On 4/11/2012 4:02 AM, Brian Sidebotham wrote: > Sorry for top-posting! Just wanted to say well done Wayne! Again, > excellent work that is so beneficial to the project! And don't think > your UI changes have gone unnoticed, KiCad is a lot more together > since you started work on the UI tidy up. > > Thanks for your continued efforts! :D > > Best Regards, > > Brian.
Thanks. It's nice when you efforts get recognized. KiCad development is starting to pick up some momentum which is great for both the users and the developers. Cheers, Wayne > > On 7 April 2012 19:09, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]> wrote: >> It took long than I anticipated (doesn't always?) but I just committed >> the code to allow saving board files to the new s-expression based file >> format. I would like as many folks as possible to save their favorite >> board file using File->Save As to the new format and take a look at the >> result. My goal is to get the final file format nailed down as quickly >> as possible. There are few caveats: >> >> * I still have to convert angles to degrees from the current tenths of >> degrees so please ignore the fact that 270° is saved as 2700°. This fix >> is coming soon. >> >> * The lead developers have decided to drop support for the old segment >> filled zones (SEGZONES) which have not been used in quite some time. I >> will be adding a dialog warning the user that they will need to refill >> their zones using the current polygon filling. I doubt this will effect >> very many users but I could be wrong. >> >> * I rearranged the object ordering slightly compared to the current file >> format. I moved the graphic items (items with no net connection) before >> the modules. This way all of the net connectable objects (modules, >> traces, zones, etc.) will be grouped together. >> >> Please take some time to look over the new format. If you find a token >> (key word) that is not clear, let me know so we can choose names that >> are as human readable as possible. Please keep in mind that the file >> size is going to increase dramatically over the current format so try to >> keep names as brief as possible while still maintaining readability. >> Also, if you find any indentation or other formatting errors, let me >> know so I can fix it. I will be working on reading the new file format >> over the next few days (weeks?) so I would like to wrap up the file >> format definition in a reasonable amount of time. Thanks in advance for >> you help. >> >> Wayne >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
