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Re: MLcad and LSynth
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Date: 
Sun, 27 Feb 2005 07:32:06 GMT
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Kevin,

this sounds all like a realy nice feature ... must implement that ;-)
and will remove the bin from the path ... maybe checking both paths ...

the other thing with loading a file sounds like a bug, I'll have a look at
that.


Best regards,
   Michael

"Kevin L. Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:ICAMs7.92@lugnet.com...
> Hi Michael,
>   I've been working on lsynthcp.exe lately, giving it the rewrite it has • always
> needed, compacting code, making it more robust and decreasing synthesized • file
> size dramatically.
> 
>   I was very pleased that you added support for lsynthcp.exe in MLCad.  I
> started using it and was pleased with the simplicity of use.
> 
>   I have added a new option to lsynthcp.exe.  Typing this on the command • line:
> 
> lsynthcp -m
> 
> gets you this:
> 
> [LSYNTH]
> %PATH = "C:\Program Files\Borland\CBuilder6\Projects\LSynth\bin"
> RIBBED_HOSE          = SYNTH BEGIN RIBBED_HOSE 16
> RUBBER_HOSE          = SYNTH BEGIN RUBBER_HOSE 16
> STRING               = SYNTH BEGIN STRING 16
> MINIFIG_CHAIN        = SYNTH BEGIN MINIFIG_CHAIN 16
> PNEUMATIC_HOSE       = SYNTH BEGIN PNEUMATIC_HOSE 16
> ELECTRIC_CABLE       = SYNTH BEGIN ELECTRIC_CABLE 16
> FLEX_SYSTEM_HOSE_LD  = SYNTH BEGIN FLEX_SYSTEM_HOSE_LD 16
> FLEX_SYSTEM_HOSE     = SYNTH BEGIN FLEX_SYSTEM_HOSE 16
> FLEX_SYSTEM_CABLE    = SYNTH BEGIN FLEX_SYSTEM_CABLE 16
> FLEXIBLE_AXLE        = SYNTH BEGIN FLEXIBLE_AXLE 16
> FIBER_OPTIC_CABLE    = SYNTH BEGIN FIBER_OPTIC_CABLE 16
> RUBBER_BAND          = SYNTH BEGIN RUBBER_BAND 16
> RUBBER_BELT          = SYNTH BEGIN RUBBER_BELT 16
> CHAIN                = SYNTH BEGIN CHAIN 16
> PLASTIC_TREAD        = SYNTH BEGIN PLASTIC_TREAD 16
> RUBBER_TREAD         = SYNTH BEGIN RUBBER_TREAD 16
> Tangent Statement: INSIDE = SYNTH INSIDE
> Tangent Statement: OUTSIDE = SYNTH OUTSIDE
> Tangent Statement: CROSS = SYNTH CROSS
> Visibility Statement: SHOW = SYNTH SHOW
> Visibility Statement: HIDE = SYNTH HIDE
> 
> It gives you exactly what you would want to have in MLCad.ini for version • 2.2 of
> lsynthcp.exe.
> 
> I was wondering if you wanted to just have MLCad check MLCad.ini for a • valid
> path to lsynthcp, and then have MLCad use the -m option to find out what
> commands are available?  This seems like nice automatic way for MLCad to • find
> out what the current version of lsynthcp has for support.  Plus the users • won't
> have to update MLCad.ini, unless they move lsynthcp around.
> 
> Using -m then lets me add new features to lsynthcp without having to tell
> everyone what the new MLCad.ini should contain.
> 
> I am no longer going to support LSynth the GUI program for lsynthcp, • because you
> have added support in MLCad (which is good for people like Willy who hates
> command line interfaces.)
> 
> Would you do me a favor?  In future released of MLCad could you not expect
> lsynthcp to be in a bin directory?  It puts a constraint on how I release
> lsynthcp.  I'd rather not have to put stuff in a bin directory.
> 
> I noticed that MLCad does not detect lsynth specifications when loading a • file.
> The only way I can run lsynth on LDR files that already have synthesis
> specifications, is to add, and then remove an empty synth specification. • For
> me, this makes using MLCad's lsynth interface combersome.
> 
> I also added a -h option that lists all the synthesis commands with • description,
> and also lists all the constraint parts that lsynth recognizes.  It might • be
> handy to make it easy to share this information with the users.
> 
> If there is anything I can add to lsynth to make things easier for you and
> MLCad, please feel free to make suggestions or recommendations.
> 
> Thanks,
> Kevin



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(...) Thanks Michael, Kevin (22 years ago, 27-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)

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Hi Michael, I've been working on lsynthcp.exe lately, giving it the rewrite it has always needed, compacting code, making it more robust and decreasing synthesized file size dramatically. I was very pleased that you added support for lsynthcp.exe in (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)

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