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Re: LDraw.exe removed from distribution?
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Mon, 1 Jun 2009 14:58:51 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Orion Pobursky wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev, Roland Melkert wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I just downloaded the complete.zip and discovered LDraw.exe is no longer
> > present. I take this is a step in creating the 100% CA distro?
> >
> > Anyhow, I always used LDraw.exe to validate (in LD4DStudio) if a folder
> > is indeed the library's root.
> >
> > Now this is no longer reliable I could of course check for e.g.
> > 'ldconfig.ldr' or the 'part' and 'p' folders (the later having my
> > preference).
> >
> > But I was wondering if there is some kind of 'official' identification
> > marker i should check for. Because such a location could easily be e.g.
> > the unofficial library.
> >
> > Roland
>
> I'd go with ldconfig.ldr. LDraw.exe is now legacy software (and is in fact not
> complaint with the current spec). Since ldconfig.ldr is per spec where color
> are defined, it should always be present in a 100% complaint distro.
>
> -Orion
Thanks,
I think I'll check for the parts and p directories to determine if it's
any kind of library, and issue a warning if ldconfig.ldr is missing when
the official library is expected.
ps: Sorry I responded slow, I'm having troubles posting for weeks now :(
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| (...) I'd go with ldconfig.ldr. LDraw.exe is now legacy software (and is in fact not complaint with the current spec). Since ldconfig.ldr is per spec where color are defined, it should always be present in a 100% complaint distro. -Orion (15 years ago, 29-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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