Do you know if the other LDraw programs still use parts.lst?
At least two, MLCad and LPub.
How do
they get the descriptions of the library files?
SR3D has a similar mechanism (it has a "Tools>Rebuild parts list" menu).
I don't know for LDcad (http://www.melkert.net/LDCad), you can ask
Roland on the forum.
Zip files are good because you can read them faster than loose files
from the HD but when you first load a zipped library file I cache all
parts so the next time you're just reading the cache instead of parsing
the library. I don't do that for the LDraw folder but I should probably
do something like that.
Probably, yes ;)
Now I believe it was a bad idea to have a custom library format, I
was trying to give users an easy install package and fast rendering but
I made it extremely difficult for advanced users. BTW, the current
library file is just the latest complete.zip renamed and when the
program reads a piece for the first time it converts and saves it.
Yes, I guessed that and confirmed by opening it with as a zip ;)
I wonder if it's a good idea to have changed its name, it would be
easier to update it for average user if he only had to download
complete.zip and place it in LeoCAD folder.
Philo
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