Re: gEDA-user: Flame about XML (was: Some footprints I tried to create)

[Dave McGuire <mcguire@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 14, 2007, at 9:10 PM, Michael Sokolov wrote:
> > Sure, you can always fork.  But as DJ pointed out...how, exactly,
> > are you running PCB on an ASCII terminal?
>
> I don't.  I plan on hiring someone else to do the layout when I get to
> that stage.  But I want to do all preceding steps first using my
> scripted text-based Ancient UNIX environment.
>
> And just for completeness, I do have access to an X11 graphical  
> display
> for when I really need one.  I just don't *like* using it.  When a  
> tool
> requires the use of a GUI for a task that *could* be done in a  
> scripted
> text-based environment, it hampers my productivity.

  Well...The value of a fully scriptable environment is clear to  
anyone but the greenest newbies, but I think you may be taking it a  
bit far.  That's just my opinion, and it's worth every penny you paid  
for it, of course.

          -Dave

--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL




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