[Ldraw-content] Re: [LSC] Web page request: List of official meta-commands

[Timothy Gould]

Hi Orion,

Perhaps include a link to the unofficial list at the top of that one
and vice versa. Something like:

This is a  list of official meta commands, for unofficial meta
commands used by other software see URL

Tim


On 10/10/06, Orion Pobursky <orion at ldraw.org> wrote:
> Orion Pobursky wrote:
> > William Howard wrote:
> >> The following is the list of meta-commands (and any related article
> >> number)
> >> that the LSC believes to be current
> >>
> >> Could we get a page on the web site with these details please
> >>
> >> The page should link to article 342 "List of Known META Commands and the
> >> Programs That Use Them"
> >>
> >> Author       (refer LDraw 0.27 file format - article 45)
> >> BFC          (refer BFC de-facto spec - article 217)
> >> !CATEGORY    (refer category and keywords spec - article 340)
> >> CLEAR        (refer LDraw 0.27 file format - article 45)
> >> !CMDLINE     (refer header spec - article 398) !COLOUR      (refer
> >> colour specification - article 299)
> >> !HELP        (refer header specification - article 398)
> >> !HISTORY     (refer header specification - article 398)
> >> !KEYWORDS    (refer category and keywords spec - article 340)
> >> !LDRAW_ORG   (refer header specification - article 398) LDRAW_ORG
> >> (deprecated in favour of !LDRAW_ORG)
> >> !LICENSE     (refer header specification - article 398)
> >> Name         (refer LDraw 0.27 file format - article 45)
> >> PAUSE        (refer LDraw 0.27 file format - article 45)
> >> PRINT        (refer LDraw 0.27 file format - article 45) SAVE
> >> (refer LDraw 0.27 file format - article 45)
> >> STEP         (refer LDraw 0.27 file format - article 45)
> >> WRITE        (refer LDraw 0.27 file format - article 45)
> >>
> >> If the page could also reference the LSC decision to prefix all new
> >> official
> >> meta-commands with a ! this would be good (see
> >> http://five.pairlist.net/pipermail/lsc/2003-December/000063.html)
> >
> > I'll work on this today.
> >
>
> Okay, done:
> http://www.ldraw.org/article/401
>
> A couple more things:
>
> Any agreement regarding the 1.0.0 file spec?  I find it amusing (in a
> funny way, not in a sarcastic way) that the LSC was founded to adopt
> 1.0.0 spec and 4 years later it still hasn't been officially ratified.
> Was there some sort of discussion on this while I was cavorting about
> the Western Pacific?
>
> We can, and probably should, create an LSC group on the LDraw.org
> website that would allow you to edit the specifications articles.
>
> -Orion
>
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