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Subject: Re: [geda-user] pcb file format
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On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 5:45 AM, Levente (leventelist AT gmail DOT com) [via
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> Markus,
>
>
> I know this. If we change the file format, we have to rewrite the scripts
> anyways. SQLite has a bindings for all scripting languages. Perl, python,
> LUA... you name it.

The problem that has been consuming my mind or a few months now is how
all of this should be represented in memory.

> Think of that your scripts will be much more compact. No need to implement
> parsing N times.
>
> Generating a drill report is just one query of the database. Your script is
> just to pretty print the output.
> Same goes for XY files for your pick and place machine.
>
> No, I DON'T want to start another flame war. We had enough in this list. I
> write code.
>
> Lev
>
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 11:14 AM, Markus Hitter (mah AT jump-ing DOT de) [via
> geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>>
>> Am 25.08.2015 um 10:31 schrieb Levente (leventelist AT gmail DOT com) [via
>> geda-user AT delorie DOT com]:
>> > As I stated, text is not yet supported, but will be added to the
>> > specification.
>>
>> Maybe you should concentrate on this, first, to gain acceptance. Think of
>> the thousands of tools out there which act on layouts independently from
>> pcb. When the text file format goes away, they all have to be rewritten
>> pretty much from scratch. No more AWK, shell scripts or similar to do this
>> tweak or another.
>>
>> You have to at least write an text importer anyways, for all the existing
>> designs. Having a text file format, along with importer and exporter, the
>> need for a binary file format pretty much vanishes. Handling all the objects
>> internally with a database library is perfectly fine, IMHO.
>>
>> > vias are specified as padstacks. You can define any pad on any layer.
>>
>> Sounds good!
>>
>>
>> Markus
>>
>> --
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>> Dipl. Ing. (FH) Markus Hitter
>> http://www.jump-ing.de/
>
>



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