On Feb 13, 2014 12:29 AM, "jp charras" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Le 13/02/2014 08:10, Henner Zeller a écrit : > > Hi, > > The documentation files in > > https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library/tree/master/modules/footprints_doc > > > > Are very huge. In fact, this directory alone contributes to 502M out > > of 580M of the whole kicad-library. Yes, almost 90% of the data > > downloaded for the kicad-library is pixelated PostScript files. Which > > means it takes forever to download on a slow link. > > > > They seem to be generated from bitmaps, which makes them so huge (and > > pretty low quality on print; even on a low-resolution screen they are > > already pixellated). Since they are generated from the PCB printouts > > of KiCad, this indicates that at the time they were generated, the > > version of printing was broken - shouldn't it always generate vector > > graphics ? > > > > Since I am right now working my way through the code of KiCad on other > > parts, I have not entered the printing realm yet - what is the > > commandline way to generate a postscript file from a *.sch or *.brd > > file ? That way, these things can be automated in a Makefile. > > Does KiCad generate/export PostScript directly without going through > > some generic wxWidgets way of printing ? If not, I could have a stab > > at it (I usually write PostScript by hand for fun). > > Cleary, these PS and PDF files are not created by Pcbnew. > > I am thinking PS files are now useless, because Pcbnew (and eeschema) > can generate these PDF files (Plot menu). > > This is a recent feature in Pcbnew, therefore the contributor could have > created these PS files mainly to create PDF files. > > But now, no need to store/download these PS files.
I agree, the postscript files should not be kept in git, the PDFs are much better for documentation purposes. > > -- > Jean-Pierre CHARRAS > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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