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RE: OMR Filenaming Standard Change?
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Mon, 17 Jan 2000 09:14:48 GMT
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Hi,
> Ryan's discrepancy is with the main file name for the set, which in
> the OMR Filenaming Convention is 'main.dat.' He would prefer that it
> be 'mXXXX.dat,' where XXXX is the set number. He also said that he
> recalled suggesting that, but the decision was made against that.
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> I'll let him defend his proposal in any replies he might make.
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> The purpose of this post is to bring that aspect of the naming
> convention into question again, if that's the desire of the group as a
> whole. So, please reply with opinions and feedback on the issue.
My opinion is that it is better idea to use ?xxxx??.mpd or ?xxxx??.dat as
main filenames, than main.dat.
My pros:
This is the first level file of a set and this should at once orient the
viewer what set he/she is viewing.
It does not waste the most important position in the header for a
meaningless 'main.dat' name.
It keeps the consistency of the related model files.
It makes possible to temporarily store set files in the ldraw/models
directory without using set subdirectories. (When I examine the 'to be
official' set submissions in lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets I simply dump the
files the ldraw/models directory for temporary viewing. It is always
annoying situation when the main dat file identifies itself as 'main.dat'
because likely there is already a main.dat.)
My cons:
If we accept the Ryan's suggestion, we still have to be able to name the
alternate sets in some ways ('alt.dat' currently) . If we omit the letter
'm' form the filename naming alternate sets remains unsolved.
I vote 'yes' to change the naming convention in some way. My main point is
only to get rid of the 'main.dat' and 'alt.dat' filenames.
Ampi
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Imre Papp
Geometria GIS Systems House
email: ipapp@geometria.hu
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| (...) Like I mentioned in my reply to Tim, giving the .dat the same name as the .mpd gives even more consistency. The .mpd is named xxxxa-yy.mpd so if we name the .dat the same way, it has all the basic information(#, modifier, year) and the user (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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