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(...) Eh? I feel left out. Why does it only mention L3Lab and LDView When it seems to work just fine for my favorite "user defined" external program as well? Actually I'm not sure what the polling interval does... Don (20 years ago, 13-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hopefully you're still out there... This is really great that you've written this! Makes things alot easier for us who aren't that good with modeling tools. However, I'm having some problems, hopefully you can help me out? I try to import ldrs and (...) (20 years ago, 12-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) color definitions. This new file includes several new colors, including (but not limited to): - New gray - New dark gray - New brown - Dark green - pearl gray - pearl sand blue - trans purple Some of the RGB values were based on the (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes ... and no. If we did produce a fully internationalized, multi-namable color definition set, we'd almost certainly include a 'default name' property for the colors. So think of the data in ldconfig.ldr as the color definitions + the (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Well, if you look at Datsville a lot, that would probably be the reason. It won't open in any version of LDView released to date. The next major LDView release (3.0) will open it. I just opened town.dat, and while it took 25 seconds to load (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The very big problem with all the nice options in L3Lab is that they aren't saved anywhere. One place to put all those options stored would be the ldconfig.ldr file, but I think it would be more natural to put it in ldraw.ini or a (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I agree that ldconfig.ldr should stay simple. But it should be possible for people to create and use alternate configuration files, including (but not limited to) alternate color definitions. Let's see, that's 4, or maybe 5, votes for (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) <SHAMELESS_PLUG> That's easy, just use LDView ;-). </SHAMELESS_PLUG> It won't let you turn off all type 2 lines, but it will let you turn off all "edge lines", which are all type 5 lines, and all type 2 lines that are color 24. To be honest, I (...) (20 years ago, 9-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The more I think about it, the more I lean towards ldconfig.ldr should stick to handle just 'color definitions' and just default border colors, rather than 'color configurations'. Where 'default' is the traditional "anti-color" that optionally (...) (20 years ago, 9-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Me too, but then again, is there really any need for more than two color setups? With this solution, you'll have to change all your alternative ldconfig files when a new color is added. I think just one ldconfig.ldr file would be an advantage. (...) (20 years ago, 9-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Maybe so, but I still like it. :^) Besides, it's really all about backwards compatibility. You're not suggesting we rename the [LDraw] key to [] are you? After all, it's just as redundant. Perhaps I'm a dummy, but I've got all sorts of LDAO (...) (20 years ago, 9-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Isn't "LDraw." redundant? It is, after all, the ldraw.ini file. --Travis Cobbs (20 years ago, 9-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) True. Except the current ldconfig.ldr file doesn't specify all edge colors as black. Many of them use color 0 (which is defined as RGB(33,33,33)), some of them specify #000000, some of them use other colors. (...) Hmm, somebody want to setup a (...) (20 years ago, 9-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I never saw any of those discussions, and I pretty much kept silent about the original ldconfig.ldr file, because I never really gave the edge colors much thought. However, it seems to me that making all the edges black should be up to the (...) (20 years ago, 9-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Ah ha! I thought I saw some duplicates in there. Then the only thing left in [LDraw] is the various paths to find things. I like that. (...) Ok, so how about this? [LDraw.Configurations] # FILE Config Name LOCALE 0=ldconfig.ldr default EN (...) (20 years ago, 9-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) If you mean the Launcher, LDAO Modeler, and Minifig Modeler keys -- those are old. The current version of LDAO stores these keys in the [LDraw Add-On] section. (...) To me, a dot looks more like a delimiter than a space. It somewhat indicates (...) (20 years ago, 9-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Why would you recommend that? My current ldraw.ini is loaded with search paths in the [LDraw] section. I'd say it's the other stuff that doesn't belong there. [LDraw] BaseDirectory=C:\ldraw Convert=c:\lcad\software\im (...) (20 years ago, 9-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That sounds sensible. Also it's occurred to me since my last post on the internationization topic, that the Color names, and color definitions might be better off split up. 1. If the skins or theme's catch on, there's no sense having a (...) (20 years ago, 9-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) How about combining, steve's, andrew's, and your earlier idea with something like: [Configurations] # FILE Config Name LOCALE 0=ldconfig.ldr default EN 1=ldcfgalt.ldr ldlite EN 2=ldconfig_DE.ldr default DE 3=ldcfgalt_DE.ldr ldlite DE (...) (20 years ago, 9-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'd say we're getting to the point where -- if there are going to be more than a handful of color configurations -- we'd want to think about some alternate distribution/management methods for 'color configurations'. Similar to what other (...) (20 years ago, 9-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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