Re: gEDA-user: merge multi symbol components

[John Doty <jpd@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jul 22, 2009, at 2:15 PM, David C. Kerber wrote:

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>> On Jul 22, 2009, at 1:38 PM, DJ Delorie wrote:
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>> But for usability, the issue is one of scripting at a higher
>> level. I love the way gnetlist interoperates so well with
>> make, but users seem increasingly impatient and helpless
>> these days. Maybe a missing ingredient is a Makefile creator.
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> The problem I see is that there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of  
> stuff around that requires Make

Billions of lines of code in various languages are turned into  
executable code via processes that use make. This includes gEDA and  
PCB. But make is a flexible tool for many other processes, too.

> (mainly C languages, and not in all of their environments), so many  
> engineers aren't familiar with it.  That makes it another hurdle on  
> the learning curve to their eda tools.

You want high productivity processes, you're going to have to invest  
a little time learning the tools that multiply productivity. Make is  
a classic example of a very simple tool that is a very effective  
productivity multiplier.

>   My programming is mostly done in java using Eclipse, so I don't  
> deal with Make at all.

Ugh. What you gonna do when you need a microcontroller running the show?

>   Unfortunately, I don't have a good alternative suggestion at the  
> moment, so I'm not contributing much beyond another opinion.
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John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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