Re: gEDA-user: PCB: Change default file-filter in open-dialog

["Bert Timmerman" <bert.timmerman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Felix, 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: geda-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:geda-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Felix Ruoff
> Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 10:13 AM
> To: kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; gEDA user mailing list
> Subject: Re: gEDA-user: PCB: Change default file-filter in open-dialog
> 
>   kai-martin knaak wrote:
> > I'd say, the default should be *.pcb + *.fp . These are by far the 
> > most likely files you'd want to load.
> Thanks to all for your replys!
> I found a way to store the last-used folder at a GKeyFile. 
> But it is not well integrated yet, so it will need some days 
> until I will make a patch public.
> 
> I would like to introduce a menue-change for loading and 
> saving and like to know what you are thinking about it:
> 
> New menue-structure:
> 
> File
>    New
>      Layout
>      Import Schematics...
>    Open... (loads *.pcb, *.fp and eventually *.sch-files)
>    Load Netlist...
>    Load Vendor Resource...
>    -
>    Save...
>    ...
> 
> Buffer
>    Load from File... (loads *.pcb and *.fp)
>    Save to File (replaces Save buffer-elements to file. What 
> should here be the default-filetype? Or the only filetype? *.fp?)
>    -
>    ...
> 
> The idea is, that pcb decides dependend on the filetype which 
> kind of load-function should be used (Martin's suggestion 
> above brought me to this idea).
> I am very unsure about Import Schematics. I did never used 
> it, so I don't know if it is more related to 'New' or to 
> 'Open' or even nothing of them.l
> 
> I hope, my programming-skills are enough to implement 
> something like this and am very interesting in your opinions.
> 
> Felix
> 

If this were for me to decide, I would do something like this:


File
  New        Ctrl-N      // maybe "New Layout"
  Open       Ctr+O       // to open an existing layout from file
  Save...    Ctrl+S      // to save the current layout
  Save as... Shft+Ctrl_S // to save the current layout to a diff
path/filename
  ------
  Revert
    To saved
    To backup
  ------
  Load
    Load element data to paste-buffer...
    Load layout data to paste-buffer...
    Load Schematics...
    Load Netlist...
    Load Vendor Reaource...
  ------
  Save connection data of ...
    A single element
    All elements
    Unused pins
  Save buffer to element file  // AKA footprint file (*.fp)
  ------
  Print         Ctrl+P  // or maybe "Print layout"
  Calibrate printer     // or maybe "Page setup"
  Export layout...      // here follows the Brady bunch of all available
exporters ;)
  ------
  Close layout  Ctrl-W  // if and when multiple layouts are supported ;-)
  Close all layouts     // if and when multiple layouts are supported ;-)
  Exit          Alt+X   // 
  

But it isn't, so it's just my EUR 0.02 on the subject.

Kind regards,

Bert Timmerman.



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