I love cl and there is definitely a group of us who use it and would like to see it updated to the latest release. CL was the reason I started using LinuxCNC. Ladder style plc is still widely relevant in commerical CNC machines. Fanuc and Mitsubishi controls use it extensively.
Phil T. The Feral Engineer Check out my LinuxCNC tutorials, machine builds and other antics at www.youtube.com/c/theferalengineer Help support my channel efforts and coffee addiction: www.patreon.com/theferalengineer On Thu, Mar 31, 2022, 8:27 AM gene heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > On Thursday, 31 March 2022 03:30:56 EDT andy pugh wrote: > > On Thu, 31 Mar 2022 at 06:48, Chris Morley <chrisinnana...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > I disagree with an update to classicladder in 2.9 (assuming you wish > > > to release in less than 6 months) > > I haven't been paying full attention, but I was under the impression > > that there were problems with the current CL that we ship, related to > > Gtk versions? > > Ack my old wet ram, Andy, Chris, there is/was a problem printing it for > your record keeping. I personally haven't used it, tending to have a > tendency to do what could be CL stuff in hal. I can't recall anything > else but I've seen that warning someplace in the docs since about 2.4, so > it looks like it goes back quite a while. With hal, CL seems sorta 1950's > to me. The fact that in all this time, I don't recall anyone complaining > does lend some evidence that it could probably be dropped. Or at least > the possibility discussed just to see whose ox gets gored and screams. > OTOH, if its the printing, and it could be easily fixed, I could use it > to complete the documentation of my own machines. Notes in the hal files > that this signal controls a relay to enable this or that are what I use > now. rockhopper doesn't do that sort of stuff at all. > > > -- > > atp > > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > > lunatics." > > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-developers mailing list > > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett. > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
