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Re: Lossless outlining (Was: [ldraw.org] Progress)
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lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
Date: 
Mon, 7 Jun 1999 22:51:58 GMT
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On Mon, 7 Jun 1999 13:11:46 GMT, blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve Bliss) wrote:

> On Sat, 5 Jun 1999 03:09:01 GMT, "John VanZwieten"
> <john_vanzwieten@msn.com> wrote:
> 
> > In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss writes:
> > > [1] In the next version of LDAO, the stand-alone inliner will allow you
> > > better control over the inlining process.  Specifically, there will be
> > > options/buttons to:
> > > 
> > > - Select all subfiles
> > > - Unselect all
> > > - Inline only models, submodels, and unofficial parts & primitives
> > > - Keep or drop the original line
> > > - Recurse through inlined code
> > 
> > 
> > This will be great!  Would there be any way to add an option to leave out the
> > file information comments lines of subfiles (or maybe just all comments) when
> > inlining?  If you use several levels of subparts when creating a part, then
> > inline it, it takes a while to delete all those cumbersome comment lines.
> 
> I thought about that, but I was concerned about the burden of
> differentiating between comments and random extensions to LDraw (ie, new
> meta-commands).
> 
> Maybe LDAO should provide/maintain a list of known meta-commands?  Then the
> Inliner could happily zap any straight comment lines, but leave the
> functional stuff.
> 
> Steve

That is an interesting idea.

-- Terry K --



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  Re: Lossless outlining (Was: [ldraw.org] Progress)
 
(...) Hmmm. I wonder where the emphasis goes in that sentence.... Steve (27 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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  Re: Lossless outlining (Was: [ldraw.org] Progress)
 
(...) I thought about that, but I was concerned about the burden of differentiating between comments and random extensions to LDraw (ie, new meta-commands). Maybe LDAO should provide/maintain a list of known meta-commands? Then the Inliner could (...) (27 years ago, 7-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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