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Re: re-name "patterned" parts?...
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Mon, 18 Dec 2000 20:54:19 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Franklin W. Cain writes:
People, I've noticed a minor problem with the current way
of naming/titling "petterned" parts.

Here's a brief excerpt from PARTS.LST
(sorted by Description):

3070.DAT      Tile  1 x  1

in addition.. something that I've been curious about.. why are the names
(descriptions) in this format?:

[type] <space> # <space> x <space> <space> #

why the second space after the times sign? I've removed it from some of my
updated parts, which caused them to be out of order, so I put it back.. but why
is it there at all.. looks sloppy in parts reports, etc.

J



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: re-name "patterned" parts?...
 
(...) Because of parts like "baseplate 16 x 16" which need two character spaces? Without the padding you'd get ragged listings in monospace font reports. Just a guess, I am just a gadfly here. ++Lar (24 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
  Re: re-name "patterned" parts?...
 
(...) You realize you answered your own question? The spacing was inherited from James Jessiman, but it works better to have it there. If some programs/people don't want the spaces, it's easy enough to delete them. It would be more challenging to (...) (24 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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  re-name "patterned" parts?...
 
People, I've noticed a minor problem with the current way of naming/titling "petterned" parts. Here's a brief excerpt from PARTS.LST (sorted by Description): 3070.DAT Tile 1 x 1 2555.DAT Tile 1 x 1 with Clip 3070DISP.DAT Tile 1 x 1 with Computer (...) (24 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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