Re: gEDA-user: foreign graphics overlay

[kai-martin knaak <kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob Paddock wrote:

> http://code.google.com/p/toped/ is an IC Layout Editor that puts the
> transparency to good use, as an example.
> Alas there are no screen shots in the project to show how it would
> apply to PCB.

There are screen shots two in Chitlesh's page on fedora.org:
  http://chitlesh.fedorapeople.org/FEL/gallery.html
  (click for full resolution)

What does the tope GUI differently to Peter Cliftons semi forked 
version of pcb?
 

>  how about providing a plugin-mechanism,
>> that allows to render DXF, SVG,..., bitmaps of common types and such
>> on a non-functional translucent "foreign" layer?

What is the benefit of plug-ins for this kind of infrastructure?
IMHO, support of different image formats should be part of the
main distribution.

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