On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 12:16:18PM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: > > For those of you who don't follow the developers list, and/or may have > missed any hints in the past, The PCB developers are working on > redesigning how the GUI interacts with the core of PCB. This is the > HID project, for Human Interface Device. There are two main goals of > this change: > > 1. Support for multiple GUIs in the sources at a time (example: Gtk > and Win32). > > 2. Easier to maintain the core of PCB (no gui-specific code in it). > > The HID project is described, with screen shots, sources, etc, here: > > http://www.delorie.com/pcb/A
Can you add link to pcb.sourceforge.net? The reader cannot remember the URL forever. > > This is a temporary page until the HID changes are merged back into > sourceforge (the changes are very invasive, I didn't want to > destabilize sf during the bulk of the work). > > The HID pcb currently supports a Lesstif interface, which is very > different than the Xaw or Gtk interfaces (yes, this is intentional). > We're working on re-integrating the Gtk interface (which should be the > same as before). The postscript and gerber modules are done, and a > new EPS module has been added. If you easily can, make commandline export option. This will be very handy for any project that uses automated toolchain (like Ronja). > If you have a board you're working on, please try the HID version and > see how you like it. Also, please test the gerber and postscript > exports to make sure there are no bugs in them. CL< > > Thanks, > DJ
