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[Svenn Are Bjerkem]

On 4/10/07, ldoolitt at recycle.lbl.gov <ldoolitt at recycle.lbl.gov> wrote:
> Svenn -
>
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 05:54:19PM +0200, Svenn Are Bjerkem wrote:
> > A wire jump tells the reader _explicitely_ "Here are two wires
> > crossing". [chop]  When
> > they _are_ automagically generated, like in Visio, I tend to use them
> > as there are no questions like "do those lines cross or are they
> > connected?" during presentations.
>
> So, are you volunteering to add crossing jumps to gschem?

Since when is the offering of opinions on a mailing list the same as
stepping up as a volunteer?

> It should be a change to the drawing engine only, and a
> (default off) setting in the GUI.  That way you can see
> the drawing with or without jumps, but the connectivity
> of the circuit and its rendition in the file is not affected.

When you say so. I never really picked up programming in gEDA as they
started off with literal programming. I got thrown off the
marry-go-round and haven't tried to get back on.

>
> Unix tools have a history of providing mechanism, not setting
> policy.

What is your definition of a "unix tool"? I think that has to be made
clear first.

-- 
Svenn