Re: gEDA-user: Ben mode feature request

[Stefan Salewski <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 2010-10-31 at 00:44 +0200, kai-martin knaak wrote:
> Evan Foss wrote:
> 
> > I may have missed it but has anyone suggested the brlcad format. It
> > might be better than freecad in that it has export/import from a lot
> > of other formats already written.
> 
> It might be worse in that its user interface is prohibitively non-
> intuitive. I looked at the application a few years ago, when I was in 
> need for a mechanical CAD application. Even the most simple operations 
> required a number of complex steps. There is a whole chapter in the 
> manual on how to move a component. The user base of brlCAD is marginal 
> and will probably shrink even more, as more intuitive open source CAD 
> applications will become a viable alternative. 
> 

That may be true, but I am not really happy with the wording.
Some kids may be tempted to do something like
sed -i -e 's/brlCAD/gEDA-PCB/'




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