Remember that some sugars are essential to a balanced diet :-D Just don't overdo it...
D > -----Original Message----- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org > [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of John Doty > Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 2:42 PM > To: gEDA user mailing list > Subject: Re: gEDA-user: blue sky ideas - written down finally > > > On Dec 28, 2009, at 5:50 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: > > > > > John, > > > > I wrote up a long email explaining how to map what you want to my > > idea, but decided you'd learn a lot more if I write this > one instead. > > > > My idea does exactly what you want. I'll leave it to you > to read it > > again and figure out how. You're smart - use your imagination. > > If I put the most optimistic interpretation on the final > three paragraphs of of your "Component Databases" memo, I > might see it. The problem is that most of the memo is about > sugar, not nutrition or balance. This makes optimism rather > difficult. "GUI" and "plugin" (the sugar) are mentioned 11 > times. The core engine of gEDA, gnetlist, isn't mentioned > once, but that, or perhaps some preprocessor > (s) that feed it, is where the action is here. > > And, of course, there's no mention of the fact that these > issues are pretty universal across all flows, even VLSI and > simulation. It's pure pcb-centrism, an attitude which always > rubs me the wrong way. > The solution can, and should, work for all flows, but that > requires commitment to the flexibility that made gEDA a good > front end for pcb in the first place. > > John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. > http://www.noqsi.com/ > j...@noqsi.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user