[Bf-committers] Library Name Problem

[Campbell Barton]

Campbell Barton wrote:
> I just had a problem with linked library's
> 
> This seems something that should be simple and has ended up being fairly 
> complicated with no obvious solution, its also happened to me more then 
> once.
> 
> 
> Ill simplify names just for this example
> 
> * lib.blend - has a mesh Im using in data.blend
> 
> * I needed to rename a texture in lib.blend (because these texture names 
> are seen in a model library that we distribute)
> 
> * I rename the texture filename in lib.blend and replaced the image.
> 
> * when loading the data.blend, it reports
>     LIB ERROR: can't find IMsome_madeup_name_1024
> 
> * This means any faces/material textures that use the image will be 
> lost, manually replacing is out of the question and not something that 
> can be done reliably.
> 
> * so the solution is to rename the image that was replaced so data.blend 
> loads fine.
> 
> * some_madeup_name_1024 is 22 chars, the image name field's maximum 
> length is 21 so I cant rename back to the original name to fix the 
> linking error.
> 
> My options are to hex edit the blend file or modify the name fields 
> maximum length (since the real name limit us 23)
> 
> Neither are good long term solutions.
> 
> - Cam

Saved by the python console, but we should either allow longer names in 
the name field or have some other way to fix situations like this.