gEDA-user: footprints -- novice`s problems

[Stefan Salewski <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My gEDA distribution shipped with Gentoo-Linux comes with many m4 
footprints, but with very few newlib footprints.

So i started using m4, ignoring the warnings in the 
documentation.

After reading 
http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:pcb_tips#how_do_i_add_a_footprint_library_to_pcb
more carefully "...M4 footprints more complicated, but many of 
them are broken. That is, lots of footprints which appear in the 
M4 libraries canât be made to netlist correctly by gsch2pcb.", 
it is not surprising to me that i had trouble trying to use m4 
footprint CONN_USB. Now I will try to download and install 
newlib footprints from 
http://www.luciani.org/geda/pcb/pcb-footprint-list.html
and prefer using these.

I think shipping gEDA/gaf with very few newlib footprints and 
broken m4 footsprints is very harmful for new users.

Best regards

Stefan Salewski


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