Re: gEDA-user: solder/component --> top/bottom ?

2011-09-18 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > b) The names of the copper groups in > File -> Preferences -> Groups > > c) The help text in > File -> Preferences -> Info patch atttached for the preference dialog ---<)kaimartin(>--- -- Kai-Martin Knaak, Email: k...@familieknaak.de http://pool.sks-keyservers.net:1

Re: gEDA-user: solder/component --> top/bottom ?

2011-09-18 Thread John Griessen
On 09/18/2011 09:01 PM, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: This patch replaces "component" and "solder" in the leftmost item of the status line of the GTK HID with "top" and "bottom". Thanks for work to improve the GUI Kai-Martin. JG ___ geda-user mailing lis

Re: gEDA-user: solder/component --> top/bottom ?

2011-09-18 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
DJ Delorie wrote: > From the user's point of view, we use top/bottom [hopefully] > consistently. There are at least three places in the GTK-GUI that still expose "solder/component": a) The first item on the left in the status line, which gives a hint on the side the canvas shows. (patch attac

Re: gEDA-user: solder/component --> top/bottom ?

2011-09-18 Thread John Griessen
On 09/18/2011 08:16 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: > You're +1'ing something we already have, Whoops. On 09/18/2011 08:16 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: So... go get the release and test it OK. There's another unfinished/overdue project on my to do list... I will attempt to swap sleep/insomnia for executing p

Re: gEDA-user: solder/component --> top/bottom ?

2011-09-18 Thread DJ Delorie
> > DJ's clarification aside, I would vote for "top/bottom", with each > > of those symbolically being placed in the list. That is, for an > > 8-layer default: Top, Layer 2, Layer 3, ..., Layer 7, Bottom > > +1 You're +1'ing something we already have, and not what Kai was taking about. From th

Re: gEDA-user: solder/component --> top/bottom ?

2011-09-18 Thread John Griessen
On 09/18/2011 07:56 PM, Vanessa Ezekowitz wrote: DJ's clarification aside, I would vote for "top/bottom", with each of those symbolically being placed in the list. That is, for an 8-layer default: Top, Layer 2, Layer 3, ..., Layer 7, Bottom +1 JG __

Re: gEDA-user: solder/component --> top/bottom ?

2011-09-18 Thread Vanessa Ezekowitz
On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:24:51 +0200 Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > Just got fooled by the classic solder/component vs top/bottom, again. > It just won't stick with me, that "solder" is supposed to be a synonym > to "top". DJ's clarification aside, I would vote for "top/bottom", with each of those s

Re: gEDA-user: solder/component --> top/bottom ?

2011-09-18 Thread Andrew Poelstra
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 08:47:36PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > > > Still unhappy with moderation of geda-user. > > Why? Because it is completely intransparent. > > Please do not mix your political agenda with technical questions. > In Kai's defense, his message was in his signature, which is cle

Re: gEDA-user: solder/component --> top/bottom ?

2011-09-18 Thread Andrew Poelstra
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 01:24:51AM +0200, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > Just got fooled by the classic solder/component vs top/bottom, again. > It just won't stick with me, that "solder" is supposed to be a synonym > to "top". I addressed the issue before about a year ago: > http://thread.gmane.org/gm

Re: gEDA-user: solder/component --> top/bottom ?

2011-09-18 Thread DJ Delorie
> It just won't stick with me, that "solder" is supposed to be a > synonym to "top". Good, because "solder" is a synonym for "bottom". ;-) > Still unhappy with moderation of geda-user. > Why? Because it is completely intransparent. Please do not mix your political agenda with technical questi

gEDA-user: solder/component --> top/bottom ?

2011-09-18 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Just got fooled by the classic solder/component vs top/bottom, again. It just won't stick with me, that "solder" is supposed to be a synonym to "top". I addressed the issue before about a year ago: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.cad.geda.user/31354/focus=31356 Consensus seemed to be that top/b