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Subject:	Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.dev
Date:	Sat, 6 Mar 2004 20:46:46 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, James Reynolds wrote: > > Well I don't know how mac command lines work but I was thinking along these > > lines: > > > > Windoze: > > xxx.exe /LDRAWDIR=C:\LDRAW /LDRAWINI=\\LDRAW_BOX\INI > > > > Unix: > > xxx --ldrawdir ${HOME}/ldraw --ldrawini /etc/ldraw > > Mac OS 9 does not have a command line. That OS is a dinosaur. [snip] > So, just think of OS X as just another UNIX. > > The biggest difference between Mac OS X and other Unixes is the users. Mac OS X > users are very untechnical compared to other Unix users. It would be a bad idea > to require them to use the command line. They wont even know what you are > talking about. Again, I'm not talking about most users - most will be covered by the search paths proposed earlier in the thread. This would only be for non-standard installations, where the people installing WOULD be likely to know what I am talking about. The only reason I proposed this idea is so the parts & ini file location is "open-ended" - to provide the ultimate flexibility for those that want to abuse it. If you create a closed list of options, sure as eggs someone will come along later saying "but how do I get it to work THIS way?". Better to allow for that eventuality from the start, IMO. ROSCO

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		Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths
(...) Right. I actually manage 350 Macs and I tried to put LDraw on them and ran into several problems that I had to take up with the Mac developers. So anything that makes this easier for admins is good in my opinion. (21 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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		Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths
(...) Mac OS 9 does not have a command line. That OS is a dinosaur. You can think of Mac OS X as a decendant of BSD, with a Mac OS 9 look-a-like window server. In fact, you can remove Apple's window server and add X11, turning Mac OS X into just (...) (21 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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