[cad-linux-dev] Re: image and viewport entities

  • From: Chris Somerlot <csomerlot@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: cad-linux-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:40:34 -0400

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 15:10:13 -0500, Eric Wilhelm <ewilhelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> # The following was supposedly scribed by
> # Bruno Postle
> # on Friday 27 August 2004 08:56 am:
> 
> 
> >- xref: a reference to a drawing outside of the current directory
> 
> Right, but it would be good to be able to package these into the
> drawing.  I think we should look at using an "xref/" directory which
> contains symlinks to the external directories.  These could then be
> "bound" to the drawing for tarballing and etc.
> 

I disagree, they should be in an external directory. Otherwise, the
way I use xrefs, I'll have 20 xref subdirectories with the same
drawing. I'd be inclined to say the same for symbols. Also, the
converter should have an option to recursively chase linked drawings
like xrefs.

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