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Subject: Re: [geda-user] I've updated footgen to work with nanometer base units
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On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Markus Hitter <mah AT jump-ing DOT de> wrote:
> Two things come to mind here:
>
> - stuff in git might become integrated sooner. For example, as a "custom
> footprint" choice in the library chooser.
>
> - Newbies don't know gedasymbols.org, so the competition offering such a
> generator with the standard distribution wins.

I would love to see footgen integrated into PCB's library chooser,
preferably with real time previewing.
Unfortunately PCB is suffering from a major lack of developer time,
and integration of python support would require quite a bit of
developer time.

Stephen Ecob
Silicon On Inspiration
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