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Re: Backwards Compatibility (Was Calling all Meta-commands)
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Sat, 15 Mar 2003 23:26:23 GMT
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Orion Pobursky wrote:

What are we going to do when DOS support in PC OS's goes away completely?

I have run into this problem with Windows XP, not so much with LEdit and
LDraw--I use L3P more often. Thankfully, there is still a Win98 SE computer
in the house!

my 2¢
--Ryan

ryanjf@ifriendly.com
http://users.ifriendly.com/fourfarrs1/



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  Re: Backwards Compatibility (Was Calling all Meta-commands)
 
(...) As Steve would say - LDraw and LEdit exist as a benchmark. I would add - for the _original_ LDraw spec - that is, everything LDraw/LEdit can do. 1.0.0 spec, which is essentially what Kevin is working on - documenting all meta-commands up to (...) (22 years ago, 17-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
  Re: Backwards Compatibility (Was Calling all Meta-commands)
 
(...) In Windows XP you can open a command prompt by selecting All Programs/Accessories/Command Prompt, or by typing "cmd" in the Run... dialog. /Lars (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
  The DOS apps (was Re: Backwards Compatibility)
 
Lars Hassing wrote: > Ryan Farrington wrote: >>I have run into this problem with Windows XP, not so much with LEdit and >>LDraw--I use L3P more often. Thankfully, there is still a Win98 SE computer >>in the house! > > In Windows XP you can open a (...) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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  Re: Calling all Meta-commands
 
(...) Yes. (...) I think we'll see coming out of this discussion something that will prevent the meta-command chaos we've seen for the past years. No one here is talking about a new file format, or new version of a spec - yet. First we need to fully (...) (22 years ago, 15-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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