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Re: Search path question
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:32:09 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Roland Melkert wrote:
> Travis Cobbs wrote:
> > I just noticed some unexpected behavior in LDView, and I wanted to ask here
> > whether or not the behavior was right. Suppose you have the following files:
> >
> > TestModel.ldr
> > Sub/Sub1.ldr
> > Sub/Sub2.ldr
> >
> > TestModel.ldr contains a reference to Sub/Sub1.ldr. When Sub1.ldr refers to
> > Sub2.ldr, should it use Sub2.ldr as the filename or Sub/Sub2.ldr? In other
> > words, does the "current model directory" part of the search path refer to the
> > model the user actually loaded, the current model, or both?
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> The way I understand the file handeling system, this should not load.
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> Because every file's references must be handled relative from the file
> being loaded (not to the main file).
> So calling sub/sub2.ldr from sub/sub1.ldr will look at sub/sub/sub2.ldr.
> If that fails it checks the ldraw tree.
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> Also I was told a while back it's an unwritten rule to only use dirs in
> references for subparts and primitives, everything else is off limit :)
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> This is the way I implemented it in LD4DStudio after a discussion in
> this group a while back.
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> Greetings,
>
> Roland
Hi Roland,
Thanks for the input. Has anyone else implemented the mechanism the
way Roland has?
Kevin
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