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* the syntax is quite compact: | * the syntax is quite compact: | ||
** the most frequent elements can be written in simple, compact syntax, without lots of syntax clutter around it (opposed to, for example, [[XML]]) | ** the most frequent elements can be written in simple, compact syntax, without lots of syntax clutter around it (opposed to, for example, [[XML]]) | ||
* being UTF-8, the syntax easily supports all international characters, | * being UTF-8, the syntax easily supports all international characters, for example Danish ø, French é, German ö, Japanese, etc.pp. | ||
== Disadvantages == | == Disadvantages == | ||
Revision as of 10:45, 23 February 2019
LDRAW files need to have a specific syntax to be understood by the various tools.
The syntax has been invented by James Jessiman and carefully extended since then.
You can find the definition of that syntax at
The syntax is taken care of by the LDraw Standards Board.
Advantages
- the syntax is text-based (not: binary), which makes it
- easily human-readable
- easily diffable by diff tools
- easy to store on source code revision control systems (like for example git)
- the syntax is quite compact:
- the most frequent elements can be written in simple, compact syntax, without lots of syntax clutter around it (opposed to, for example, XML)
- being UTF-8, the syntax easily supports all international characters, for example Danish ø, French é, German ö, Japanese, etc.pp.
Disadvantages
- the syntax is "line-by-line based", this makes designing statements very difficult which aim to refer to a bunch of lines as a whole
See Also
Pages in category "LDraw Files Syntax"
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