On Aug 12, 2009, at 1:49 PM, Jason wrote: >>>> >>> Would having a footprint browser popup in gschem when the user >>> tries to >>> add a footprint attribute violate the modular nature of the kit? >> >> Unless you can provide an interface that would make this work with >> all of the ~10 PCB layout programs gEDA can currently operate with, >> and a reasonably easy path to make it work in the future with others, >> I would say that violates modularity. >> > > A footprint search path (eg. pcb's) and regex search of filenames > would > be all that was needed.
I believe some of these tools keep footprints in databases, not separate files. And, as DJ pointed out, the issue isn't confined to footprints. I can never remember the !...@#$% pintype abbreviations. But a general facility could be nice. Still need a script per back end tool to track down footprints, SPICE models, etc., but not too bad. Probably can't be easier. John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. http://www.noqsi.com/ [email protected] _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
