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On Dec 11, 2011, at 1:30 AM, Peter TB Brett wrote:

> Some idea of the user-visible changes between 1.6.0 and the current
> master can be gained by reading NEWS [3], which I've made sure to keep
> up-to-date.  Obviously, many of the changes are "under-the-hood", such
> as fixes to Windows support, the new Scheme API, Guile 2.x support, and
> better warnings when rc files can't be loaded.

The new Scheme API should certainly not be considered "under the hood". The Scheme API is extremely important to users. The most important distinction between gEDA and the usual mediocre consumer software is its openness to user additions, both via external scripting (makefiles, etc.) and internal scripting (Scheme).

> #707064 	Remove unconnected net cues for netname connected nets
> 
>   I'm not sure what the status of this bug is -- I've requested an
>   update from Krzysztof.

This is a matter of style, not a bug. I think the little square at the end of a not-explicitly-connected segment end makes such things easier to see in printed schematics. I think it's a good thing for readabilty. Others may disagree, so this seems to me to be a thing that should be configurable.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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