[LSC] Proposed changes to the LDraw part header to
support theContributor Agreement - Version 6
Lars C. Hassing
lars at hassings.dk
Tue Sep 5 17:25:49 EDT 2006
Travis Cobbs wrote:
> There was one thing brought up that we should probably decide on. There
> was an alternative proposal to how we should wrap history lines. Do we
> do it like in the proposal (0 // <spaces> wrapped text), or do we do it
> like in KEYWORDS and HELP, e.g:
>
> 0 !HISTORY YYYY-MM-DD [UserName] Free text description of change
> 0 !HISTORY YYYY-MM-DD [UserName] Second row simulating formatting
>
> The above format has the advantage of being consistent with keywords and
> help. However, given the nature of the history lines, it might be more
> confusing. Despite the fact that it's inconsistent with keywords and
> help, my personal opinion is that the way it is in the v6 document is
> easer to read. But I don't have a strong opinion.
The "0 // <spaces> wrapped text" *requires* a monospaced font to look nice.
I would think most history lines will be short anyway,
so multi-lines will be rare.
There's no line length limit, so you can write a single rather long line.
/Lars
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