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Hello Igor,


Op 03-02-18 om 16:35 schreef gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu:
> Hello Richard,
>
> On Sat, 3 Feb 2018, Richard Rasker (rasker AT linetec DOT nl) [via 
> geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
>
>> Question (and the answer is probably 'no', but I'm curious anyway): 
>> with the cursor over the net, is there a way to report the net length 
>> up to the cursor, even when the total length is more? The actual 
>> tubing has markings at every 10 meters, and it would be convenient if 
>> I could duplicate this in the PCB plan -- but it might also be handy 
>> when designing CPU and memory buses for actual pcb's.
>
> I can implement this in pcb-rnd in about 15 minutes, if you are 
> willing to test it using trunk/.

Being a very lazy person, I normally use the geda-unstable package from 
the Mehanik ppa, but I'm absolutely willing to give pcb-rnd a try, and 
yes, this easier net length lookup would be rather handy even for this 
one application.

One question: is building & installing pcb-rnd likely to interfere with 
the package version of pcb or any other gEDA components?
If so, then I'll probably do this in a separate Linux installation that 
I use for experiments (I'm rather dependent on a properly working gEDA 
suite).

But hey, thanks, I'll look forward to this functionality! I'll have to 
figure out how to build pcb-rnd again (I don't do much in the way of 
software builds), but I've done that before, so I should be able to 
figure it out again.

Thanks again,

Richard