Re: gEDA-user: Keep Out Layer/Line

["Phil Taylor" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Can mask-exclude be done with the same tracks?  Or not?

Phil


DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> > Not at the moment, but it is on my list of highly desired features.
> > I've started a document describing what I'm hoping to implement.
> > I'll see if I can dig that out and post for comments.
> 
> Add "anti-copper" layers to the wish list.  Use them to cut slots in
> polygons.  Also layers for extra mask and paste, antimask and
> antipaste, etc.  We already know antisilk won't work.  IMHO these
> should be easy to support in the drawing layers, it's just a matter of
> hooking them into the GUI (medium-hard), supporting more layers
> (hard), and saving the info in the file (easy).
> 
> /me was considering adding layer flags, tying them to the SL_* flags
> in hid.h (and others), and adding an SL_ANTI qualifier.  We'd need to
> be able to dynamically expand the number of working layers too,
> although that's been on *my* list for a while.
>