gEDA-user: gschem crashes if I close a modified file without saving

2009-03-10 Thread Matt Ettus
One other bug -- if I edit a file, close it without saving changes, and then try to edit another file, it crashes with: gEDA/gschem version 1.4.3.20081231 gEDA/gschem comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; see COPYING for more details. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it un

Re: gEDA-user: gsch2pcb use pcb library preferences patch

2009-03-10 Thread DJ Delorie
Thanks, but... the "preferences" file is gtk-specific. The generic file PCB uses is (in order): ./pcb.settings ~/.pcb/settings ${prefix}/share/pcb/settings ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin

gEDA-user: gsch2pcb use pcb library preferences patch

2009-03-10 Thread Josh Jordan
This patch lets gsch2pcb open up ~/.pcb/preferences and read the library-newlib = paths and add them to the list of places to get footprints. The patch is directly for gsch2pcb.c --- gsch2pcb.c 2008-12-31 18:15:59.0 -0500 +++ gsch2pcbnew.c 2009-03-10 20:41:59.0 -0400 @@ -

gEDA-user: PostScript patch for Windows ps.c attached

2009-03-10 Thread Bob Paddock
Here is my patch for hid/ps/ps.c that fixes the error and naviagation issues with PostScript on Windows. As far as I can tell it did not break anything on Linux either. Most of the changes relate to PostScript headers, and footers. I'll add my fabnote idea as an other patch. The patch also adds a

Re: gEDA-user: Using .global statements in GNUcap and mult

2009-03-10 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:31:23 +, r wrote: > Most potential > users simply want a functional, feature-rich, open-source circuit > simulator. Plus a simple way to pull a working simulation from an existing graphical representation of a circuit. Yes, the comfort of a GUI driven solution matters

Re: gEDA-user: Copper for PCBs

2009-03-10 Thread DJ Delorie
> What weight would you suggest where some traces are going to be > carrying up to 6 amps? That depends on how much heat you can tolerate, and how wide the traces are. http://circuitcalculator.com/wordpress/2006/01/24/trace-resistance-calculator ___

Re: gEDA-user: Copper for PCBs

2009-03-10 Thread Rob Butts
Thanks What weight would you suggest where some traces are going to be carrying up to 6 amps? On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 6:03 PM, DJ Delorie <[1...@delorie.com> wrote: > I'm looking at getting copper for homemade 2 sided boards. Can > someone tell me what positive coated sensitiz

Re: gEDA-user: Copper for PCBs

2009-03-10 Thread DJ Delorie
> I'm looking at getting copper for homemade 2 sided boards. Can > someone tell me what positive coated sensitized copper clad is and > how it differs from the uncoated? Which is better (easier) for > home-made? Last question, it's been a while since I've really done > pcbs, does the weight (1/

gEDA-user: Copper for PCBs

2009-03-10 Thread Rob Butts
I'm looking at getting copper for homemade 2 sided boards. Can someone tell me what positive coated sensitized copper clad is and how it differs from the uncoated? Which is better (easier) for home-made? Last question, it's been a while since I've really done pcbs, does the weig

Re: gEDA-user: gschem 1.4.3 and LINGUAS="de en"

2009-03-10 Thread Peter Clifton
On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 22:09 +0100, Stefan Salewski wrote: > Am Dienstag, den 10.03.2009, 20:25 + schrieb Peter Clifton: > I have seen the statement of Ales Hvezda multiple times not to include > the 1.5.x release in distributions. Yes, that is true, but I'd still encourage distribution packag

Re: gEDA-user: gschem 1.4.3 and LINGUAS="de en"

2009-03-10 Thread Stefan Salewski
Am Dienstag, den 10.03.2009, 20:25 + schrieb Peter Clifton: > > That doesn't make it critical. If you thought it _was_ critical, then > you could have responded when we were calling out for any patches which > should have got included in the 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3 etc.. > > The 1.4.x stable ser

Re: gEDA-user: gschem 1.4.3 and LINGUAS="de en"

2009-03-10 Thread Peter Clifton
On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 21:06 +0100, Stefan Salewski wrote: > Am Dienstag, den 10.03.2009, 20:05 + schrieb Peter Clifton: > > On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 20:49 +0100, Stefan Salewski wrote: > > > Thanks -- so at least my conclusion was correct... > > > > > > I really wonder why this was not included i

Re: gEDA-user: gschem 1.4.3 and LINGUAS="de en"

2009-03-10 Thread Stefan Salewski
Am Dienstag, den 10.03.2009, 20:05 + schrieb Peter Clifton: > On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 20:49 +0100, Stefan Salewski wrote: > > Thanks -- so at least my conclusion was correct... > > > > I really wonder why this was not included in 1.4.3 released 20081231. > > Because it isn't a critical bug fix.

