Re: gEDA-user: Functional blocks and PCB format changes

["Windell H. Oskay" <windell@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I call the second large, bloat, and ugly.
>
> 98 chars vs 134  or 36% bigger for a pin with these mythical formats.

You're making my point.  36% is way under the 900% that I budgeted to show
that it still isn't a big deal in terms of file size-- absolutely
negligible in determining how portable the code is. There are plenty of
good arguments for and against XML. I don't think that file size is one of
them.


> I say no to raw XML as making out own format,  but would use SVG with
> extra info embedded.
>
> This way our drawings would work in all modern web browsers, we get all of
> the primitives we would ever want, including fancy curves, built in layers
> and more......

Interesting idea.  Could preview footprints *natively* at gedasymbols.

It *would* be pretty awesome to be able to use SVG graphics for silk
layers.  Fancy curves might work well for future routers as well.


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