Re: gEDA-user: PCB HID project

[Karel Kulhavy <clock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 12:16:18PM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> For those of you who don't follow the developers list, and/or may have
> missed any hints in the past, The PCB developers are working on
> redesigning how the GUI interacts with the core of PCB.  This is the
> HID project, for Human Interface Device.  There are two main goals of
> this change:
> 
> 1. Support for multiple GUIs in the sources at a time (example: Gtk
>    and Win32).
> 
> 2. Easier to maintain the core of PCB (no gui-specific code in it).
> 
> The HID project is described, with screen shots, sources, etc, here:
> 
> 	http://www.delorie.com/pcb/A

Can you add link to pcb.sourceforge.net? The reader cannot remember the
URL forever.

> 
> This is a temporary page until the HID changes are merged back into
> sourceforge (the changes are very invasive, I didn't want to
> destabilize sf during the bulk of the work).
> 
> The HID pcb currently supports a Lesstif interface, which is very
> different than the Xaw or Gtk interfaces (yes, this is intentional).
> We're working on re-integrating the Gtk interface (which should be the
> same as before).  The postscript and gerber modules are done, and a
> new EPS module has been added.

If you easily can, make commandline export option. This will be very
handy for any project that uses automated toolchain (like Ronja).

> If you have a board you're working on, please try the HID version and
> see how you like it.  Also, please test the gerber and postscript
> exports to make sure there are no bugs in them.

CL<
> 
> Thanks,
> DJ