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Re: Could MPeedy be integrated into LDAO?
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Thu, 15 Jul 1999 16:51:15 GMT
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LDAO actually is quite good for adding utilities. It's not that hard a
process, but it is an additional barrier. Having some of the most important
utilities come "standard" with LDAO would be great.
For example: I know that setting up L3P to work with LDAO is quite simple--I
did it on my old PC and it worked great. One button press created a .pov
file. But since I got the new machine late last year, I haven't bothered to
figure out just what I did before, and have instead resorted to the DOS
command line (still pretty easy for L3P, but a waste anyway.)
I don't think it's reasonable to expect all utility authors to configure their
programs as plug-ins, but for the most-used ones it would be really nice.
-John Van
Tim Courtney <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message
news:4.2.0.58.19990715111529.00a1e280@pop.osiriscomm.com...
> At 10:54 AM 7/15/99 , John VanZwieten wrote:
> > Steve (and authors of .MPD utilities),
> >
> > Could a utility to build and unpack .mpd files be integrated into LDAO? I
> > fear that unless we make it as easy to create an .mpd file as it is to • inline
> > submodels, the .mpd format will not reach (almost) universal acceptance.
> >
> > With the OMR becoming a reality, it would really be a shame if all those
> > models had their submodels inlined rather than .mpd'ed.
> >
> > I realize that even now, making .mpd's work only involves getting one of • the
> > .mpd utilities and setting it up to work with LDAO, but this seems too much
> > for a large number of people.
>
> Good point John. What about making LDAO plugin-based so people can write
> utilities for it and install them as plugins? This would allow for more
> than just MPD being integrated - people could use whatever util written in
> plugin format in LDAO.
>
> Anyways, I agree that LDAO should have a (rather advanced) MPD builder to
> ease things.
>
> -Tim <><
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| (...) Good point John. What about making LDAO plugin-based so people can write utilities for it and install them as plugins? This would allow for more than just MPD being integrated - people could use whatever util written in plugin format in LDAO. (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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