[cad-linux-dev] Re: layers and styles in sub-directories
- From: Eric Wilhelm <ewilhelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: CAD linux development <cad-linux-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 14:26:31 -0500
# The following was supposedly scribed by
# Bruno Postle
# on Monday 23 August 2004 01:51 pm:
>this allows you to have all or some of your layer definitions
>tucked away in some place that isn't automatically loaded:
>
> layerID: layers/5.yml
>
>You could also have layer definitions that exist outside the
>drawing:
>
> layerID: /export/standard-layers/5.yml
>
>Ultimately, layer/style/linetype definitions can be
>accessed with proper URLs:
>
> layerID: http://www.example.com/standards/layers/5.yml
hmm. What about modifying layers based on an imported drawing? Maybe the
filename and url stuff needs to wait until version 0.2?
Okay, but "layers/" is the default location of layer objects, so can
we just use a number if it's in there?
layerID: 5
that would direct me to "layers/5.yml"
Another item to consider is that I don't need path support until it comes to
URL's. I could just 'ln -s /export/standard-layers/5.yml layers/5.yml'
If and when URL's are added, I guess you could have the "file://" identifier.
>So, layers/styles/linetypes can be stored in sub-directories because
>they are only needed when referenced, whereas the geometry should
>exist in the root of the drawing because the geometry IS the drawing
I'll buy that, but I'm not sure if it's a good idea yet. Just looking at how
the directory sorts,
0.yml
1.yml
layers
line_types
mark_styles
object_styles
text_styles
Our "headers" are now at the bottom. From a human-interface standpoint, it
has problems.
One could argue that the geometry is only part of the drawing. Depends on
your point-of-view.
We haven't even touch on acad's "paper space" yet, and pythoncad is just
starting to get printing. Maybe "geometry/" should be "model/", and then we
have "layout-1/", etc. (or layouts/1/, layouts/2/ ?)
--Eric
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