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Re: Capitalization of LDraw & LEdit
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Wed, 14 Apr 1999 21:02:07 GMT
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At 07:08 PM 4/14/99 +0000, Sproaticus wrote:
> Todd Lehman wrote:
> > 1) The LDraw FAQ document and Bram's LDraw & LEdit tutorial,
> > [...]
> >    both say LDraw and LEdit everywhere, except when mentioning executable
> >    filenames.
> 
> I wonder what kind of latitude we have here with filenames?
> 
> I am thinking of what Larry Wall says about capitalization of Perl,
> something like "Perl" is the name of the language, "perl" is the utility you
> use for that language.
> 
> In using LDraw with an increasingly case-sensitive file system, this may
> become an issue in the future.  Almost everywhere I've seen, lower-case
> filenames are preferred and/or recommended for executables.

Again, I would keep filenames all lowercase since issues with operating
systems could come up.

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(...) Some additional data points, for the record: 1) The LDraw FAQ document and Bram's LDraw & LEdit tutorial, (2 URLs) both say LDraw and LEdit everywhere, except when mentioning executable filenames. 2) The ldraw.doc file that came with the (...) (27 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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