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Re: re-name "patterned" parts?...
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Mon, 18 Dec 2000 21:07:00 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Jeff Boen writes:
> in addition.. something that I've been curious about.. why are the names
> (descriptions) in this format?:
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> [type] <space> # <space> x <space> <space> #
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> 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.
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
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 | | Re: re-name "patterned" parts?...
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| (...) My impression has been that the extra space preserves alphabetical listing by description, so that Brick 2 x 4 comes before Brick 2 x 10. Another gadfly, Dave! (24 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: re-name "patterned" parts?...
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| (...) I'm guessing it's so they'll sort in human readable format... ie: brick 1 x 1 brick 1 x 2 brick 2 x 10 brick 2 x 12 would be instead (in computer numeralical order (as i like to call it when i complain to dan)) brick 1 x 1 brick 1 x 10 brick 1 (...) (24 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: re-name "patterned" parts?...
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| (...) 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, (...) (24 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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