Re: gEDA-user: next PCB release - 1.99za vs 4.0

[Andrew Poelstra <asp11@xxxxxx>]

On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 02:18:09PM -0600, John Doty wrote:
> 
> On Sep 11, 2010, at 1:28 PM, kai-martin knaak wrote:
> 
> > Peter Clifton wrote:
> > 
> >> Yes, indeed.. magic silk (and other) layers should probably go
> >> and die.
> > 
> > Please do. My local list of warts and rooms for improvement contains 
> > many complaints about things that can't be done with silk. Worst of 
> > all: You can't selectively print top-silk and bottom-silk like the 
> > regular layers.
> 
> That's because they are implemented as a class, rather than just
> a layer with certain properties. This sort of problem is an inevitable
> consequence of classification. But when I wrote:
> 

If they were implemented as part of the class "layer", they could be
used just like any other layer.

It is because they are not a class, but a layer-like object imbued with
a bunch of arbitrary attributes (which are not shared by other layers)
that we have problems.


Andrew



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