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

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

>
> I like "canvas" - it's a more popular idiom than cel.

Indeed it is.

My concern about "canvas" is that it does not convey a relationship to our
physical layers. In some cases it would be reasonable to expect a "canvas"
to refer a full layer or even to a stack of layers.   IMHO, it would be
beneficial if the term chosen connotates "sublayer" rather than layer or
stack of layers.

Another couple of suggestions:

 - Sublayer
  It's straightforward

 - Sheet
  A common metaphor in engineering-- it would make sense if there were
multiple sheets to specify the details of each physical layer. 
Anti-copper sheet, digital keep-out sheet, anti-mask sheet, etc.  This
name would lend itself naturally to printed documentation for a project.


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