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Re: gEDA-user: gerbv-1.0.3 released!



This is great!  I'm glad to see gerbv is being actively developed again. 
  Will do my part by downloading and testing.

Thanks to the team!

-dave


Stuart Brorson wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> This is to announce the fourth release in the stable branch of
> gerbv, 1.0.3.
> 
> This release represents a point release incorporating a few patches made
> against the 1.0.X source over the last 1 1/2 years.  Specific updates
> include:
> 
> * Incorporate changes from Joost Witteveen to support extended
>    %SR% commands.
> * Fix endless loop bug when gerbv encountered an unknown
>    % code.  Patch from Joost Witteveen.
> * Fixed initial scale setting for %MOMM% Gerber files.
>    Patch from Joost Witteveen.
> * Fixed format for small drillfiles.  Patch from Trevor Blackwell.
> * Fix setting of the initial window size when the screen
>    is larger than the display. Patch from David Carr.
> 
> As currently planned, this release is the last release of the 1.0.X series.
> With this release, maintainership of gerbv has broadened to include several
> more members of the gEDA project (http://geda.seul.org/).  This
> places gerbv on a good footing for continued active developement.
> Moving forward, gerbv will begin to make use of the cairo graphics library (if
> it is available on your system).  Expect to see other changes as gerbv moves
> to the 1.1 series!
> 
> The homepage for gerbv still lives on SourceForge:
> http://gerbv.sourceforge.net/.
> There you will find a bug database,
> a feature request database, the CVS repo and a commit mailinglist.
> 
> To download gerbv-1.0.3 go to
>          http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gerbv/
> and grab gerbv-1.0.3.tar.gz
> 
> To install gerbv do this:
> 1. tar zxf gerbv-1.0.3.tar.gz
> 2. cd gerbv-1.0.3
> 3. ./configure
> 4. make install
> 
> Interesting configure options are:
> --help              : Lists all options
> --disable-exportpng : Disable compilation of export of PNGs
> --prefix=<dir>      : Install to dir <prefix>
> --with-maxfiles     : Set maximal number of files (default 20).
> --enable-unit-mm    : Change default unit in status bar to mm from inch.
> 
> Special thanks to Stefan Petersen, Dan McMahill, and Julian Lamb for 
> help in getting this release out the door!
> 
> --Stuart
> 
> 
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