On Tuesday 03 June 2008 02:14:15 John Doty wrote: > On Jun 2, 2008, at 11:02 AM, Peter Clifton wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 16:59 +0000, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > >> On Wed, 28 May 2008 23:43:11 +0200, Levente Kovacs wrote: > >>> By the way... I think it would be nice if a *.pcb file only > >>> contained > >>> references to footprints (a la gschem), not the copy of them like > >>> as it > >>> is now. > >> > >> With pcb layout I'd regard referencing to external footprints a non- > >> feature. The layout would be vulnerable to breakage --> not good. > > > > We need a hybrid approach, where the in-PCB cached version is > > retained, > > yet PCB can inform you / allow you to mass-update footprints which > > have > > changed on disk. > > > > Quite why so many people objected when Peter B suggested that for > > gschem, I have no idea. > > What is "make" supposed to do with a dialog box? >
I know this is a shocking, scurrilous suggestion, but.... there could be more
than one mechanism by which updating could be achieved! There could even be
configurable behaviour, if you could believe such a thing...
Believe it or not, I use make too! *horrified gasp*
Cheers,
Peter ;)
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Peter Brett
Electronic Systems Engineer
Integral Informatics Ltd
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