 | | Re: IMPORTANT - [ldraw.org] Official Model Repository —Todd Lehman
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| | | (...) 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 (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | | | | LDraw and 8.3 —Steve Bliss
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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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| | | | | | Re: LDraw and 8.3 —Jacob Sparre Andersen
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| | | | Steve: (...) If you compile them for MS-Win95/98/NT they work with long file names. If you compile them for DOS, I don't think they will (but I haven't checked). Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | | | | | Re: LDraw and 8.3 —Steve Bliss
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| | | | (...) Jacob, Does GNAT-ADA have an option for DOS or Windows compile? When I compiled buildmpd.exe, I didn't look for an option, I assumed it was a DOS compile. BTW, did you (Jacob) receive the buildmpd.exe I e-mailed? Steve (25 years ago, 15-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | | | | | Re: LDraw and 8.3 —Jacob Sparre Andersen
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| | | | Steve: (...) No, but there are separate compilers for DOS, MS-Windows 95, and MS-Windows NT. (...) Depends on which compiler you used. (...) Nope. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 15-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | | | | | Re: LDraw and 8.3 —Steve Bliss
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| | | | (...) Ah. And I have now wiped GNAT off my system, so I couldn't tell which one it was. Windows Explorer thinks the compiled file (buildmpd.exe) is a DOS executable. But long file names are handled correctly, I checked both buildmpd.exe and (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | | | | | Re: LDraw and 8.3 —Jacob Sparre Andersen
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| | | | Steve: (...) No, but "sparre@sys-323.risoe.dk" is not my e-mail address - even though some of my software clams that. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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