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Subject: 
Re: MPD spec
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev
Date: 
Tue, 6 Aug 2002 16:05:22 GMT
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Tore Eriksson wrote:

> In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss writes:
> > 
> > I think the MPD standard should include scoping/visibility rules, so
> > FILEs in an mpd are only available from within that MPD, not from other
> > DAT/LDR/MPD files.

> I think so, too.

Me too. And originally, you actually had to split a MPD file
before you could view the contents. I would prefer that we
stick to this way of treating MPD files as if they are
splitted/unpacked before their content is processed.

> I see MPD files almost like ZIP files.

That is also very much like how they were designed.

> One more thing is that the more complicated we make the
> LCad file specs, the fewer programmers will be able to
> contribute.

And we don't want that.

> I'm already completely lost with some of the newer
> features.

Which ones?

Play well,

Jacob
--
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                            http://jacob.sparre.dk/LEGO/Dyr/



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  Re: MPD spec
 
(...) I disagree with this. Or, if we keep this approach for MPD, I'll want another standard language extension for embedding "macros" in LDraw files. I tend to view (and use) FILEs in MPD files as "subroutines", and I'd prefer they were designed to (...) (24 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)

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  Re: MPD spec
 
(...) I think so, too. I see MPD files almost like ZIP files. I know that there are differences, like inside WinZip you can generally only view standalone files without unzipping them first. (The reason I reignited this thread was I wanted to make (...) (24 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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