Re: Generic (non library related) way of indicating the nature of a LDraw file
2011-08-19, 13:35 (This post was last modified: 2011-08-20, 19:09 by Tore Eriksson.)
2011-08-19, 13:35 (This post was last modified: 2011-08-20, 19:09 by Tore Eriksson.)
Orion Pobursky Wrote:
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> Interesting. I'd go with 0 !FILE_TYPE. This may clear up a few issue but,
> as we saw with ldconfig.ldr, a new meta depends on support for the
> program authors.
The more I think of it, the better I like 0 !LDRAW.
For example:
0 !LDRAW Unofficial Moonbase Module Model
where "!LDRAW" and "Model" are mainly interesting for the programs, (but yet somewhat interesting for the human user)
and where "Unofficial Moonbase Module" is interesting for the user. (but could maybe also be of interest for a sorting/categorizing software???)
Why "0 !LDRAW"?
* It's good to have the information that it's a file in LDraw format, even for files that aren't directly affliated with ldraw.org. Or else, many private files without "0 LDRAW_ORG" will not even have LDraw mentioned anywhere.
* It's shorter than most of the other metas suggested. Keep in mind that this will probably be typed by hand by the user in most cases.
* !LDRAW_ORG is already used for similar information on file type and more. I believe a similar name for similar information could make sense.
/Tore
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> Interesting. I'd go with 0 !FILE_TYPE. This may clear up a few issue but,
> as we saw with ldconfig.ldr, a new meta depends on support for the
> program authors.
The more I think of it, the better I like 0 !LDRAW.
For example:
0 !LDRAW Unofficial Moonbase Module Model
where "!LDRAW" and "Model" are mainly interesting for the programs, (but yet somewhat interesting for the human user)
and where "Unofficial Moonbase Module" is interesting for the user. (but could maybe also be of interest for a sorting/categorizing software???)
Why "0 !LDRAW"?
* It's good to have the information that it's a file in LDraw format, even for files that aren't directly affliated with ldraw.org. Or else, many private files without "0 LDRAW_ORG" will not even have LDraw mentioned anywhere.
* It's shorter than most of the other metas suggested. Keep in mind that this will probably be typed by hand by the user in most cases.
* !LDRAW_ORG is already used for similar information on file type and more. I believe a similar name for similar information could make sense.
/Tore