Re: gEDA-user: error when building gEDA/gaf 1.4.1.20080929 on FreeBSD

2008-10-23 Thread Duncan Drennan
> ( cd libgeda-1.4.1; make install ) Have you tried doing a "make install" or "make libgeda_install" from the base directory? ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

gEDA-user: error when building gEDA/gaf 1.4.1.20080929 on FreeBSD

2008-10-23 Thread Jon
Hello, I'm attempting to build the latest stable version of geda on FreeBSD 7.0. I followed the steps listed in the README (setting the environment variables) and tried make install, but I get the following error message early in the process: ( cd libgeda-1.4.1; make install ) Making install

Re: gEDA-user: home made pcb final check

2008-10-23 Thread Joerg
DJ Delorie wrote: >> One old trick is to use three cross-hairs near the corners. If you stack >> up layers and suddenly there is a cross-hair in the fourth corner where >> there shouldn't be any you'd know something is wrong. > > On four layer boards, I put "1 2 3 4" somewhere, with each digit o

Re: gEDA-user: "Publication Quality" Schematic Symbols

2008-10-23 Thread John Luciani
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Dave McGuire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Oct 22, 2008, at 12:36 PM, Mark Rages wrote: >> Have you had time to release these yet? > > I'm interested (drooling!) as well. I haven't had a chance to release these yet. I was hoping to do a webpage with PICs, some

Re: gEDA-user: errors compiling gEDA 1.4.1 on cygwin

2008-10-23 Thread John Griessen
Duncan Drennan wrote: > I am running cygwin on top of Vista, and 1.4.0 was compiled and works > on the same system. The --disable-update-mime-database and > --disable-update-desktop-database are set in the Makefile. libgeda > compiled and installed with no problems. > > The problem appears to be

Re: gEDA-user: A few questions about gschem, gnetlist, and gspiceui/ngspice

2008-10-23 Thread al davis
On Thursday 23 October 2008, Yamazaki R2 wrote: > Also, > what is the proper probe syntax in ngspice to probe > drain/source/gate current in a mosfet? Also > collector/emitter/base current in a bipolar? With NGspice, you don't. You need to do the hack of putting a voltage source in series. I do

Re: gEDA-user: A few questions about gschem, gnetlist, and gspiceui/ngspice

2008-10-23 Thread John Doty
On Oct 23, 2008, at 12:17 PM, Yamazaki R2 wrote: > 1. The first thing I want to understand how the gnetlist scheme works >for the spice scheme (gnetlist -g spice). When I run this command, >what scheme backend files are processed? Only gnet-spice.scm? Or is >any other scheme processed

Re: gEDA-user: A few questions about gschem, gnetlist, and gspiceui/ngspice

2008-10-23 Thread Steve Meier
the gnetlist option -g tells genlist what backend file to use. -g spice uses the file gnet-spice.scm on my machine it is found in /usr/local/share/gEDA/scheme it is also found in the gnetlist source code in the scheme directory Steve Meier On Thu, 2008-10-23 at 11:17 -0700, Yamazaki R2 w

Re: gEDA-user: home made pcb final check

2008-10-23 Thread DJ Delorie
> One old trick is to use three cross-hairs near the corners. If you stack > up layers and suddenly there is a cross-hair in the fourth corner where > there shouldn't be any you'd know something is wrong. On four layer boards, I put "1 2 3 4" somewhere, with each digit on its respective layer.

Re: gEDA-user: A few questions about gschem, gnetlist, and gspiceui/ngspice

2008-10-23 Thread Bas Gieltjes
> 1. The first thing I want to understand how the gnetlist scheme works for > the spice scheme (gnetlist -g spice). When I run this command, what scheme > backend files are processed? Only gnet-spice.scm? Or is any other scheme > processed along with it? The reason why I ask is because when I take

Re: gEDA-user: pcb, strange line tool bug

2008-10-23 Thread Steven Michalske
i hit this bug too on my PPC and intel pcb installs under OSX Leopard Steve On Oct 23, 2008, at 12:56 PM, Stefan Salewski wrote: > Am Donnerstag, den 23.10.2008, 15:01 +0200 schrieb Stefan Salewski: >> pcb version 20080202 GTK >> >> When I click in the drawing area with active line tool nothing

