>> What I was suggesting was that LeoCAD support both official naming for
>> colors, as well as LDRAW naming for those who wanted to turn that
>> on, and
>> was asking for feedback on making official naming the default
>> mode. ldconfig.ldr
>> support puts total control of the naming and color values
>> ultimately in the hands
>> of end-users; I was talking about having LeoCAD go the "step
>> further" and allow
>> a switch between naming systems within the software with no extra
>> work.
> If LeoCAD supported ldconfig.ldr then it would be a matter of just
>replacing your config file to get the new names, I'm ok with that. I
>could even include both config files in the setup package and let the
>users pick one in the preferences dialog.
That's the easy way out ;-)
I'd like to see something more interactive; and I'm prepared to put my
money (coding-skills) where my mouth is. Something like ldconfig.ldr
support, but extend it to another file where name aliases can be defined.
Then the various color naming schemes can be included, and the user can
display what s/he likes, without having to switch among config files modally.
We'll see. ldconfig.ldr support would be the first level. Anything extra is
just
cream on top.
> To be honest, my color scheme sucks and needs new colors. There's
>no point in adding a new scheme that no one else is going to use so I
>should probably just take whatever is the LDraw standard and use it.
I like ldconfig.ldr because it's so open-ended. Also, only one program that
I know of supports it right now, so it's not completely locked down with
backward compatibility issues.
> My only issue is, like I said in my other email, I don't want to
>display rubber black and black to the users.
As I pointed out, there's a way to do that (we need a way to tag tires and
belts properly, but if we can't get that into the LDRAW standard, then a text
list
of "rubber parts" wouldn't be hard to do either).
>It would be nice if the
>color palette changed based on the current piece but I don't think
>there's a table anywhere of possible materials for each piece so that
>won't happen.
You happen to be talking to the one guy most able to help with that
endeavour :-). I have (I believe) the most complete list of elements available
outside of TLG -- yes, I believe better than what Peeron has. And I have
inventory information that rivals them quite well (LUGNET at one time was
going to take my info over the Peeron stuff). If anyone can get that table
set up, I'm the guy. It's all just a matter of time...
-- joshua
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