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Re: Once again, a relativley major bug...
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lugnet.cad.mlcad
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Wed, 17 Sep 2003 15:51:42 GMT
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JAVANREE@VANREEavoidspam.NET
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Travis Cobbs wrote:
> I agree that cross-platform is good, and I also think that OpenGL is a
> more
> appropriate API to use because of this. However, I think it's only fair
> to point out that after releasing a Linux native version of LDView, I got
> exactly
> [one] piece of Linux-related feedback. (That particular thread then
> [generated
> various other responses by other users.) Now maybe my first Linux release
> was just that good, but I highly doubt it.
I'll be the first to admit : never even looked at LDView. Up until now I
have done everything in MLCAD, and if I needed a nice image I'd use L3P and
do a POVRAY. I'll look into LDView, who knows what I've missed :D
> So what am I trying to say here? Basically, this: most developers will
> agree
> that writing portable code is a good thing. However, the reality of the
> situation is that this can often be limiting, and it definitely requires a
> great
> deal of care. In addition, limiting yourself to tools that would be easy
> to
> port can seriously cut down on your available programming options. And
> unless LDView is completely atypical, then the users themselves don't even
> care enough to provide feedback.
I don't even mind if people do a Windows-only version, just that they make
that version as little dependant on external libraries, such as DirectX, so
that something such as Wine (which can handle almost any standard Win32
call) can run the application, without the user needing to install tons of
libraries such as MSVB (which is a nightmare... still haven't managed to
get L3PAO to run either, also some library issues or a Wine bug it seems :(
)
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Jan-Albert van Ree | http://www.vanree.net/brickpiles/
Brick Piles | Santa Fe B-unit
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