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(...) I've been using this method, too. The one thing I'd add is that these steps also need to be performed for the p/48 directory, or you risk deleting some or all of the 48-segment primitives. It's been years since I've had a copy of the 'pro' (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) True, but they won't appear in the part lookup list until you run mklist. So don't forget those part numbers or you'll never find them again. If I recall, the osx bundle should contain Tom's point-N-click mklist, and the standard command line (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Everyone should probably take what ever I say with a grain of salt, but I can't remember Stuffit Lite or Stuffit Expander ever asking where to put the uncompressed file. It just uncompresses the zip/sit file creating the new uncompressed file (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Hey, that's a good question. If anyone comes up with a verified method for adding a parts update an existing Ldraw folder on a mac, I'd like to incorporate it into this page. (URL) only covers a full parts install, and the section on mklist (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) I'm not sure about specifics on the Mac, but I do know that the zip versions of the parts updates just get unzipped over the original files on a PC. When asked, I instruct Winzip to replace all duplicate files with the version from the zip, (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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Is there a procedure for adding part updates to the parts library on a Mac? Has anyone figured out a way to automate it? I've noticed that the updates have folders within folders. Am I correct in guessing that I want to keep the contents of the old (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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Following some months of work I have now blaced Mac Brick CAD 2.0b1 on my .Mac site: (URL) 2.0b1 is the renaming of the Cocoa version so as to avoid confusion with the Carbon / Classic versions. Two seperate installations are available: For existing (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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I'm finally releasing LCX (Ken Dyke's little Cocoa editor). It is missing alot of features. I'm mainly releasing this so others can check it out. Nobody is working on the code. Well, I did add a text field for changing the ldraw folder location (and (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Don, We're almost there. I'm on the road most of this week, so I'm getting in a little work on the bundle as conditions permit. I have a crudely hacked double-clickable mklist.app that I'll send to Chris to test out when I get back home (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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I received the following question from Joe Brandt and as my reply was returned by the mail administrator, I will answer it here. Joe made the following observation: (...) The answer is as follows, Your problem with part 43p01 is a bug in my (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) I didn't think so, but I wanted to be sure because... (...) This'll take a while because I have to write (or find) some code to do it. The envinronment.plist contents are automagically tranformed into environment variables by the nice folks at (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Doing both isn't a problem. Actually, the question I had was how soon ldglite would check both locations. Tom (23 years ago, 9-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) To be honest, I'm not fussed either way. I guess if you use multiple Ldraw applications, then using a single preferences file for all programs to locate the Ldraw directory makes sence. My only concern is that the file only be used to store (...) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Ok, but remember James used the word "eventually" a few messages back. I wouldn't skip the environment.plist file in favor of the org.ldraw.plist file just yet. Do both files, or just the environment.plist file if both is too much work. (...) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) I like the idea of a single repository of ldraw-related settings. I'd also be satisfied with the short version of the plist name (with org.ldraw.apps second). The key and string for LDRAWDIR do match the draft environment.plist contents from (...) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Sorry! No, I meant a preference window. James (23 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) When you say "pref pane" do you mean a "PreferencePane" that goes into "System Preferences...", or do you mean just a way to set the preferences from a dialog box opened by selecting "Preferences..." from the application's "Application" menu? (...) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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I vote for org.ldraw.plist because it's short and simple. However I could probably be convinced to go for org.ldraw.ldrawconfig.plist because it's like com.apple.internetconfig.plist, or maybe org.ldraw.apps.plist, but not the one with mac in it. To (...) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) No, Apple doesn't encourage that. And you are right, it shouldn't be named org.ldraw.ldrawdir.plist. Most preferences for a single application are stored in a single file. Some applications use entire folders (especially web browsers--so they (...) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Unless I'm misunderstanding, I think you would be much better off if you drop ".ldrawdir" from the plist filename above. That way the file can contain other settings in the future in addition to the LDRAWDIR setting you have now. Or put (...) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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