Re: gEDA-user: german article in the linux magazin online now

[DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> gEDA is a collection of independent programs, which shall be forced
> towork together by some scripts.

I can understand that impression.

> Some more scripts have as result, thatsome experts know some other
> experts which shall have heard about peoplewho have routed the pcb
> from the tutorial.

:-)

> KiCAD is a collection of bugs pretending an attractive program which
> can be used with the mouse.

:-)

> Geda is absolutely nothing for me, I like only
> complete/integratedsolutions.

There's going to be people like that, we can't help them.

> The biggest problem is, that gschem and pcb are separateprograms
> which are coupled with the script gsch2pcb.

We're working on this one.

> gschem and pcb havedifferent user interfaces, which you have to
> learn.

Yup.

> gEDA: Installation is terrible. Configuration is terrible (designed
> bysome cranks who think configuration files in LISP are fine.)

:-)

> pcb doeshurt. Stiff like bubble gum (written in
> Tcl/TK).

This is the "pcb 3.0" fork that was rewritten in TCL.  It is *not* our
version of pcb.

> Handling of symbols and footprint is a pain.

Yup.

> Collected scrap, at gedasymbols too.

It can seem that way.


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