Re: gEDA-user: General Layers questions

[Martin Kupec <martin.kupec@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 09:29:04PM +0100, Stephan Boettcher wrote:
> Martin Kupec <martin.kupec@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 01:52:24PM -0600, John Doty wrote:
> >> 
> >> On Mar 18, 2011, at 1:44 PM, Martin Kupec wrote:
> >> 
> >> > Generaly you are proposing that there should be a special type of
> >> > footpring called 'via' and it should receive extra care.
> >> 
> >> Why single out "via" and "footprint" when they are merely members of
> >> an open-ended list of possible composite objects?
> >
> > We need to single out 'via' so someone who want's simple board can find
> > 'via' tool as everywhere. And under word 'footprint' I mean any other
> > composite object.
> 
> That is up to the HID to find the composits with attribute
> "type=via", and present them in a via toll selector.
> 
> And to maintein an in memory list of composits of "type=element" and akt
> on those when the users asks for elements.

Yes. With 'special care' I just ment in the GUI. Inside it will be
a compsoite object like any other.

	Martin Kupec



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