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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 18:02:59 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Imre Papp writes:
> Hi,
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> My opinion is that it is better idea to use ?xxxx??.mpd or ?xxxx??.dat as
> main filenames, than main.dat.
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 doesn't have to switch thought patterns.
"OK, I un-mpd'd xxxx-yy.mpd and now I open xxxx-yy.dat" instead of "OK, I
un-mpd'd xxxx-yy.mpd and now which dat file do I open? Oh, yeh, main.dat"
IMO it seems simpler and more obvious.
> <snipped Pros:>
> 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 know that it had been suggested to have files for the box-back models that
were obvious on how they were built, but I don't think this is a good idea
because the whole purpose of the OMR was to have ".dat instruction books" and
since those models aren't in the instruction book. So I think that the only
time we'd use the "alt" is for Technic sets. Personally I don't care what the
name for this is, but wouldn't something like xxxx(A)alt.dat work. Just a
suggestion. I'm not going to ebate this one.
Ryan
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 | | RE: OMR Filenaming Standard Change?
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| Hi, (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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