Re: gEDA-user: [PCB] DRC - why is it modal?

[Ben Jackson <ben@xxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 09:35:33AM -0800, Dave N6NZ wrote:
> Is there a reason why PCB's DRC pops a modal dialog for every violation 
> and refuses to move forward?  That is... ummm.... tedious...

It's actually a non-modal dialog, DJ changed my snarky quote.
If it were modal, you wouldn't be able to drive the main window
without closing it.

On the other hand, I've found that PCB will crash if you do any
real editing during the DRC.  I haven't tried to fix it because
batch operation would avoid it altogether.

> Would it be difficult to re-engineer DRC to operate in a batch mode?

That's one thing I would really like to do.  I'd also like to see the
number of issues reported for a single interaction (eg between two
copper traces) reduced.  One mistake on a board might get repeated 3 or 4
times, and none of the errors are particularly clear.

Oh yeah, and the whole set of DRC checks should be reevaluated.  :)

-- 
Ben Jackson AD7GD
<ben@xxxxxxx>
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