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Jeremy: (...) If an answer is located in two places, we will also need two copies in the _processed_ version of the FAQ, not in the raw data (of cause). (...) Yes. Do you have a better solution (preferably not one that involves too much work). Play (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: [LDraw FAQ] What are the MIME types for LDraw and MPD files?
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Jeremy: (...) /lugnet/cad/ldraw/ for the introductory and general questions (maybe also /lugnet/cad/). /lugnet/cad/ldraw/using/ for questions on the use of LDraw (maybe also /lugnet/cad/). /lugnet/cad/ for questions related to other tools. (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Linking between FAQ items (Was: [LDraw FAQ] Who wrote LDraw?)
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(...) Ah...no. We need to be able to solve this without using duplicate files. Plus, this action would break if the FAQ were slurped into one big file. Urg. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Linking between FAQ items (Was: [LDraw FAQ] Who wrote LDraw?)
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Jeremy: (...) Good you caught it. There is more of the same. Can we assume that when we have a raw FAQ entry file named "some_entry.en.faq" with the location header Location: /category/group/,/other/group2/ the FAQ web site will contain files named (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | [LDraw FAQ] How does one map a bitmap onto a LDraw object?
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Subject: How does one map a bitmap onto a LDraw object? Content-Language: en Topic-Level: 1 Revision: Jacob Sparre Andersen, 1999-05-14 Location: /cad/dev/,/cad/ldraw...ing_parts/ Comment: Unedited cut from the LDraw FAQ. <P> Use BMP2LDRAW, BMP2DAT (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Linking between FAQ items (Was: [LDraw FAQ] Who wrote LDraw?)
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(...) Whoops. This won't work in the current FAQ format, but we need its capability. Suggestions? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | [LDraw FAQ] What is the .DAT file format?
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Subject: What is the .DAT file format? Content-Language: en Topic-Level: 1 Revision: Jacob Sparre Andersen, 1999-05-14 Location: /cad/dev/,/cad/ldraw...le_format/ Comment: Unedited cut from the LDraw FAQ. <P> .DAT files are text (yes, you can edit (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: [LDraw FAQ] What are the MIME types for LDraw and MPD files?
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(...) Thanks, Jacob! :-, Do you want these in /lugnet/cad/ or /lugnet/cad/dev/org/ldraw/ ? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | [LDraw FAQ] How can I make ray-traced images of LDraw models?
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Subject: How can I make ray-traced images of LDraw models? Content-Language: en Topic-Level: 0 Revision: Jacob Sparre Andersen, 1999-05-14 Location: /cad/ldraw/other_tools/ Comment: Unedited cut from the LDraw FAQ. <P> There are two tools for (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | [LDraw FAQ] What is the colour code for ... ?
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Subject: What is the colour code for ... ? Content-Language: en Topic-Level: 0 Revision: Jacob Sparre Andersen, 1999-05-14 Location: /cad/ldraw/using/ Comment: Unedited cut from the LDraw FAQ. <P> The following list is based on the documentation for (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | [LDraw FAQ] Where can I ask questions about LDraw?
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Subject: Where can I ask questions about LDraw? Content-Language: en Topic-Level: 0 Revision: Jacob Sparre Andersen, 1999-05-14 Location: /cad/ldraw/intro/ Comment: Unedited cut from the LDraw FAQ. <P> If you can't find the answer here, please ask (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | [LDraw FAQ] Who wrote LDraw?
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Subject: Who wrote LDraw? Content-Language: en Topic-Level: 0 Revision: Jacob Sparre Andersen, 1999-05-14 Location: /cad/ Comment: Unedited cut from the LDraw FAQ. Comment: Insert link to the Memorial. <P> James Jessiman. James passed away July (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | [LDraw FAQ] What is LDraw?
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Subject: What is LDraw? Content-Language: en Topic-Level: 0 Revision: Jacob Sparre Andersen, 1999-05-14 Location: /cad/ Comment: Unedited cut from the LDraw FAQ. <P> LDraw is a DOS program that allows you to draw LEGO models, create building (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | [LDraw FAQ] What does LEGO (the company) think of it?
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Subject: What does LEGO (the company) think of it? Content-Language: en Topic-Level: 0 Revision: Jacob Sparre Andersen, 1999-05-14 Location: /cad/ Comment: Unedited cut from the LDraw FAQ. <P> No idea (but they seem to know it exists). (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | [LDraw FAQ] What are the MIME types for LDraw and MPD files?
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Subject: What are the MIME types for LDraw and MPD files? Content-Language: en Topic-Level: 0 Revision: Jacob Sparre Andersen, 1999-05-14 Location: /cad/,/cad/dev/ Comment: Unedited cut from the LDraw FAQ. <DL> <DT>LDraw files: (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Suggestion for LDraw FAQ
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(...) Good ideas. My suggestion (to tie into the look and feel and professional style of ldraw.org) would be to rephrase the questions to be a little bit more formal. ie: change 'What is this LDraw Thing?' to 'What is LDraw?' and 'Mailing list?!? (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Progress so far, and a new header
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(...) It's a semantic difference. - 'References' refers to other articles (ancestors). - 'Xref' is self-referential and refers both to itself and to any other copies of the same article if it has been crossposted. So copying the 'Xref' header (and (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Suggestion for LDraw FAQ
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(...) Good idea. Which brings up an issue -- there would probably be a need for more directory levels than just those represented by the newsgroups, and probably just for FAQ items. Todd, how much of an issue is this? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Suggestion for LDraw FAQ
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[crossposted to lugnet.faq and lugnet.cad.dev, followup-to set to lugnet.faq] Looking at the LDraw FAQ, it looks like a new level of organization is needed, above the current levels. More precisely, a large number of the topics should be grouped (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.cad.dev)
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