gEDA-user: Element file format questions

[Randall Nortman <geda-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm a big fan of "drawing" my footprints with either a text editor or
a python script.  It's been a while since I last did this, and I know
that pcb keeps changing.  Is the documentation at
http://pcb.sourceforge.net/pcb-20070208/pcb.html correct for the
20070208 snapshot?  (Or is there any compelling reason to us the CVS
version?)

Second question: if I want to draw a dot on the silk layer (i.e., a
filled-in circle), am I to use the ElementArc command with x,y at the
center, thickness equal to the desired radius, a width and height
equal to half the radius, and a delta angle of 360?  (Or is that angle
in radians?)

And lastly, what is the "best practice" on placing the mark and
element text?  Seems to me that the mark should either be in the
center of the element body or centered on pin/pad 1.  I've always just
left the text at the origin and moved/rotated it during layout.

TIA,

Randall


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