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Substitute X with N on PT - Willy Tschager - 2019-09-10
This has bugged my for years - and believe me I'm still not used to it. I do not understand why X has been chosen for NEW files. F for FIX seams logical. I therefore propose to change X with N on the PT.
w.
RE: Substitute X with N on PT - Orion Pobursky - 2019-09-10
(2019-09-10, 13:49)Willy Tschager Wrote: This has bugged my for years - and believe me I'm still not used to it. I do not understand why X has been chosen for NEW files. F for FIX seams logical. I therefore propose to change X with N on the PT.
w.
x = unknown. Makes perfect sense.
RE: Substitute X with N on PT - Gerald Lasser - 2019-09-10
(2019-09-10, 13:49)Willy Tschager Wrote: This has bugged my for years - and believe me I'm still not used to it. I do not understand why X has been chosen for NEW files. F for FIX seams logical. I therefore propose to change X with N on the PT.
w.
I suggested "N" for "Needs Admin" to see that subfiles haves two votes: :-)
https://forums.ldraw.org/thread-23566.html
RE: Substitute X with N on PT - Chris Dee - 2019-09-10
(2019-09-10, 13:49)Willy Tschager Wrote: This has bugged my for years - and believe me I'm still not used to it. I do not understand why X has been chosen for NEW files. F for FIX seams logical. I therefore propose to change X with N on the PT.
w.
Steve Bliss' original justification is documented in the 'Code legend' at the foot of the ptlist.cgi output
X - New part file. A file that wasn't previously in the official library. There isn't really a reason or mnemonic for X. N (for New) could be mistaken for 'N for No'.
RE: Substitute X with N on PT - Willy Tschager - 2019-09-11
(2019-09-10, 21:19)Chris Dee Wrote: N (for New) could be mistaken for 'N for No'.
Well X could be mistaken for 'fiX'.
w.
RE: Substitute X with N on PT - Chris Dee - 2019-09-11
(2019-09-11, 20:41)Willy Tschager Wrote: Well X could be mistaken for 'fiX'.
w.
Don't shoot the messenger - I was just conveying the developers justification, not defending it. I'll see how easy it would be to change this encoding.
RE: Substitute X with N on PT - Chris Dee - 2019-09-12
(2019-09-11, 21:50)Chris Dee Wrote: Don't shoot the messenger - I was just conveying the developers justification, not defending it. I'll see how easy it would be to change this encoding.
The F=fix / X=new part encoding is less pervasive within the Parts Tracker than I feared - in fact I think it is merely a label and does not determine any conditional processing. I have made the change of X to N, but please look out for and report any strange side-effects.
RE: Substitute X with N on PT - Chris Dee - 2019-09-12
(2019-09-10, 21:00)Gerald Lasser Wrote: I suggested "N" for "Needs Admin" to see that subfiles haves two votes: :-)
https://forums.ldraw.org/thread-23566.html
I'll follow up in that thread.