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

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

On Sep 14, 2010, at 7:23 AM, Andrew Poelstra wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 10:20:52PM -0400, Matthew Sager wrote:
>>> [*] We need a better term for drawing layers, since "layer" means
>>> something specific in PCB design.  Or another name for physical
>>> layers.  Or something ;-)
>>> 
>> 
>>     How about "overlay"?
>> 
>>   "Canvas" comes to mind.  It hints that you draw on it.  Or this could
>>   just be the fact that I have a painting that I need to finish.
> 
> Canvas sounds good to me, too. Overlay feels like a more
> "circuity" word, but either one would be fine by me.

Another good metaphor might be that of the Cel, from hand-drawn animation:

A stack of cels makes up a layer?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cel



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