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From: Kai-Martin Knaak <knaak AT iqo DOT uni-hannover DOT de>
Subject: Re: [geda-user] pcb_fprintf mixes mm and mils for same output object
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 02:55:50 +0100
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DJ Delorie wrote:

>> There is a small but sometimes significant benefit to nm:
> 
> We changed to nm a long time ago.

The internal representation was changed and I happily applaud the switch. 
It finally resolved the infamous rounding issues pcb was plagued with 
before. However, this thread is about mixing metric and imperial units in 
saved files. Specifically, it is about the way pcb decides which unit to 
pick.


> Why are we still arguing this?

Maybe, because automatically saving mixed units in files was introduced as 
part of the switch and those who are not comfortable with this did not 
notice at the time?


> The file format supports 'nm' as a unit.  You can hack pcb to export 
only
> using 'nm' if you want, but don't expect us to force it on others.

Note, the key word 'option' in my post.


> Please stop beating this dead horse.

How about some AGF?

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