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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 20:49:19 GMT
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 15 Jul 1999 15:54:51 GMT, "John VanZwieten"
> <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> wrote:
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> > Steve (and authors of .MPD utilities),
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> > Could a utility to build and unpack .mpd files be integrated into LDAO?
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> Yes. Or I could just add the functions to LDAO as a set of internal tools
> (like the inliner and outliner are).
Please, please, please.
> > 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.
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> That would be sad.
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> > 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.
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> Would it help to replace (or enhance) the Tool Manager with a Tool Wizard,
> to walk people through the process of connecting to tools?
Maybe this would help. The Tool Manager is very versatile, but not completely
intuitive.
> I should also make LDAO smarter about looking for specific tools. There
> aren't all that many around.
Yeah! Combined with the Tool Wizard, it could take you through looking for
L3P, MPeedy (and/or MPDBuilder), LDList, etc. Maybe even include the URLs
for finding utilities not present.
-John Van
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| (...) Yes. Or I could just add the functions to LDAO as a set of internal tools (like the inliner and outliner are). (...) That would be sad. (...) Would it help to replace (or enhance) the Tool Manager with a Tool Wizard, to walk people through the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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