Re: gEDA-user: Parsing and writing schematics with Perl

2008-11-08 Thread fricker
Please use http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Parse-GEDA-Gschem to report bugs about Parse::GEDA::Gschem. Thanks, _jP On Nov 8, 2008, at 8:55 AM, fricker wrote: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Parse-GEDA-Gschem/ Parse::GEDA::Gschem version 1.00 NAME Parse::GEDA::Gschem -

Re: gEDA-user: Contradictory information in documentation

2008-11-08 Thread Duncan Drennan
This field is filled out by gsch2pcb or PCB itself. Leave an empty string () when you create the footprint file. You can leave it empty, the field gets filled by gsch2pcb with the footprint name. Is it possible to get gsch2pcb to put a different value in there? Is what it does hard coded? It

gEDA-user: Contradictory information in documentation

2008-11-08 Thread gdedwards
Hi there, I've finished my first gEDA schematic and I'm about to go to pcb. I noticed in the geda:gsch2pcb_readme here: says: * Make the initial Description field of these elements the same as the file name because gsch2pcb depends on this name (which is the gschem footprint value) to

Re: gEDA-user: Breaking a track into two segments by using a hole

2008-11-08 Thread Simon Clubley
On 07/11/2008, DJ Delorie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try doing it this way instead: Instead of one long track, use many track segments - one between each pair of vias. Then, you can just remove the segments you need to, independently of turning vias into holes. Thank you. I'll try that

gEDA-user: printing problem

2008-11-08 Thread Felix Maier
hello, I use title-A3.sym and try to print this on an A4 paper (landscape). The borders on the left and right are missing, the same with the PS output. So I tried to make my own titleblock and noticed that it also not work, I think it's a ratio problem? Can someone help? In the archive is a

Re: gEDA-user: printing problem

2008-11-08 Thread Stefan Salewski
Am Samstag, den 08.11.2008, 16:35 +0100 schrieb Stefan Salewski: This should not occur. Tested -- works fine with gEDA 1.4 on gentoo linux. One reason may be: Default printing option is something like All With borders (here Alles mit Rand). This should work fine. If you select Without borders

Re: gEDA-user: printing problem

2008-11-08 Thread Stefan Salewski
Am Samstag, den 08.11.2008, 16:11 +0100 schrieb Felix Maier: hello, I use title-A3.sym and try to print this on an A4 paper (landscape). The borders on the left and right are missing, the same with the PS output. So I tried to make my own titleblock and noticed that it also not work, I

Re: gEDA-user: Drill guide

2008-11-08 Thread ST de Feber
Since which version of PCB did this change ? ST --- DJ Delorie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really see a pad in a pad. Or better an inner ring in a ring. Unusual, that's the old drill helper. The new one just has the little white spot in the middle, not the white ring also.

Re: gEDA-user: Contradictory information in documentation

2008-11-08 Thread Stuart Brorson
Hi -- PS I've got some ideas about how gattrib could be improved but I'd quite like to have a go at implementing it myself. Should I open a tracker item anyway for visibility or just go ahead and start implementing? Don't wait for anything. Just go ahead and start hacking. We look forward

Re: gEDA-user: printing problem

2008-11-08 Thread Felix Maier
On Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:47:20 +0100 Stefan Salewski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am Samstag, den 08.11.2008, 16:35 +0100 schrieb Stefan Salewski: This should not occur. Tested -- works fine with gEDA 1.4 on gentoo linux. I use gEDA/gschem Version 1.4.1.20080929 on arch linux. To view post

Re: gEDA-user: printing problem

2008-11-08 Thread Peter Clifton
On Sat, 2008-11-08 at 18:13 +0100, Felix Maier wrote: [snip] All with borders (btw. bei mir heisst es auch alles mit Rand :) ), is the option whose borders are to wide for me. So I use without borders. Maybe I can decrease the size of the borders in gschemrc ? This would be a solution.

Re: gEDA-user: printing problem

2008-11-08 Thread Stefan Salewski
Am Samstag, den 08.11.2008, 18:13 +0100 schrieb Felix Maier: I use gEDA/gschem Version 1.4.1.20080929 on arch linux. To view post script I use gv 3.6.5. I can/have tested only with gEDA 1.4.0 -- maybe someone can check with 1.4.1.20080929.

Re: gEDA-user: printing problem

2008-11-08 Thread Stefan Salewski
Am Samstag, den 08.11.2008, 17:21 + schrieb Peter Clifton: Currently there is no such option. But PostScript output (when viewing with ghostview) should work for him. It was my impression that this was incorrect for his gschem Version 1.4.1.20080929 on arch linux.

Re: gEDA-user: printing problem

2008-11-08 Thread Felix Maier
On Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:21:45 + Peter Clifton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You might like to file a feature request on the sourceforge tracker. I did this. But a faster solution would be better for me :) cheers Felix ___ geda-user mailing list

Re: gEDA-user: Parsing and writing schematics with Perl

2008-11-08 Thread fricker
BTW: the demo_geda-usch.pl included in Parse::GEDA::Gschem allows you to update net cross page references attributes. _jP $./demo_geda-usch.pl -H Usage: ./demo_geda-usch.pl [-hH] schematicFile1 schematicFile2 ... -hHelp; this message -HExtended help -v...v

Re: gEDA-user: Drill guide

2008-11-08 Thread ST de Feber
Issue solved. Installed PCB 20080202 ST --- DJ Delorie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really see a pad in a pad. Or better an inner ring in a ring. Unusual, that's the old drill helper. The new one just has the little white spot in the middle, not the white ring also.

Re: gEDA-user: printing problem

2008-11-08 Thread Peter Clifton
On Sat, 2008-11-08 at 16:11 +0100, Felix Maier wrote: hello, I use title-A3.sym and try to print this on an A4 paper (landscape). The borders on the left and right are missing, the same with the PS output. So I tried to make my own titleblock and noticed that it also not work, I think

Re: gEDA-user: printing problem

2008-11-08 Thread Stefan Salewski
Am Samstag, den 08.11.2008, 19:36 + schrieb Peter Clifton: What happens if you convert to pdf with something like ps2pdf filename.ps then look at filename.pdf with acroread, evince, xpdf or something like that? Using ps2pdf is not so good for investigation, because this program can

Re: gEDA-user: Howto make solder mask extend equal for all pads in layout?

2008-11-08 Thread Stefan Salewski
Am Sonntag, den 05.10.2008, 00:09 +0100 schrieb Peter Clifton: On Sat, 2008-10-04 at 10:22 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: Is there something similar for copper clearing of pads/pins in polygons? Not that I'm aware of. Again, you could write one pretty easily by copying the existing one.