Re: gEDA-user: Where and what month of the forums can I findand other locations on PCB Release 20091103Added experimental topological autorouter

["Bert Timmerman" <bert.timmerman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Kai-Martin, DJ and all, 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: geda-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:geda-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> kai-martin knaak
> Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 5:25 AM
> To: geda-user@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Where and what month of the forums 
> can I findand other locations on PCB Release 20091103Added 
> experimental topological autorouter
> 
> DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> > 
> > pcb --verbose ...
> 
> Close, but not quite there.
> 
> a) There is a major difference in usability between output in 
> stdout and part of the GUI.
> 
> b) The output gets swamped by "Action: PointCursor()" 
> stanzas, while in select mode. 
> 
> c) If I draw tracks with the line tool, I get
> 	Action: Mode(Notify)
> 	Action: Mode(Release)
> for every segment. These actions wouldn't create the tracks 
> on the command line. 
> 
> In general, the output does not provide the commands to build 
> an action script that actually builds part of the layout 
> without user interaction. 
> This would raise the power of actions to a whole new level.
> 
> ---<)kaimartin(>---
> --
> Kai-Martin Knaak
> Öffentlicher PGP-Schlüssel:
> http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x6C0B9F53
> 
> 
> 

Maybe a command line option like:

pcb --record-macro <filename>

could do what Kai-Martin suggests in the above.

In this mode all sorts of not specific stuff could be ignored and specific
commands could be honed into the exact syntax needed.

Just my EUR 0.02 on the subject :)

Kind regards,

Bert Timmerman



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