On Feb 24, 2011, at 7:39 PM, Kai-Martin Knaak <k...@lilalaser.de> wrote:
> Colin D Bennett wrote:
>
>>> ^__ Properties of the view, not the underlying data - I'd prefer to
>>> abstract this to the renderer.
>>
>> I agree that color does not belong in the layout file. I may keep
>> changing my preferences on my pcb color theme, but I don't want to
>> update all my layout files to take advantage of an updated color theme
>> -- UI preferences like color theme should definitely not be included in
>> the .pcb layout file itself.
>
> I partly disagree. Some information on color should be in the layout.
>
> Real world use cases:
>
> 1) Footprints only use the first two copper layers. Convert buffer
> to element converts tracks on the first layer to pads on top. Tracks
> on the second layer get pads on bottom layer. Consequently, a pcb meant
> as a work sheet for footprint creation needs different colors than a regular
> layout.
>
> 2) Four layer layouts have different demands on colors than two layers.
> If I switch between projects with four layers and two layers, it is a
> hassle to manually load the fitting color scheme.
>
> 3) If I add some layers in the middle of the layer stack, colors of
> layers below shift to other layers. So this new layer stack clearly
> needs a special color treatment.
>
4: setup so that ground and power nets are hilighted with different colors.
I guess that this is storing hilighted colors. I don't care where the color is
stored but mapping to a palet sounds good.
> The layout may not contain the whole explicit color information. Just
> a name of a color scheme may be enough. If no matching color scheme
> can be found in $HOME/.pcb/.color, or in the project dir, some default
> scheme would be used.
> That way you can have both. Central color config files and layout chosen
> color schemes. As a bonus, my color blind colleague can keep a
> palette adjusted to his needs and we can still both work with the
> same layout files.
>
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