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Thanks to an inquiry from Michael Heidemann, I've written a little utility called LDMerge. I'd like to have one or two other people test it before it is released just to confirm that it works as intended. LDMerge is a console tool for temporarily (...) (17 years ago, 21-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Bug in current version of LDList
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(...) That fixed both problems. --Travis (17 years ago, 27-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Bug in current version of LDList
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(...) Certainly not intentional. I haven't the faintest idea why that happens. (...) For me both mouse wheel scroll and scrollbar scroll worked as expected during testing the other day, but today when I change my computer to the Toy Story Look (...) (17 years ago, 26-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Bug in current version of LDList
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(...) That seems to have partially solved the problem, but it introduced a change (maybe intentional). LDList now shows up with Win2K style title bar in XP even when themes are enabled. (Your screenshot from the old version shows it working with (...) (17 years ago, 25-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Bug in current version of LDList
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(...) Thanks to Travis Cobbs I've managed to reproduce, and hopefully fix, this problem. The download is updated, but not the web pages - (URL) updated version is 4.11, please download it again and retry on your system and let me know if the fix (...) (17 years ago, 25-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Bug in current version of LDList
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(...) jrsoftware forums helped me get rid of it! The download is updated, but not the web pages - (URL) updated version is 4.11 (17 years ago, 25-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Bug in current version of LDList
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(...) Not sure if themes have to be enabled or not. However, it looks like the setting is bit 3 in a registry key. See here: (URL) that the value appears to be stored in little endian binary, instead of a DWORD, so be careful if you're modifying the (...) (17 years ago, 24-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Bug in current version of LDList
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(...) I have Win XP SP2, run in Classic mode, maybe Themes is a prerequisite too? I don't have TweakUI installed, do you happen to know which registry entry is involved? (17 years ago, 24-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Bug in current version of LDList
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(...) If it doesn't happen to you, it's obviously kind of hard (read: well-nigh impossible) to fix. Having said that, as far as I know, the setting is enabled by default (at least in Windows XP). I know exactly how to enable and disable it with (...) (17 years ago, 24-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Bug in current version of LDList
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(...) Thanks for the research! Unfortunately, I can't see the problem, the definition of the listbox in LDList doesn't match the description in the jrsoftware thread, Power Toys are delivered by Microsoft without any guarantees, ..., I think I'll (...) (17 years ago, 23-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Portable MPD Submodel Names
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(...) Actually, I think you are correct. It makes sense from that perspective. The line type 1 naming rules apply to anything referenced by a type 1 line, including submodels. Thanks, Mike! Jim (17 years ago, 23-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Portable MPD Submodel Names
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I think the answer is very easy. Linetype 1 is for referencing to an existing LDraw file, doesn't matter which type (part, subpart, primitive etc.) So it is not necessary to describe that in the MPD Language Extension. The MPD Language Extension is (...) (17 years ago, 22-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Bug in current version of LDList
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(...) I found the thread on the Inno Setup forums, and based on my reading, it sounds like a Delphi bug with owner-drawn TListBox controls. It may be a bug in the MS List Box control when owner-draw is enabled; I don't know if the Delphi classes use (...) (17 years ago, 23-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Bug in current version of LDList
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(...) It affects a fair few other programs (the wonderful Inno setup and various parts of windows itself) so is not LDList specific. IIRC, there was a code workaround that was applied in Inno but you'd need to check the newsgroup history. (17 years ago, 22-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Bug in current version of LDList
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(...) I think this newsgroup is a good place. (17 years ago, 22-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Bug in current version of LDList
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(...) He's talking about the smooth scrolling ("list box animation" in the General section of Tweak UI from Windows XP PowerToys). The actual end result is correct. When you click, it ends up at the next page of data after it's done animating the (...) (17 years ago, 22-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Bug in current version of LDList
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(...) I tried it on XP SP2 and get the same issue. Note : the data in the list ends up in the right location, it's just that the scroll effect is backwards. Again, move the thumb halfway down the scroll bar. Click the down arrow and watch how the (...) (17 years ago, 22-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm on SP1. I'll try updating to SP2 and see if that fixes it. Rob (17 years ago, 22-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) ?? Doesn't happen to me, I'm running 4.1 on WinXP, SP2. Anyone else? (17 years ago, 22-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Bug in current version of LDList
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(...) I'm running LDList v 4.1, 2004-Apr-16 on Win XP First, move the slider thumb to the center of the scroll bar area. If you click the Up arrow a few times, the list text scrolls down, which is as expected. If you click the Down arrow, you'll see (...) (17 years ago, 22-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Bug in current version of LDList
