Re: gEDA-user: more kvetch re: pcb Arcs

[Mark Rages <markrages@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Peter Clifton <pcjc2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 12:58 -0500, Stuart Brorson wrote:
>> On Tue, 2 Feb 2010, Mark Rages wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>> > If I can't get this working in the next few days, I'll probably be
>> > buying a license for Altium and a Windows computer.  The thought
>> > depresses me.
>>
>> Rather than shelling out more than $7000 on an Altium license, why not
>> use some of money to contract one of the gEDA developers to get the
>> fix done for you?   You'd get what you want, and it probably wouldn't
>> cost neraly as much as a full-blown Altium seat.
>
> Well - I just tested Ineiev's patch with the test-case attached to the
> bug, and the fix exists already.. just needs committing.
>
> No need to spend $cash, just apply patch and recompile. Don't you just
> love the support turn-around times when there is a defect found in gEDA?
>
> (Ok, this issue was known about for a while.. but we can still be pretty
> prompt about helping people find a solution.)
>

That patch fixes it!

OK, I'm happier now.   Sorry for bringing up Altium before... I was
trying to elicit sympathy, rather than threatening to leave.

There are a few features I might be willing to pay for:

 - "offset" button like 2d CAD packages have
 - "extend/trim" mode like 2d CAD packages have
 - arbitrary rotation of text

Please submit any proposals offlist.  Or point me to patches already
implementing the functionality...

Regards,
Mark
markrages@gmail
-- 
Mark Rages, Engineer
Midwest Telecine LLC
markrages@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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