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Re: Issue with new LDConfig.ldr
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Wed, 6 Jan 2010 20:48:59 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Tore Eriksson wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Steve Bliss wrote:
> > I just realized that LDConfig.ldr has a problem -- it does not have DOS line
> > breaks. Each line should be terminated by CR/LF. Instead, this file just has
> > LF characters.
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> > This format breaks some functionality (maybe unreleased...) of LDAO.
> >
> > I thought the LDraw file format specified CR/LF linebreaks, maybe I'm
> > misremembering. Or maybe that requirement was dropped? At any rate,
> > LDConfig.ldr should use the same formatting as the other files in the library
> > distribution.
> >
> > Steve
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> So I've noticed, too. But I've quit pointing those problems out. My latest
> method to fix line breaks is simply to load and save the file in question in
> Windows WordPad. That's all it takes to fix it, and WordPad is always installed
> in Windows PC's.
>
> /Tore
The 1.0 LDraw File Format specification itself is silent on the matter of line
endings, but indeed the "File Format Restrictions for Official Parts" requires
DOS line endings (http://ldraw.org/Article512.html#termination).
My opinion is that while well-behaved software should output files in adherence
with the specification (including the requirements for official parts,
generally), it should also be able handle minor discrepancies in the input (like
line endings). Perhaps that's another item for the to-do list, then!
Cheers,
Jim
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| (...) for the DOS line ending requirement, I conducted a relatively comprehensive compatibility inventory. (URL) nearly twenty programs tested (see the post for repetitive screenshots), only James J's LDRAW and LEDIT (and perhaps LDAO, although I (...) (15 years ago, 8-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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| (...) So I've noticed, too. But I've quit pointing those problems out. My latest method to fix line breaks is simply to load and save the file in question in Windows WordPad. That's all it takes to fix it, and WordPad is always installed in Windows (...) (15 years ago, 6-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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