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I first replied almost three hours ago, but for some reason e-mail authentication never got this posted. I had to send it again and authenticate on the web page to get the message to appear?? FUT: lugnet.admin.general (...) (17 years ago, 22-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Bug in current version of LDList
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(...) I think this newsgroup is a good place. (17 years ago, 22-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Portable MPD Submodel Names
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Bricksmith and LDView accept descriptive submodel names containing spaces, punctuation, and no file extension. However, I have been given the impression that MPD files containing submodel names like these can be problematic for MLCad and other tools (...) (17 years ago, 22-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Bug in current version of LDList
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(...) I would report bugs to the developer. I see an email address at the bottom of the page at (URL) and on the LDraw.org listing at (URL) the other hand, if your bug report contains any interim solutions for working around the bug, I would (...) (17 years ago, 22-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Bug in current version of LDList
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Where should I report a bug in LDList v4.1? Or is there a database of existing bugs for any of the LDraw family of apps? Rob (17 years ago, 22-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Brickshelf Upload Utility
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I've been working on a Brickshelf upload utility similar to (URL) Flickr Uploadr>. It helps streamline the process of zipping a bunch of files and navigating to or creating the appropriate folder to upload them. These screenshots are of a scruffy (...) (17 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: Search path question
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(...) Hi Roland, Thanks for the input. Has anyone else implemented the mechanism the way Roland has? Kevin (17 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Search path question
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(...) The way I understand the file handeling system, this should not load. 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 (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I would also lean towards always requiring the subdirectory, but am open to argument the other way. ROSCO (17 years ago, 12-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Search path question
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(...) I know that LPub would only know where to find sub2 if it was specified as sub/sub2.ldr. I think if there only being only one current working directory which is the directory where you've placed your top level model file. (...) This seems the (...) (17 years ago, 12-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Search path question
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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 (...) (17 years ago, 12-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDLink: reversibly merge part libraries
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Hi, folks. After reading some of the recent posts discussing support for unofficial parts and part directories, I decided to release this script I wrote to help manage the unofficial parts I use. I keep my unofficial parts in a parallel part library (...) (17 years ago, 11-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Convention for directoried for unofficial parts?
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(...) The following files in LDView's source tree contain the LDrawIni stuff: LDLoader/LDrawIni.c LDLoader/LDrawIni.h LDLoader/LDrawInP.h There's a #include <TCFoundation/TCDefines.h> near the top of LDrawIni.c. You can delete that; the only reason (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Convention for directoried for unofficial parts?
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(...) I'm using Qt, and LPub is under GPL, so this sounds perfect. I'm all for standardization, so this sounds great. (...) I'm not looking to judge or criticize anyone. All of our programming efforts are works in progress, so these self analysis' (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Convention for directoried for unofficial parts?
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(...) I agree (which is why I voted yes on the other proposal, although it's not an exact match for what you're asking for). Having said that, Lars did offer the INI parsing code, and since it's already in LDView (which is under GPL), anyone who (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That makes sense to me too. Based on the coincidental informal convention already used by LDView and Bricksmith, I suggest $LDRAWDIR/Unofficial as the default unofficial parts directory. It is structured like the regular LDraw directory with (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Dear LSC, was: LDrawIni API (was: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths)
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(...) That's because the LSC voted against it. Took me a while to find the discussion as well - and I knew it was out there! (URL) (17 years ago, 9-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Convention for directoried for unofficial parts?
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(...) Get the best of both worlds and do both. Check for the environment variable and if it is blank (or non-existant) default it to a "known" sub-directory. W (17 years ago, 9-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Convention for directories for unofficial parts?
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To all developers, The LSC does not want to specify how unofficial parts are handled. Personally if find the recommendation that we pull down individual unofficial parts into the same directory as our LDraw file a hassle. Would the group prefer (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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To all developers, The LSC does not want to specify how unofficial parts are handled. Personally if find the recommendation that we pull down individual unofficial parts into the same directory as our LDraw file a hassle. Would the group prefer (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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