Re: gEDA-user: home made pcb final check

2008-10-23 Thread Joerg
DJ Delorie wrote: >> I have a layout for a one layer pcb. I have Pulsar's toner transfer >> paper and white trf foil. I found a shop in town that has a laser >> printer. I exported the pcb layout to gerber files. I then used >> gerbv to print post script files for each gerber file. >> >> Do I n

gEDA-user: errors compiling gEDA 1.4.1 on cygwin

2008-10-23 Thread Duncan Drennan
I decided to update to the latest stable version, but am having some trouble when compiling gschem (that is as far as it gets at least). I am running cygwin on top of Vista, and 1.4.0 was compiled and works on the same system. The --disable-update-mime-database and --disable-update-desktop-databas

Re: gEDA-user: pcb, strange line tool bug

2008-10-23 Thread Stefan Salewski
Am Donnerstag, den 23.10.2008, 15:01 +0200 schrieb Stefan Salewski: > pcb version 20080202 GTK > > When I click in the drawing area with active line tool nothing visible > happens, the thin red outlines of the trace are not drawn. After second > mouse click trace become visible, but red outlines a

Re: gEDA-user: A few questions about gschem, gnetlist, and gspiceui/ngspice

2008-10-23 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:17:27 -0700, Yamazaki R2 wrote: > 2. I'm having a few issues with gschem. As of the current version, is > there a way make filled shapes for symbols that aren't squares/circles? > Such as a filled triangle? If not, does any development version have > this feature? IMHO, th

gEDA-user: A few questions about gschem, gnetlist, and gspiceui/ngspice

2008-10-23 Thread Yamazaki R2
Hi all, Let me just say that the gEDA suite is pretty robust for being an open source project. For the most part I am happy with it and really appreciate the work that's been put into this project. It's great EDA option for the hobbyist as well as the professional. Now, I have a few

Re: gEDA-user: home made pcb final check

2008-10-23 Thread DJ Delorie
> I have a layout for a one layer pcb. I have Pulsar's toner transfer > paper and white trf foil. I found a shop in town that has a laser > printer. I exported the pcb layout to gerber files. I then used > gerbv to print post script files for each gerber file. > > Do I need to print mirrors o

gEDA-user: home made pcb final check

2008-10-23 Thread Rob Butts
I have a layout for a one layer pcb. I have Pulsar's toner transfer paper and white trf foil. I found a shop in town that has a laser printer. I exported the pcb layout to gerber files. I then used gerbv to print post script files for each gerber file. Do I need to print mirr

Re: gEDA-user: External attribute read/write - how?

2008-10-23 Thread Frank Miles
Thanks to everyone for their ideas for reading and writing component attributes. Unfortunately this may take some time (being eternally overloaded and unfamiliar with gaf code), but I have a strong interest in making something work. What form this takes is still to-be-determined. Complicating thi

Re: gEDA-user: pcb, strange line tool bug

2008-10-23 Thread Stefan Salewski
Am Donnerstag, den 23.10.2008, 09:17 -0400 schrieb DJ Delorie: > When drawing lines, the lines are drawn as outlines until they're > placed. > > When "Crosshair shows DRC clearance" is on, an *additional* outline is > drawn around the lines that shows the needed clearance. > > Is this what you'r

Re: gEDA-user: pcb, strange line tool bug

2008-10-23 Thread DJ Delorie
> After some testing I find: If I select "Crosshair shows DRC > clearance" outline is drawn again, and if I deselect this menu > point, all is OK again. When drawing lines, the lines are drawn as outlines until they're placed. When "Crosshair shows DRC clearance" is on, an *additional* outline i

Re: gEDA-user: pcb mouse bindings

2008-10-23 Thread DJ Delorie
> Is it possible to change (configure) the mouse bindings for PCB? Lesstif: yes GTK: not yet ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

gEDA-user: pcb, strange line tool bug

2008-10-23 Thread Stefan Salewski
pcb version 20080202 GTK This bug occurred for the third time now, so I should report it: Line tool was active (I was drawing traces), "Auto enforce DRC clearance" was not active. I did some undo's pressing the "u" key before the bug occurs, but I am not sure if I did use undo the two other time

gEDA-user: pcb mouse bindings

2008-10-23 Thread Duncan Drennan
Is it possible to change (configure) the mouse bindings for PCB? -- Turn ideas into products - http://www.engineersimplicity.com The Art of Engineering - http://blog.engineersimplicity.com ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www