Compressed LDraw files


Re: Compressed LDraw files
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It sounds like a good idea, but you need to be careful with your terminology. Used alone, the term "zip" is generally interpreted to mean a PKZIP compatible multi-file archive (with .zip extension), and nothing else.

I personally agree that using zlib to create a gzip-compatible file is a good route to take, and would probably add support for this to a future LDView version if it became at all popular. However, if you go this route, make sure that the files you produce are actual gzip files (with valid gzip header at the beginning, plus checksum and uncompressed size at the end). The zlib library contains sample code for creating .zip files, but I don't feel these would be a good idea.
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Compressed LDraw files - by Roland Melkert - 2013-01-29, 20:33
Re: Compressed LDraw files - by Tim Gould - 2013-01-29, 20:44
Re: Compressed LDraw files - by Travis Cobbs - 2013-01-29, 20:49
Re: Compressed LDraw files - by Tim Gould - 2013-01-29, 22:10
Re: Compressed LDraw files - by Ben Supnik - 2013-01-30, 6:36
Re: Compressed LDraw files - by Ben Supnik - 2013-01-30, 20:59
Re: Compressed LDraw files - by Allen Smith - 2013-01-30, 17:17
Re: Compressed LDraw files - by Ben Supnik - 2013-01-30, 21:15
Re: Compressed LDraw files - by Allen Smith - 2013-01-31, 4:39
Re: Compressed LDraw files - by Travis Cobbs - 2013-01-31, 21:59
Re: Compressed LDraw files - by Travis Cobbs - 2013-01-29, 20:46
Re: Compressed LDraw files - by Steffen - 2013-01-29, 23:23
Re: Compressed LDraw files - by Steffen - 2013-02-03, 1:33

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