Re: gEDA-user: n00b confused about track connections

2006-09-15 Thread Harry Eaton
Dave N6NZ wrote: Just getting serious about going for my first layout using pcb. I have done some PC layout before, so my questions are all about how this particular software works, not pc layout in general. I have a test file with two parts and four nets the successfully netlist (yay!) and

Re: gEDA-user: n00b confused about track connections

2006-09-15 Thread Dave N6NZ
Stuart Brorson wrote: This is a FAQ: http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:pcb_tips#i_want_to_draw_a_track_between_two_segments_on_the_same_net_but_pcb_won_t_let_me_why Ahh good! I did look around for a pcb FAQ but didn't find it. That will be most helpful. -dave ___

Re: gEDA-user: libgeda compile error problem solved, sort of...

2006-09-15 Thread kmk
John Griessen wrote: > I found that new versions of xorg in for instance debian unstable have > no file /usr/lib/libXrender.la, With Debian unstable libXrender.la is supplied by the package libXrender-dev. It was in a separate package in sarge already. The utility "findpkg" is a handy tool if y

Re: gEDA-user: n00b confused about track connections

2006-09-15 Thread Stuart Brorson
This is a FAQ: http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:pcb_tips#i_want_to_draw_a_track_between_two_segments_on_the_same_net_but_pcb_won_t_let_me_why On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Dave N6NZ wrote: Just getting serious about going for my first layout using pcb. I have done some PC layout before, so my questions a

Re: gEDA-user: n00b confused about track connections

2006-09-15 Thread DJ Delorie
> Good so far... but now sometimes when I try to route a net, it > refuses to join a track to existing track for that net. Shut off "auto-enforce DRC clearance" ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/li

gEDA-user: n00b confused about track connections

2006-09-15 Thread Dave N6NZ
Just getting serious about going for my first layout using pcb. I have done some PC layout before, so my questions are all about how this particular software works, not pc layout in general. I have a test file with two parts and four nets the successfully netlist (yay!) and I can pull them int

Re: gEDA-user: libgeda compile error problem solved, sort of...

2006-09-15 Thread Peter Clifton
[snip] > Just to check that is OK, does your file look like this one below? > > > > John G [snip] > /usr/lib/libXrender.la > = > # libXrender.la - a libtool library file > # Generated by ltmain.sh - GNU libtool 1.5.6 (1.1220.2.95 2004/04/11 05:50:42) > Debian: 215 $ >

Re: gEDA-user: libgeda compile error problem solved, sort of...

2006-09-15 Thread John Griessen
I found that new versions of xorg in for instance debian unstable have no file /usr/lib/libXrender.la, and that is going to be the norm, where configure scripts stop looking for it, and libtool works without having it. As a stopgap measure, I found a recent version of libXrender.la and put it

Re: gEDA-user: gnetlist complains about "attribs" ?

2006-09-15 Thread Mark Becker
Hello Dean - You wrote: > > Check out http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:faq-gnetlist. > Bingo.. right on the money. Thanks for the timely response. Mark ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ge

Re: gEDA-user: Re: PCB: Moving the endpoint of a line

2006-09-15 Thread DJ Delorie
> The way the slop works is that if the crosshair is within 5 screen > pixels of an end-point, Actually, this might be broken since we moved the GUI stuff out of the core. There's a variable "pixel_slop" in hid.h that's supposed to be "the size of a pixel" in pcb units, but only the lesstif hid

Re: gEDA-user: Re: PCB: Moving the endpoint of a line

2006-09-15 Thread Harry Eaton
Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: in closely the program requires that you grab it more accurately; - the center can be hard to accurately estimate and when zoomed ^^^ Why is this so? It sort of nullifies the benefit of zooming in.

Re: gEDA-user: Re: PCB: Moving the endpoint of a line

2006-09-15 Thread Vaughn Treude
On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 11:23, John Griessen wrote: > Feedback is good! We like feedback... > > Can the cursor change a little as it hovers to show "grabbable state"? > Can the object near the cursor change a little to show it is the current > object > a click would grab? > > Which would be easi

Re: gEDA-user: gnetlist complains about "attribs" ?

2006-09-15 Thread Dean Ferreyra
Check out http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:faq-gnetlist. Dean Mark Becker wrote: > Hello - > > I used gschem to create x.sch. Following the tutorials, gsch2pcb was > used to create x.pcb and x.net. PCB was happy.. and the board laid > out. > > Running gnetlist -g bom2 x.sch fails: > > ER

gEDA-user: gnetlist complains about "attribs" ?

2006-09-15 Thread Mark Becker
Hello - I used gschem to create x.sch. Following the tutorials, gsch2pcb was used to create x.pcb and x.net. PCB was happy.. and the board laid out. Running gnetlist -g bom2 x.sch fails: ERROR: In procedure open-file: ERROR: No such file or directory: "attribs" gnetlist was ru

Re: gEDA-user: Re: PCB: Moving the endpoint of a line

2006-09-15 Thread John Griessen
Feedback is good! We like feedback... Can the cursor change a little as it hovers to show "grabbable state"? Can the object near the cursor change a little to show it is the current object a click would grab? Which would be easier to implement? John G Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: On Wed, 13 Sep

Re: gEDA-user: PCB version 20060822 and ps printing

2006-09-15 Thread John Griessen
I like this way a lot. Let's you quickly preview, and then use lp or lpr to use paper. John G DJ Delorie wrote: But, an option to print to multiple files has been on my to-do list for a while. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.or

gEDA-user: Re: PCB: Moving the endpoint of a line

2006-09-15 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 07:19:41 -0400, Harry Eaton wrote: > You may be having a hard time getting the crosshair close enough to the > end-point. I am having a hard time to hit the end point, too. Because of this, I find manipulating existing tracks a real pain and tend to remove them and do a manu

Re: gEDA-user: PCB version 20060822 and ps printing

2006-09-15 Thread DJ Delorie
I use "gv" to view the .ps file and select which pages I want to print. But, an option to print to multiple files has been on my to-do list for a while. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/g

gEDA-user: PCB version 20060822 and ps printing

2006-09-15 Thread Christian Treldal
Hi there. First tnx. for the new snapshot, which builds nicely on FC4 with the install cd. One amongst a lot of other improvements is the ps printing. Is there any easy way, to save the forrest and not contribute to global warming by printing all 12 sheets of PCB layers, every time you have mad