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Re: L3P user primitive substitution
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lugnet.cad.dev
Date: 
Wed, 19 Dec 2001 17:16:01 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Don Heyse wrote:

> In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss writes:
> > In lugnet.cad.dev, Don Heyse writes: • [snip]
> > > 0 INCLUDE pov/coolpart.pov • [snap]
> > In general, that's an interesting thought.
> > 
> > But in this case, I don't think it's necessary - POV already has an include
> > statement (IIRC).
> 
> Well yes, but I wasn't just thinking about POV.  I thought that was
> your point in changing the syntax.  The 0 INCLUDE meta-command could
> be used to install custom colors much like the ldliterc.dat file.
> I'm sure there are plenty of other non-POV uses, like say postscript?

Nod, right.  INCLUDE has been mentioned before, in other contexts, and
I'm generally in favor of it.  But I'd rather discuss that in a separate
thread - IF[N]DEF/ELSE/ENDIF wouldn't depend on INCLUDE.
(although, for official part files, INCLUDE is pretty useless, except
inside an IF[N]DEF).

> > Of course, allowing the use of such a statement raises another issue:
> > is it alright to distribute non-LDraw files with the LDraw parts library?
> 
> I don't see why not, but the point is that you wouldn't have to.
> by pulling the non-LDRAW content out into separate files you can
> do minimal, typical, and complete versions of the parts library
> installation.

Different flavors of download/install files would be nice, but they
dodge the point: in at least some flavors, we'd be distributing
non-LDraw code.  It's not really a big issue, just me playing Devil's
Advocate.

Steve



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  Re: L3P user primitive substitution
 
(...) Well yes, but I wasn't just thinking about POV. I thought that was your point in changing the syntax. The 0 INCLUDE meta-command could be used to install custom colors much like the ldliterc.dat file. I'm sure there are plenty of other non-POV (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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