On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 11:45:14PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > > > Until then, we'll keep pestering for the D-Bus patch to go in, even > > if it's only as a Linux & *BSD-only option. > > The problem with dbus isn't just that it's linux and bsd only, but > also that it's GTK only. We really need something more portable, not > just to windows and mac, but to lesstif too. If we can make dbus > portable, great. Until then, we're putting a lot of effort into a > solution that won't work for everyone.
If PCB can support LessTif, GTK, and postscript, why can't it support both DBus and XML-PRC? I realize I'm not a contributer but personally I'd like to be able to see it be able to support different messenging systems in a modular manner. Further, I think that features like checking if another PCB instance has a drawing open is just the start. In the future it would be cool to see geda support dbus or whatever as well, and then perhaps geda -> PCB translation scripts could work to sync models on the fly. Or to have a dual head monitor with PCB on one head and geda on the other and have highlights of a connection or part on one highlight the same part on the other display. Another idea would be to have one instance of PCB on your workstation tell another instance of PCB on a monster computer to route your file then send the results back to you. And then there a possible web integration features, that might be particularly valuable in the future, perhaps browsing through designs online. I don't know what all here. -- Joshua D. Boyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jdboyd.net/ http://www.joshuaboyd.org/ _______________________________________________ geda-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev
