gEDA-user: Add intltool package to developer page

2008-09-09 Thread epswint
"intltool" needs to be added to the developer page, http://geda.seul.org/developer.html My build was barfing and it took me a bit to figure it out, turned out that I was missing this package. Many thanks for the terrific work and automake maintenance! _

Re: gEDA-user: vertical resistor footprint

2008-08-07 Thread epswint
> Hello! > Here's a giggle. Were all of you aware that vertical resistor mounts > were the norm during the early part of the US space program? And never > mind the fact that it accelerated the semiconductor business to its > present status. > Didn't they also use a 'ladder' construction, where

Re: gEDA-user: poll: How do you geda?

2008-06-04 Thread epswint
* What OS do you run geda applications on? Windoze/Cygwin, Fedora 7-9 * How did you install your copy of geda apps? Source compile, RPM via YUM * Which apps do you use. What is your typical workflow? gchem/gattrib->gschem2pcb->PCB->gchem/gattrib->... * Did you (have to) modify portions of geda t

gEDA-user: Segfault condition on PCB (fresh from CVS)

2008-05-12 Thread epswint
I'm not sure if anyone else has encountered this, but I just got a segfault in PCB (pulled from CVS yesterday, 11 May) on Fedora 7 when I had a couple of nets 'Found' using Ctrl-F, then hit 'Unselect' in the netlist box to un-highlight the found nets. One of the highlited 'Found' nets was excl

gEDA-user: Pin/pad snap behavior

2008-05-10 Thread epswint
I've been routing my first real board with PCB and I've encountered two minor wishes/questions with regards to snapping: Is it the correct/desired behavior for PCB to not snap to pins or pads of locked objects? Is there a way to *not* snap to pads which are not on the active layer? PCB compile

Re: gEDA-user: Mixed signal plane tie-in

2008-05-06 Thread epswint
Thanks for the link - I've looked at that page before, but I just thought I'd test if someone had an experience which clearly favored one over the other. -Ethan Eric Brombaugh wrote: > epswint wrote: >> Now, the question: I've observed two different techniques for tyin

gEDA-user: Mixed signal plane tie-in

2008-05-06 Thread epswint
First, I'd like to say thanks to all for their input and patience on this list - especially towards the new users. I've moved to PCB since it is open and I'm tired of having to leave designs behind because I've changed positions and locations and no longer have access to the layout package I w

gEDA-user: Outline disappears

2008-04-30 Thread epswint
When dragging objects in PCB I normally have a skeletal red outline of the affected objects, but the outline randomly (trouble-shooter's favorite bug description, I know) disappears. Restarting PCB doesn't always seem to bring it back, either. Am I inadvertently turning this feature off with

Re: gEDA-user: 3 questions on a 4 layer board

2008-04-29 Thread epswint
Dan McMahill wrote: > If my traces were carrying ground referenced analog signals I wouldn't > want the power plane being my "ground" plane. > > And yes, I've seen a real life case with some rather frustrating > behavior that the correct stackup totally fixed. There was a moment of > clarity wh

Re: gEDA-user: Move to other side behavior

2008-04-28 Thread epswint
Aha! I was using the 'Move selected component to other side: Shift-B'. I've seen several questions/answers relating to moving components to the other side, but I didn't catch on to the difference between 'b' and 'Shift-B'. I also have to adjust between the case-sensitive user interface in gs

gEDA-user: Move to other side behavior

2008-04-28 Thread epswint
When I execute the command to move a selected component to the other side, the component's position is reflected about the X-axis of the board, i.e. if the board dimension is 10k and the component's Y-coordinate is 2.5k, then the Y-coordinate after switching sides will be 7.5k (10k-2.5k). Is t

Re: gEDA-user: Moving refdes on pcb

2008-03-07 Thread epswint
I found that I can't move the refdes if it is selected - I can only move a refdes if it is *not* selected and I click, hold, and drag. -ES John Luciani wrote: On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 6:18 PM, Tamas Szabo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: DJ Delorie wrote: >> Is there a way to select and move the

Re: gEDA-user: cat to chase rate (duplicate)

2008-02-26 Thread epswint
DJ Delorie wrote: > This usually means your traces and your pads are not on the same > layer. Check your layer group to make sure the 'c' and 's' (component > and solder) layers are tagged along with the layers you think are > component and solder. > This was the key - the solder and component

gEDA-user: cat to chase rats

2008-02-26 Thread epswint
How does one go about making the rats disappear when a trace is routed? There is always a bit of rat left between the endpoints of the pad/pin and trace - not all of my pads line up nicely on the grid - even though the trace overlaps the pin/pad by a substantial amount. I had this problem ini

Re: gEDA-user: segfault on 'Down Symbol'

2008-02-07 Thread epswint
Thanks! DJ Delorie wrote: the FT232R in DJ Delorie's USB-GPIO, [labels] FT232RL refdes=U? ! copyright=2007 DJ Delorie ! author=DJ Delorie ! use-license=unlimited ! dist-license=GPL ! device=USB to Serial converter ! footprint=SSOP28 [top] 20 VCC 4 VCCIO [left] 16 USBDM 15 USBDP 19 \_

Re: gEDA-user: segfault on 'Down Symbol'

2008-02-07 Thread epswint
Cut'n'paste results in un-selectable symbols for me. It looks like I may be able to copy the relevant sections of the 'sch' file and put them into an appropriate 'sym' file... I'll give that a try. Thanks for the suggestion. John Luciani wrote: On F

gEDA-user: segfault on 'Down Symbol'

2008-02-07 Thread epswint
In gschem 1.2.0.20070902, when I tried to select 'down symbol' on the FT232R in DJ Delorie's USB-GPIO, gschem seg faults because the the symbol isn't in a library. OK, OK, there's probably a better way to go about importing a symbol from a schematic to a local library, but an error message wou

Re: gEDA-user: select entire net/apply netname

2008-01-24 Thread epswint
Thanks for all the tips. I will miss being able to select a segment, right-click, and choose "select entire net." It makes browsing a new design (or digging up an old one) a lot easier... Well, I might add that in once I've gotten familiar with the code ;) Steve Meier wrote: yep.. good cat

gEDA-user: select entire net/apply netname

2008-01-24 Thread epswint
Hi, I've got two related questions pertaining to connecting nets. Q1: Is there a way to apply one net name to a group of selected net segments? Presently, I'm 2x-clicking each segment to edit, then pasting netname, hitting enter twice to apply the setting... Q2: Is there a way to select all net

Re: gEDA-user: more insanity and documentation

2008-01-21 Thread epswint
A couple of suggestions on my experience: - add 'gafrc' and 'gschemrc' to the terminology section. I am still learning the extent of their functionalities and a short description would be nice, as well as a reference to a more complete guide to syntax and functionality. (I've seen some exampl

Re: gEDA-user: more insanity and documentation

2008-01-21 Thread epswint
te: On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:18:55 -0500, epswint wrote: I haven't been able to find a start-up procedure for gEDA - perhaps I missed it. Maybe you are looking for the setup section of the tutorial: http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:gsch2

gEDA-user: problems getting started

2008-01-21 Thread epswint
... a fork from DJ's "more insanity and documentation" thread. I've made a custom symbol, but I can't figure out how to get at it through gEDA. I've put a "gafrc" and "gschemrc" files in my ~/.gEDA directory, -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] .gEDA]$ ls gafrc gschem-dialog-geometry gschem-recent-f

Re: gEDA-user: more insanity and documentation

2008-01-21 Thread epswint
Thanks for your help - but I still can't figure out how to load my own sym files or symbol library. I haven't been able to find a start-up procedure for gEDA - perhaps I missed it. At this point, I think I'd better start a new thread... DJ Delorie wrote: Read ~/.gEDA/gschemrc file [/home/Et

Re: gEDA-user: more insanity and documentation

2008-01-21 Thread epswint
Thank you very much for the documentation. I'm following it right now, though I'm still having problems with gEDA not finding my gafrc and gschemrc files, both of which are in ~/.gEDA: -- Read ~/.gEDA/gschemrc file [/home/Ethan/.gEDA/gschemrc] Did not find optional local gschemrc file [/hom

Re: gEDA-user: TI 2808 symbol creation

2008-01-19 Thread epswint
Just what I was looking for - much obliged. DJ Delorie wrote: > Try djboxsym: > > http://www.gedasymbols.org/user/dj_delorie/tools/djboxsym.html > > > ___ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/

gEDA-user: TI 2808 symbol creation

2008-01-19 Thread epswint
This is my first design with gEDA, so I have a lot of symbol creation ahead of me. I've done a couple of small symbols along the wiki guidelines (http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:scg), but my project includes a 100-pin TI '2808 DSP. Does anyone know of a script which will automate the symbol dr

Re: gEDA-user: a project documentation system

2008-01-18 Thread epswint
The BOM and price sheet is very interesting and useful, but it didn't look like the output was on the /papa_ps/ page. Thanks for sharing the scripts! Levente wrote: > Hi all, > > > I don't think anybody is listening, but... > > I've updated my pskel script so it now can create html files with l