Subject:
|
Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.cad.dev
|
Date:
|
Wed, 19 Jan 2000 19:23:46 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
885 times
|
| |
|
|
Don Heyse:
> > My preference is all lower-case (mostly from an aesthetic
> > point of view), which generally is more readable than upper-case.
> If you go way back to the beginning of this thread you'll see that my
> PERSONAL preference is also lower case, because it's easier to type, easier
> to read, etc.
Sorry, I had forgotten that.
> But I seem to recall a debate a while ago about the rights
> to distribute modified versions of the original parts archives. I was under
> the impression that they must be distributed unaltered,
> which would leave the PARTS and P dat files in uppercase.
I am sure we can get the Jessimans to accept a repackaging
of that kind (if we agree on it).
> Whenever I port something, and I have
> done this before, I try to make the ported program fit the original
> environment as much as possible even when it disagrees with my personal
> preferences.
A very sensible strategy.
> Not difficult, agreed, but is it legal?
We would have to have it approved by the Jessimans.
> Again my personal preference is
> lowercase, but I'm not convinced I can distribute a modified version of
> the parts archives which I believe are in uppercase. Has anyone unarjed
> (or whatever program is used) the archives in LINUX to see if they actually
> come out in uppercase?
I can't get my Linux unarj to handle the executable ARJ files.
> I don't see how you can FORCE people to use lower case. You can SUGGEST
> it and point out the ramifications of using mixed case. You can even go so
> far as to RECOMMEND it as a really good idea.
Yes.
You could even recommend that programs that create LDraw
files store them with lower (or upper) case names.
> But people working in case-insensitive filesystems will
> always make mistakes.
Therefore it is preferred, if the tools can help people
remembering.
> Your best bet is to make a recommended standard for
> personal DAT files, put it in a FAQ, and point it out in
> LUGNET when people are inconsistent.
Yes.
> > No matter how file and directory names are written in
> > LDraw files, they shall be converted to lower-case
> > in comunication with the operating system and other
> > programs.
>
> Once again, I don't think you can force people to store their own personal
> files in any particular way.
This is an advice to the programmers of tools that process
LDraw files.
You are correct that we can't force people to do anything,
but it shouldn't prevent us from formulating a sensible
addition to the LDraw specification, now that it is needed.
Play well,
Jacob
------------------------------------------------------------
-- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk --
-- Web...: <URL: http://hugin.ldraw.org/LEGO/Tog/ > --
------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
|
| (...) If you go way back to the beginning of this thread you'll see that my PERSONAL preference is also lower case, because it's easier to type, easier to read, etc. But I seem to recall a debate a while ago about the rights to distribute modified (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
|
40 Messages in This Thread:
  
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
