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Re: Could MPeedy be integrated into LDAO?
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Date: 
Thu, 15 Jul 1999 20:49:19 GMT
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:378e30c8.12944189@lugnet.com...
> On Thu, 15 Jul 1999 15:54:51 GMT, "John VanZwieten"
> <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> wrote:
> 
> > Steve (and authors of .MPD utilities),
> > 
> > Could a utility to build and unpack .mpd files be integrated into LDAO?
> 
> 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.
> 
> That would be sad.
> 
> > 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.
> 
> 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



Message has 1 Reply:
  Re: Could MPeedy be integrated into LDAO?
 
(...) OK, I'll work on that. Steve (27 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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  Re: Could MPeedy be integrated into LDAO?
 
(...) 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 (...) (27 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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