Re: gEDA-user: gschem 1.4.3 and LINGUAS="de en"

2009-03-10 Thread Peter Clifton
On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 20:49 +0100, Stefan Salewski wrote: > Thanks -- so at least my conclusion was correct... > > I really wonder why this was not included in 1.4.3 released 20081231. Because it isn't a critical bug fix. -- Peter Clifton Electrical Engineering Division, Engineering Department

Re: gEDA-user: Using .global statements in GNUcap and mult

2009-03-10 Thread r
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 2:11 PM, al davis wrote: > > Can you send me some examples of where it crashes? I sent you a bug report recently. As for the newest revision, I haven't tried it yet, sorry. >> ability to probe signals at lower levels of hierarchy, > > You can. How to do it without adding

Re: gEDA-user: gschem 1.4.3 and LINGUAS="de en"

2009-03-10 Thread Stefan Salewski
Am Dienstag, den 10.03.2009, 19:24 + schrieb Peter Clifton: > > This has been fixed for ages, in git HEAD, and has been in all releases > since 1.5.0: > > > commit 5757ce41ac1846814b0e96885942f2e011f2d3b7 > > Author: Peter Clifton > > Date: Fri Feb 1 13:06:15 2008 + > > > > Renam

Re: gEDA-user: Unusual auto-via behaviour in PCB

2009-03-10 Thread DJ Delorie
Could you send me a copy of the *.pcb file? ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: gschem 1.4.3 and LINGUAS="de en"

2009-03-10 Thread Peter Clifton
On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 19:24 +, Peter Clifton wrote: > This has been fixed for ages, in git HEAD, and has been in all releases > since 1.5.0: (And including 1.5.0) -- Peter Clifton Electrical Engineering Division, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, 9, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambri

Re: gEDA-user: gschem 1.4.3 and LINGUAS="de en"

2009-03-10 Thread Peter Clifton
On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 16:41 +0100, Stefan Salewski wrote: > Am Montag, den 09.03.2009, 17:49 +0100 schrieb Stefan Salewski: > > Hello, > > > > yesterday I did some further tests of the updated gEDA install scripts > > for Gentoo. One test was for nls. > > > > For Gentoo we generally have an envir

Re: gEDA-user: gschem 1.4.3 and LINGUAS="de en"

2009-03-10 Thread Stefan Salewski
Am Montag, den 09.03.2009, 17:49 +0100 schrieb Stefan Salewski: > Hello, > > yesterday I did some further tests of the updated gEDA install scripts > for Gentoo. One test was for nls. > > For Gentoo we generally have an environment variable like LINGUAS="de > en" for filtering the desired languag

Re: gEDA-user: pcb- no library dialog window on startup

2009-03-10 Thread Josh Jordan
LibraryChanged is just fine if it does nothing. The only time I have seen that it is called is if you change the library path in preferences. I suppose it would then update the library window if it were open or open it if its not already open. You could just make LibraryChanged d

Re: gEDA-user: Using .global statements in GNUcap and mult

2009-03-10 Thread al davis
On Tuesday 10 March 2009, r wrote: > I don't think performance is a selling point of Gnucap. It depends who you ask. > Most > potential users simply want a functional, feature-rich, > open-source circuit simulator. That's the idea of the plugin system, and where most recent work is being done

Re: gEDA-user: Using .global statements in GNUcap and mult

2009-03-10 Thread r
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 6:28 PM, al davis wrote: > > If you are thinking of methods of speeding up a simulation, that > has always been a high priority for Gnucap. I know you are now preparing for a stable release, so following concerns are not necessarily valid anymore. I don't think performance

Re: gEDA-user: Trace Impedance with wcalc

2009-03-10 Thread Dan McMahill
marcel.schmedes.ext...@diehl-aerospace.de wrote: > Hello @all, > I done a Mainboard Schematic with gEDA, now I have to layout the hole > thing, > because I need LVDS,GigE,... I need to care about trace impedance. > Because of this, I used wcalc to calculate trace impedance, but now I have > some

Re: gEDA-user: pcb- no library dialog window on startup

2009-03-10 Thread Peter Clifton
On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 18:55 -0700, Josh Jordan wrote: > > +gboolean > +ghid_library_window_get_visibility (void) > +{ > + if (library_window == NULL) > +{ > + return FALSE; > +} > + else > +{ > + return TRUE; > +} > +} The patch pedant in me says: +gboolean +ghid_li

Re: gEDA-user: spirals challenge

2009-03-10 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:29:27 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: >http://www.delorie.com/pcb/spirals/ Looking at the pdf spirals blown up to fit the screen makes me sick... ---<(kaimartin)>--- -- Kai-Martin Knaak tel: +49-511-762-2895 Universität Hannover, Inst. für Qu

Re: gEDA-user: How to fit REFDES on PCB with Hierarchy

2009-03-10 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:22:08 -0700, Steven Michalske wrote: > Silly american here, but I cant tell if that is a 2 euro coin or > not... It is. One Euro would be yellow on the outside with a silver inlay. Diameter of my local 2 euro coins is 25.73 mm ~ 1.01 inch ---<(kaimartin)>--- -- Kai-Ma

gEDA-user: Unusual auto-via behaviour in PCB

2009-03-10 Thread andrew whyte
Dear All, This is my first post, so hello & thanks to those who provide/support the mailing list. In my last project, PCB was acting strangely - some of the time. I can't seem to recreate this problem, but I suspect that I had set a setting wrong or something so I thought I'd send it to the li