Re: gEDA-user: silk on other side of board

[DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >> And how hard would it be to change to allow text and polygons on the
> >> silk layer?

> I mean, in footprints.

It would mean changing:

* the footprint file format

* the pcb file format

* the "element" internal structure

* anything that moves/rotates elements

* anything that calculates element bounding box

* the drawing module

* the autoroute modules (if we add new copper types)

* the optimizer (if copper)

* the DRC module

* convert to/from element actions

* perhaps a way to move/edit the text once the element it placed.


So the simplest would be to add an ElementText[] item to the element
file format, just for silk, you'd need to update file load/save, draw,
crosshair (for moving the element, if you want the text shown while
moving), bounding box, minimum.


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