Re: gEDA-user: poll: How do you geda?

[Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:20:48 -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:

>> Editing lispy files to configure gschem is just plain wacky. There
>> needs to be a preferences pane like the rest of the world now does it.
> 
>    For basic "preferences" I'd agree, but this type of software is a
> lot more powerful than, say, an email client...castrating its
> flexibility in the name of "modernness" (whatever that is) is foolish.

A preference pane is not necessarily an antagonism to total flexibility. 
Check out the GUI of LyX for an excellent example. This application 
features extensive point-and-click dialogs, and still offers the full 
power of latex commands.


>    Case in point...AutoCAD still has a command line, and all serious
> AutoCAD users use it extensively.

Every decent CAD application I know has a command line interface. IMHO 
the lack thereof is a major feature deficiency of gschem and pcb.  


> That'll give thinking people the power
> they're accustomed to, and Windows people the "ease of use" (read:
> handholding) that they're accustomed to.

Come on, gschem and pcb are mouse based applications for a reason. In 
fact, they are currently pretty unfriendly to keyboard driven people due 
to the lack of scripting or even a decent command line interface.

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Kai-Martin Knaak
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