On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 09:18:01PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > > > But when each parameter in the file has a name, than file size may > > become really large, e.g. for files generated with the topological > > router, with lot of arcs. > > Compression. Either gzip the text file, or use an alternate binary > file (smaller *and* faster). >
Between the two of those, I think compression is the better option. That way there's nothing to keep in sync, external tools and scripts simply need to stick a gzip filter on each end, and it's fast. But I think it should be optional, since if we zip the .pcb files, we no longer have simple diffs, which to a lot of people would be more important than small files. Andrew _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
