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Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Wed, 19 Jan 2000 13:14:16 GMT
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> > Why don't we just define filenames are case-sensitive, and allow for an
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> I presume you mean "mixed case". We can't choose between
> case-sensitive and case-insensitive.
I meant exactly CASE-SENSITIVE.
and by case-sensitive I mean "model.dat" is different from "Model.dat".
And why can't we choose between ?
It's a lot easyer to convert from a case-sensitive complient filename
to case-INsensitive than the other way arround.
> I am not sure of that. There are many good reasons for
> working with case-insensitive file systems.
Could you back up that statement with some GOOD reasons ?
The only one I see is just to ease our laziness (I'm lazy too :P )
> > I am just saying this, because case-insensitive is just a special case
> > (may need conversion) of the more general case-sensitive case.
> > (try reading that fast, twice 8) )
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> I don't get your point here.
You can derive from a case-sensitive filename (string) un upper or lower
case string, to suit a particular case-insensitive system (which usually
converts to all 'lower' or all 'UPPER' case and then uses this string to
do its deeds).
But you CAN't derive from a case-INsensitive representation (all 'lower',
all 'UPPER' or MiXeD-case) the actual pseudo correct name for a
case-sensitive representation, since the same case-INsensitive string
could reference distinct filenames in a case-sensitive system, You can't
figure out witch.
Cheech, too much words to explain such a simple thing, am I'complicated or
natural language as a long way to learn yet ? ;)
> > > My personal preference is lower case.
> >
> > Mine is case-insensitive.
I Goofed here, I meant CASE-SENSITIVE
> That is not an option. Our choice has to work on both
> case-sensitive and case-insensitive file systems.
Why ? If we keep the filenames different in a case-S(ensitive) systems
than it will be fully portable to a case-I(nsensitive) systems, and will
allow for future improvements.
> > Mixed case should be allowed (compatible with case sensitive), but
> > all people who work on case-sensitive systems, should strive to use the
> > correct name when referencing a file inside a .dat, or their files won't
> > be correctly viewed.
>
> People using case-sensitive file systems will notice this
> automatically. The problem is people working on
> case-insensitive file systems, who don't think of other
> kinds of file systems.
As long as the ldraw distribution has the correct case-S representation,
there will be no problem, and every new file submitted as official should
be checked before release.
> > Having all that said, I would like to propose the following:
> > -case-sensitive filenames
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> Not an option!
See all the stuff I wrote above.
> > - ".DAT" standard extension to minimize changes to existing files
> > - try to minimize the need for editing the current files
> > - check if a specific primitive/subpart is referenced with different cases
> > in distinct files, and correct to be all the same.
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> All this can be handled, if we decide to store the files
> consistently with either upper or lower case names.
What would be the real benefit !
I know that all 'lower' or all 'UPPER' is probably easyer to maintain,
as long as all the files written in a case-S system are previously convert
to the applied convention.
This is not going to really benefit anyone directly, so if we (ldraw
community) decide that it's better to use a case-I aproach, then I'm ok
with that, as long as we include in the FAQ/.DAT specification, that
before every write to disk, the filename MUST be converted to the correct
fixed case, so that files could be interchanged easily between case-S and
case-I systems.
I rest my case.
Rui Martins
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| Rui: (...) ^^^...^^^ I presume you mean "mixed case". We can't choose between case-sensitive and case-insensitive. (...) I am not sure of that. There are many good reasons for working with case-insensitive file systems. (...) I don't get your point (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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