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My classification into 5 possibilities was only meant to be an overview of what had been suggested so far, so that people could say what they were interested in. Personally I think there should be several programs, with separate code bases, and this (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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In lugnet.cad.dev.mac, Don Heyse writes: <snip> (...) As a long time owner, user and developer of mac software, it is my opinion that OS X should not be an exclusive goal. In my mind the goals should be 8.6, 9.x and X. Becuase of some of the (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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Hi Don, OS X is great for Unix-style development. I use it at work for that. However there isn't a decent debugger (gdb doesn't count.) Nor are there memory-bounds checker tools or any of the other niceties we take for granted elsewhere. CodeWarrior (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Yes, you guys need a plan of action. You're making progress, but you're flying off in all directions. I think your first step should be to write a document for ldraw.org that details how to set up the parts library from the linux parts (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) <snip> OK, help me to understand. Does "the project" preclude LDGLite for "8.6, 9" ? Is there some reason that makes this not desirable ? (available resources is the only one that comes to my mind) Likewise, is there a reason that we would (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Oh, I misunderstood you. Is there anything that we can do to help with BrickDraw3d? James (24 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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This discussion has got fairly chaotic, and it is clear that different people want different things from the project. I have noticed at least four programs suggested: 1. An LDraw program for MacOS 9 and earlier. This is probably best developed from (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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I was only referring to my own priorities. Everybody else's priorities are their own. However the lesson is the same. Your efforts would be better concentrated on making one thing. Supporting other OS versions is a big hassle. Especially dinosaurs (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Thinking of this earlier might have allowed me to put a day of effort into some useful improvements. (...) I would like to stay with OpenGL 1.2. It is the current rev, no need to backtrack needlessly. (...) One more time: Who is Wiz ? I'm (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Thanks Dan! Matt (24 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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