Spaces in filenames
2011-11-15, 17:29 (This post was last modified: 2011-12-02, 15:57 by Allen Smith.)
2011-11-15, 17:29 (This post was last modified: 2011-12-02, 15:57 by Allen Smith.)
Michael Heidemann pointed out that the newly created OMR spec requires that filenames contain spaces, while the pre-existing LDraw 1.0.0 spec strongly discourages spaces or tabs in filenames. He (quite rightly, in my opinion) felt that this was inconsistent.
So, the way I see it, we have three choices:
My vote is to do go with option 2, at least for spaces. I think tabs should still be discouraged, since they just seem like a bad idea in filenames (assuming they're even valid on all OSes). Please note that the official parts restriction document already disallows spaces in the filenames of files in the library, so this won't affect the parts library. (More specifically, it lists the only allowed characters, and spaces, tab, etc. are not listed.)
So, the way I see it, we have three choices:
- Ignore the problem.
- Remove the discouragement text from the LDraw standard.
- Change the OMR standard so that the filenames don't include spaces.
My vote is to do go with option 2, at least for spaces. I think tabs should still be discouraged, since they just seem like a bad idea in filenames (assuming they're even valid on all OSes). Please note that the official parts restriction document already disallows spaces in the filenames of files in the library, so this won't affect the parts library. (More specifically, it lists the only allowed characters, and spaces, tab, etc. are not listed.)