On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Andrew Poelstra <as...@sfu.ca> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 07:35:29PM -0400, Windell H. Oskay wrote: >> >> > I say no to raw XML as making out own format, but would use SVG with >> > extra info embedded. >> > >> > This way our drawings would work in all modern web browsers, we get all of >> > the primitives we would ever want, including fancy curves, built in layers >> > and more...... >> >> Interesting idea. Could preview footprints *natively* at gedasymbols. >> >> It *would* be pretty awesome to be able to use SVG graphics for silk >> layers. Fancy curves might work well for future routers as well. >> > > I don't think SVG is appropriate for storing entire PCBs. There's too > much non-graphical data in .pcb files. > > Footprints, yes, that could work.
Thankfully, SVG is specified in an eXtensible markup language. Regards, Mark markra...@gmail -- Mark Rages, Engineer Midwest Telecine LLC markra...@midwesttelecine.com _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user