> > Philip wrote:
> >
> > Is there a way to avoid having to muck around in
> > /usr/local/lib every time I install?
> R. Timothy Edwards wrote:
>
> Yes! If you look in the xcstartup.tcl file, you'll see that
> it looks for and loads a file called "site.tcl" in the same
> directory (/usr/local/lib).
Boy, how did I miss that in the documentation? Right there in
the wiki.
> By the way, the "site.tcl" is a complete override for
> xcstartup.tcl, but it can do nothing, and only your .xcircuitrc
> file will be sourced.
Ah. So if it exists, the rest of xcstartup.tcl is ignored.
Okay.
> > Is the list really down?
> Hmm, I bet that the posts are being held due to a mail list
> configuration reset. . . But thanks for pointing it out.
> I assumed that since my test post worked, that everything was
> good. Obviously not the case. I just checked it, and I can't
> see anything obvious, but I'll monitor it closely for the next
> few weeks.
I have been sending most of these emails to both you and the
list.
And right now the whole opencircuitdesign.com site is not
responding - either to my browser or a ping.
> > Then while I'm dreaming....
> > I'm still struggling with libraries, in particular the
> > dialog box that opens for creating an object ("M") and
> > saving a technology page. If my cursor has to cross any
> > other window, the text entry field is cleared.
> I'll consider that a bug report.
> But there is probably a way to avoid clearing the text entry
> field until the cursor enters a different xcircuit window.
> > Is this normal behavior? Would it be hard to provide a
> > browse function to the technology write dialog box?
> No, clearly this is an interface problem, and it is clearly
> worse than I realized; sometimes that is a matter of what
> window manager you are using, but I will see if I can duplicate
> the behavior and figure out how to fix it.
If there is something I can do to give you clues, let me
know. I'm running 3.7 right now, mostly because I don't want
to bother with frequent upgrades - but I'll build/install
whatever if it will help you.
I think the ability to navigate the filesystem could be handy
here - like when loading an xcircuit file. It could also be
handy when writing.
> > Anyway, after all that complaining, I still think Xcircuit is
> > the top program for doing this type of drawings.
> And thanks for your praise. . . I have extra incentive to make
> sure that this post gets into the archive. :)
Heh. Your welcome. It's easy to forget to comment on the
good stuff. And I don't even use it's full depth. I think I have
once, years ago, exported an netlist for PCB. And I've never
done anything with SPICE. Just drawings.
-- Philip
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