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Re: IMPORTANT - [ldraw.org] Official Model Repository
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Sat, 12 Jun 1999 18:13:47 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, braml@juno.com (Bram Lambrecht) writes:
> "John VanZwieten" <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> writes:
> > Good thinking on this, but there is one problem not addressed:
> > duplicate set numbers.
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> Wouldn't adding the year take care of this? Or you could take the
> pause/lugnet approach:
> s6938-1.dat
> s6938-2.dat
> etc..
> submodels of this set could be:
> s6938-1a.dat
> s6938-1b.dat
> etc..
> It just barely fits in the 8.3 format, but it would probably work for
> most sets.
Is the 8.3 requirement a legacy thing left over from LDraw & LEdit being DOS
applications?
What programs in LDraw lore -don't- work on longer filenames?
--Todd
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| (...) Hmm. LDAO is OK with long file names, except for a few functions (Copy File is one, I think) which explicitly require a valid 8.3 name. LDAO can be configured to translate long paths/names to short versions before shelling to other programs. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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