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Re: "~moved to" files and parts.lst
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Tue, 27 Apr 1999 09:52:11 GMT
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On Mon, 26 Apr 1999 13:59:36 GMT, "Lars C. Hassing" <lch@ccieurope.com> wrote:
> Terry wrote:
> > I have noticed that many people have been using "~moved to"
> > files in modeling lately. These files are there strictly
> > as a backwards compatibility measure, and really should not
> > be used in new modeling at all.
> > James would often delete "~moved to" files from new updates.
> > We have not done that yet, but it may conceivably be
> > necessary at some future time that we do so.
> >
> > I was thinking that it might be a good idea to have
> > MKLIST.exe ignore all "~moved to" files by default. That
> > would remove all those extraneous listings from LEdit's
> > parts.lst file. Resulting (hopefully) in less usage of
> > those parts in new models.
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> I really doubt people choose a "~Moved to xxx.dat" part
> when browsing in LEdit! Why should they? It doesn't have
> a description, so how would you know what part it is?
It would be very simple to do so. If you sort by filename, the ~Moved to parts
are all intermingled with the rest of the parts. When you go to the parts.lst
in LEdit, you don't even really need to pay a lot of attention to the
descriptions - the image of the piece is on the screen.
> If people are using "~Moved to" parts, it must be because
> they thought they could remember the number, or were
> looking at an old list or parts reference.
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> I can easily change mklist. I think that "~Moved to" parts
> should be ignored by default, and optionally included.
> But I don't think this will reduce the problem.
You are right, that many people use the old numbers because of memory. I don't
know how to change that. Maybe it won't help much. But it sure shouldn't
hurt, and I just hope it will cut down on using those old numbers a little.
> /Lars
> BTW. All our "~Moved to" parts use a capital 'M' in "Moved".
Is that an observed fact? And is it important to maintain that?
-- Terry K --
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