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Subject:	Re: PARTS.LST searching. (Was: Re: Part Fix 3959 Space Gun)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.dev
Date:	Thu, 3 Jul 2003 20:57:48 GMT
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lugnet.cad.dev, Orion Pobursky wrote: > In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Don Heyse wrote: > <snip> > > Is there a maximum line length for part files? > > Mklist.c seems to allow 200 characters per line right now. What about > > LEDIT? > > The PT currently limits you to, I think, 64 characters in the part > name. I don't know wht this limit is imposed. I just test LEDIT > with a long name and it didn't care. Actually, I looked a bit further in the mklist.c code and it will READ up to 200 chars of part description, but then it truncates down to 64 chars before writing the part file. Apparently this is to be compatible with the old MAKELIST.EXE and not necessarily LEDIT. However the old MAKELIST.EXE program had other limitations that we've already worked around by creating a new mklist.exe executable. So is this 64 char limitation really needed? If for some reason we must use a name like "Bar 1.5L with Handle and Female Stud" for the space gun part, I'd like to be able to generate a PARTS.LST file with useful information in it like this so I can find it: 3959.DAT Bar 1.5L with Handle and Female Stud KEYWORDS bar, rod, round, blaster, gun, tool, scanner, lamp, light, laser, torch, Space, Castle, Pirates Or should I just abandon PARTS.LST and mklist.c and create my own keyword search file format? Don PS. Orion, I think I have your LDDP plugins working in ldglite. I haven't made an official release in a long time, but I put an executable here if you want to see if I did it right. http://ldglite.sourceforge.net/ldgliteexe0_9_8plugtest.zip Really brief instructions are here. http://ldglite.sourceforge.net/changelog.html

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		Re: PARTS.LST searching. (Was: Re: Part Fix 3959 Space Gun)
(...) LDList makes a partlist of it's own, and saves the keywords too. You can search for a part by AND-ing separate words, or exact quote. (URL) (Both .exe and Delphi source) You're free to use any ideas you can get from it. -- Anders Isaksson, (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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		Re: PARTS.LST searching. (Was: Re: Part Fix 3959 Space Gun)
In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Don Heyse wrote: <snip> (...) The PT currently limits you to, I think, 64 characters in the part name. I don't know wht this limit is imposed. I just test LEDIT with a long name and it didn't care. --Orion (21 years ago, 3-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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