
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| I agree and disagree with this. I agree that it would be good (for now) if L3P only substituted LGEO parts for files with a .dat extension. Or, even better, if (a) the file being substituted has the UNOFFICIAL/LDRAWORG meta-statement and states it (...) (19 years ago, 14-Nov-05, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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