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Re: Patterned Parts Numbering
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Thu, 19 Oct 2000 16:34:58 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Don Heyse wrote:
> How about replacing the .dat extension with the pattern number for these
> filenames? (Something like 3626bp.101)
I'd rather not encode file-nameish data into the file-extension. That
feels like a bad thing to do -- extensions indicate the *type* of file, not
the specific file.
I realize that "DAT" is not the greatest extension in the world, as it's
far too generic. But, it's better than not having a recognizable filetype
extension at all.
Steve
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| (...) True, but since these are merely parts files and as such will reside in the LDRAW\PARTS directory, I think the *type* of file will be obvious. I agree this certainly feels like a "bad thing" at first, but it does give you a lot more characters (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Patterned Parts Numbering
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| (...) etc.) Don't LDRAW and LEDIT run in "real DOS" mode? They won't understand the long filenames even if you run them from within windows. I'm pretty sure some folks still use LEDIT. How about replacing the .dat extension with the pattern number (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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