Re: gEDA-user: )(

[Peter Clifton <pcjc2@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2009-10-02 at 19:10 +0000, Michael Sokolov wrote:
> Ineiev <ineiev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > I wonder if I may ask to keep GL code optional. most my machines have
> > no GL-enabled hardware; and on the computer that has GL support, it is
> > so weak that PCB+GL is quite unusable with any non-trivial board ---
> > much worse than traditional PCB . sorry.
> 
> I second that!  I don't use single-user personal computers, instead I
> run applications like PCB on a multiuser timesharing host (a machine in
> a machine room with no humans present nearby) and direct the X11 DISPLAY
> to a traditional 1980s-style Ethernet-attached X11 terminal, so I want a
> PCB HID that works in the traditional 1980s X11 way.  I would run the
> original Xaw PCB if I could, but I need to be able to open current .pcb
> files.

You are welcome to stick with whatever PCB version you like, and
back-port any later changes you wish.

Antagonistic reply aside.. I don't intend to remove / replace any of the
old legacy drawing code. ;)

This said.. as applications evolve, there becomes a point where you just
need to run them on newer hardware (or stick with the older versions).

For example.. there came a point where gschem started to perform worse
on newer graphics stacks, simply because it was using 1980s style
drawing methods - and had not caught up with the rest of the desktop.


Best wishes,

Peter C.



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