Bug#553311: python-ldraw
On Saturday 10 March 2012, David Paleino wrote:
> Well, I downloaded leocad's parts library, and.. they're precompiled binary
> files:
>
> $ ls /tmp/pieces-5243/
> pieces.bin pieces.idx sysfont.txf textures.bin textures.idx
>
> I'd expect these were compiled from some .dat (and possibly other files?).
> We need to find out how :)
OK, that's a question for the LeoCAD developers, I think. It looks like a
collection of database files, but a quick search of the site indicates that
the tools/convert directory may contain code to generate these files from
the original LDraw parts library.
> Here's another point: to be an acceptable form of "source", we'd need some
> software in Debian (main) capable of creating/manipulating those .dat
> files. Expanding the comparison to fonts, we have "fontforge" which nicely
> behaves with .ttf (not sure about .sfd). So, even if they're binary files,
> they are actually the source.
Right. This is what I suspect is the case with the original LDraw parts.
> I hope the situation's a bit clearer now :)
Yes, thanks. :-)
David
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