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On 02/15/2017 11:46 AM, John Doty wrote:
>> > That kind of setup would attract
>> > more users that don't want to code on the tools, just use them, (and test them…).
> I can’t understand why any such users would choose gEDA

Oh, there are tons of engineers that can:

see the benefit of a makefile driven method,
know that customizable matters for driving tools to make layout and schematics,
think that a directory full of files is a plenty good organization method for a project,
can do engineering on linux or windows or OS-X,
but stop at script writing since they are developing circuits or whole products and there's a lot to do...

Sure, that leaves out people who think makefiles and project dirs are "too fussy",
and it still leaves a ton of engineers and some hobbyists.
Those hobbyists would be the hacker type, which includes coding.
There are quite a few of those too.

It's not a bleak landscape at all.